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    Gov. Pat Toomey? Lehigh Valley lawmaker eyeing 2022 options
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    Gov. Pat Toomey? Lehigh Valley lawmaker eyeing 2022 options
    LAURA OLSON The Morning Call (Allentown) 
    Dec 13, 2019
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — He’s served in both chambers of Congress. Now U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey reportedly is mulling whether to seek a third U.S. Senate term —...
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    Legislators react to articles of impeachment
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    Legislators react to articles of impeachment
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 11, 2019
    WASHINGTON — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday announced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, which saw mixed reacti...
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    Looking for a silver lining
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Looking for a silver lining
    MARTY WILDER, Special to The Era 
    Oct 28, 2019
    “Vote for your crooks, or vote for my crooks. It doesn’t matter because they are all crooks.” Such cynical sentiment was in the air this past weekend ...
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    Republican, Democratic party officials angered by campaign spending report
    Local News
    Republican, Democratic party officials angered by campaign spending report
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 26, 2019
    “Shocked.” “Disheartened.” “Disgusted.” Those were some of the words used in area party leaders’ reactions to reports that state lawmakers hid nearly ...
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    Senators urge Trump to reconsider Syrian withdrawal
    Local News
    Senators urge Trump to reconsider Syrian withdrawal
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 08, 2019
    Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators are urging President Donald Trump to reconsider his decision to withdraw American troops from the northern border of Syri...
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    Republican legislators critical of Wolf’s climate change order
    Local News, Online Features
    Republican legislators critical of Wolf’s climate change order
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 04, 2019
    Gov. Tom Wolf has ordered his administration to start working on regulations to bring Pennsylvania into a nine-state consortium of Northeastern and mi...
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    House OKs budget bill after stiff criticism by Democrats
    Local News, Online Features
    House OKs budget bill after stiff criticism by Democrats
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 26, 2019
    HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives is advancing a just-unveiled $34 billion compromise budget plan after hard criticism by rank-and-...
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    Senate passes Toomey’s bipartisan tax fix
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    Senate passes Toomey’s bipartisan tax fix
    Marcie 
    May 22, 2019
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey’s (R-Pa.) bipartisan legislation to provide tax relief for children who have lost a parent while s...
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    Toomey responds to auto tariff decision
    Bradford, Local News, News
    Toomey responds to auto tariff decision
    May 18, 2019
    ALLENTOWN — On Friday, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., responded to the Trump administration’s finding that imported automobiles are a national security ...
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    Eastern hellbender closer to becoming official state amphibian
    Local News, News
    Eastern hellbender closer to becoming official state amphibian
    Feb 08, 2019
    HARRISBURG — The Eastern hellbender is a step closer to becoming Pennsylvania’s official state amphibian, after the state House State Government Commi...
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    Pa.’s federal legislators differ in reactions to SOTU
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Pa.’s federal legislators differ in reactions to SOTU
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 06, 2019
    President Donald Trump made a plea for unity in the State of the Union, but unity was not the response from Congressional Democrats, including Pennsyl...
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    Federal legislators pledge to do their part for solution
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Federal legislators pledge to do their part for solution
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jan 26, 2019
    The nation has been granted a three-week reprieve, and the region’s federal legislators say they will work hard to make sure we aren’t back in the sam...
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    Toomey: USMCA should be ratified this year
    Local News, News
    Toomey: USMCA should be ratified this year
    Nov 22, 2018
    ALLENTOWN — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., is urging President Trump take necessary steps ratify his United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) durin...
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    September as Ovarian Cancer Month recognized by Pa. Senate
    Local News, News, Online Features
    September as Ovarian Cancer Month recognized by Pa. Senate
    DANIELLA GRIESBAUM Era Reporter bradford.era.daniella@gmail.com 
    Oct 13, 2018
    She doesn’t do it for the honors, but they sure keep coming in. Susan Evans, retired English teacher at Bradford Area High School, received a proclama...
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    Lieutenant governor candidate Fetterman coming to Kane
    Local News, News
    Lieutenant governor candidate Fetterman coming to Kane
    Oct 08, 2018
    John Fetterman will bring his Democratic campaign for lieutenant governor to McKean County at an event on Oct. 20. The public is invited to meet Fette...
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    Pennsylvania’s senators have measures in sweeping opioid bill
    Local News, News
    Pennsylvania’s senators have measures in sweeping opioid bill
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 04, 2018
    The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a sweeping opioid bill on Wednesday, and it is headed to the president for his signature. Pennsylvania’s senator...
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    Wagner, GOP candidate for governor, quietly tours the Bradford area
    Local News, News, Online Features, ...
    Wagner, GOP candidate for governor, quietly tours the Bradford area
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 21, 2018
    Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner was in Bradford on Thursday, without any fanfare or public appearances on his schedule. I...
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    FEMA announces firefighter grant applications available soon
    Local News, News
    FEMA announces firefighter grant applications available soon
    Sep 19, 2018
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency ...
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    September is ovarian cancer awareness month thanks to efforts of Bradford woman Evans
    Local News, News, Online Features
    September is ovarian cancer awareness month thanks to efforts of Bradford woman Evans
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 03, 2018
    How much of a difference can one person really make? For Susan Evans of Bradford, she’s hopeful that answer can come in the form of lives saved. Since...
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    Gubernatorial candidate Wagner campaigns in Bradford, pledges change
    Local News, News
    Gubernatorial candidate Wagner campaigns in Bradford, pledges change
    CALEB HUNTOON Era Reporter eracalebh@gmail.com 
    Aug 31, 2018
    Republican Scott Wagner, who is challenging incumbent Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, sums up his campaign in simple terms: “People want change.” Wagner was...
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    DIFFERENCE MAKERS: ‘A community that supports art is a stronger community’
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    DIFFERENCE MAKERS: ‘A community that supports art is a stronger community’
    Allegheny Mountain Arts shares its vision
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    August 12, 2025
    Back in 2019, Greg Souchick and Rick Minard shared a vision for downtown Bradford. They dreamed it could become a place where artists could share thei...
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    ‘Round the Square: An award from the archives
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: An award from the archives
    August 12, 2025
    AWARD: It's always nice to find an impressive accolade for a local person when looking through Era archives. And when it comes from heroic actions dur...
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    Reusing greeting cards as gift tags
    Lifestyles
    Reusing greeting cards as gift tags
    August 12, 2025
    Dear Heloise: Saved greeting cards are cluttering up my closets — Christmas cards, birthday cards, and Mother's Day cards! I have shoeboxes full of th...
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    Husband refuses to accept wife’s imminent passing
    Lifestyles
    Husband refuses to accept wife’s imminent passing
    August 12, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: I was diagnosed with colon cancer five years ago. After two surgeries and three hospital stays, I recovered. The experience made me realize...
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    Barrels and bright lights
    Local News
    Barrels and bright lights
    August 11, 2025
    Horse and rider round a barrel with precision as the Ferris wheel glows on the midway behind them — bringing speed, skill and spectacle to the first f...
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    Steelers Super Bowl Champion has one key concern after preseason game: ‘Guys got knocked back’
    Football, National Sports
    Steelers Super Bowl Champion has one key concern after preseason game: ‘Guys got knocked back’
    Nick Farabaugh pennlive.com 
    August 11, 2025
    (TNS) - Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl Champion defensive tackle Chris Hoke saw a lot of positives from the Steelers’ 31-25 win over the Jacksonville ...
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