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    Nation’s health depends on people getting to know each other again
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Nation’s health depends on people getting to know each other again
    LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
    Aug 18, 2022
    Our country is in a very dark place at the moment. But I have hope, because the answers are all around us. They live around us. For thousands of years...
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    History made as Gainey sworn in as Pittsburgh’s first Black mayor
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    History made as Gainey sworn in as Pittsburgh’s first Black mayor
    JULIAN ROUTH Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jan 04, 2022
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Ed Gainey, the state lawmaker who pitched transformative change for a city that’s experiencing the ripple effects of a 21st century...
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    My friends in Afghanistan
    Opinion, Сolumns
    My friends in Afghanistan
    KATHY KELLY Tribune News Service 
    Sep 16, 2021
    When I visited Kabul as a peace activist in 2014, at the height of the U.S. troop surge, I spoke with “Esmatullah,” a pseudonym for a high school stud...
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    No, Afghanistan is not the end of US power
    Opinion, Сolumns
    No, Afghanistan is not the end of US power
    RICH LOWRY 
    Sep 09, 2021
    It’s hard to imagine more humiliating images than what we’ve seen in Afghanistan, from the hasty evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to the chaoti...
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    The Spirit of Freedom
    Сolumns
    The Spirit of Freedom
    KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ 
    Jul 01, 2021
    “He has to get a life.” I’ve cleaned up the actual quote for family newspapers. Disdain would be a kind word to describe the feelings people had for a...
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    Guest Comment: Fighting for our hospital is fighting for Bradford
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Guest Comment: Fighting for our hospital is fighting for Bradford
    MARTY A. WILDER, Special to The Era 
    Jun 30, 2021
    Oil titan John D. Rockefeller, the epitome in the late 1800s of the term “robber baron,” was one of the early victims of the Bradford treatment. Rocke...
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    How to celebrate Juneteenth
    Opinion, Сolumns
    How to celebrate Juneteenth
    Jun 21, 2021
    On June 19, 1865, 2,000 Union troops marched into Galveston Bay, Texas. They carried a message for the 250,000 enslaved people of the Confederate stat...
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    We all should respect fate
    Opinion, Сolumns
    We all should respect fate
    MARY SCHMICH, Tribune News Service 
    Apr 01, 2021
    CHICAGO — What will you be doing in 2024? If you think you know for sure, you’re either clairvoyant or deluded. I’ve been thinking about this question...
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    Halloran Philanthropies steps up to kick off YMCA campaign
    Local News
    Halloran Philanthropies steps up to kick off YMCA campaign
    Marcie 
    Mar 18, 2021
    A lot has changed during the past year at the Bradford Family YMCA (and everywhere), but their commitment remains the same: supporting our community w...
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    Dolly Parton, American hero
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Dolly Parton, American hero
    Feb 27, 2021
    If you have recently gone off the grid you may have missed the great singer and country icon Dolly Parton’s latest acts of generosity and humility. So...
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    UPMC Kane continues to vaccinate individuals in Group 1A
    Local News
    UPMC Kane continues to vaccinate individuals in Group 1A
    Marcie 
    Feb 23, 2021
    KANE — UPMC Kane will continue to administer COVID-19 vaccines to individuals in group 1A as outlined by the state this week at the Kane Volunteer Fir...
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    Testing clinic open in Bradford through weekend
    Local News, Online Features
    Testing clinic open in Bradford through weekend
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jan 23, 2021
    The COVID-19 free testing clinic at the old St. Bernard School on West Washington Street in Bradford will be open through Sunday. The site has the cap...
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    Community leaders caution public to take COVID-19 seriously
    Bradford, Local News, News, ...
    Community leaders caution public to take COVID-19 seriously
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Nov 16, 2020
    Wear a mask. Stay six feet apart. Sanitize. “It just may save the life of someone you love,” said Dr. Jill Owens, a family medicine physician in Bradf...
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    Other Voices: Right to bear arms
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Other Voices: Right to bear arms
    Oct 31, 2020
    The Biden/Harris ticket says it wants to go after guns. Beto O’Roarke has been mentioned as someone the Democrats could put in charge of taking them. ...
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    Big Brothers, Big Sisters program offering online sessions
    Bradford, Local News, News
    Big Brothers, Big Sisters program offering online sessions
    Aug 10, 2020
    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Jefferson, Elk and McKean Counties will be holding on-line sessions Aug. 13 and 27 to explain how people can participate i...
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    8 habits of highly employable people
    Jobs
    8 habits of highly employable people
    Kate Lopaze 
    Dec 17, 2019
    In a job search, it can be so easy to fall into ruts and passive roles while you wait for things to happen. If you’re looking to refresh yourself and ...
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    Why it’s okay to just be average
    Jobs
    Why it’s okay to just be average
    Michael Hoon 
    Aug 20, 2019
    There’s so much pressure in the business world to be at the top of your field, to be the best, to be number one. The reality is that only one person c...
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    Summer programs set at Oswayo Valley Memorial Library
    Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Summer programs set at Oswayo Valley Memorial Library
    Jun 04, 2019
    SHINGLEHOUSE — Oswayo Valley Memorial Library is holding summer programs for people of all ages. Registration is now open for summer programming. Peop...
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    Eldred Senior Center celebrating Older Americans Month
    Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Eldred Senior Center celebrating Older Americans Month
    May 09, 2019
    ELDRED — May is Older Americans Month, and the Eldred Senior Center is celebrating by inviting people who are not registered to come have a free meal....
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    Tragic Allegheny Airlines accident of 50 years ago still fresh in the memory of some
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Tragic Allegheny Airlines accident of 50 years ago still fresh in the memory of some
    KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 24, 2018
    For emergency workers at the Allegheny Airlines Flight 736 crash on Dec. 24, 1968, it was a long, cold, night of exhaustion. For survivors who include...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Local Sports, Sports
    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    (TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
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