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    State adopts updated 12-Year transportation program
    Bradford, Local News, News
    State adopts updated 12-Year transportation program
    Aug 19, 2020
    HARRISBURG — The State Transportation Commission (STC) on Thursday updated the 12-Year Program. The new plan anticipates $64.8 billion being available...
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    Status of Holy Cross Church in Brandy Camp changes
    Bradford, Local News, News, ...
    Status of Holy Cross Church in Brandy Camp changes
    Jul 20, 2020
    ERIE — Father Ross Miceli, pastor of St. Boniface Parish in Kersey, announced on Saturday that the Most Rev. Lawrence T. Persico, bishop of Erie, afte...
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    D9 football this fall? Let the planning begin
    Football, High School, Local Sports, ...
    D9 football this fall? Let the planning begin
    RICH RHOADES Special to The Era 
    Jul 09, 2020
    BROOKVILLE — Getting answers from a seven-question survey from all but three schools in the District 9 Football League, including all schools involved...
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    Planning underway for oil anniversaries
    Local News
    Planning underway for oil anniversaries
    Marcie 
    Jun 26, 2020
    Next year is the 50th anniversary of the Penn Brad Oil Museum, and the 150th anniversary of the oil fields starting in Bradford. Several oil enthusias...
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    McKean Co. commissioners apply for COVID-19 grant
    Local News
    McKean Co. commissioners apply for COVID-19 grant
    FRAN DE LANCEY delancey401@yahoo.com 
    Jun 24, 2020
    SMETHPORT — The McKean County Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday authorizing the application to the Pennsylvania Department of Com...
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    Locals serve with National Guard in new role
    Local News, Online Features
    Locals serve with National Guard in new role
    LT. COL. CORY ANGELL Pa. Army National Guard 
    May 23, 2020
    HARRISBURG — Two local Army National Guard members are on a unique, first-of-its-kind team formed in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. “I am normally...
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    Penn State Extension offers discount on online courses through May
    Local News
    Penn State Extension offers discount on online courses through May
    Marcie 
    May 19, 2020
    UNIVERSITY PARK — To continue to support its customers during the coronavirus pandemic, Penn State Extension is offering 75 percent off many of its on...
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    Extension extends free online courses through May 10
    Local News
    Extension extends free online courses through May 10
    Marcie 
    May 07, 2020
    UNIVERSITY PARK — To support its customers during the pandemic, Penn State Extension offered its library of online courses for free in April, and the ...
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    Planning proceeds for 14th annual Art in the Wilds
    Local News, Online Features
    Planning proceeds for 14th annual Art in the Wilds
    Marcie 
    Apr 07, 2020
    KANE — The 14th annual Art in the Wilds is scheduled for June. “The show must go on. Or, at least, the planning for it.” That’s the word from Marilyn ...
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    Kane officials meet for preventive planning
    Coronavirus, Local News
    Kane officials meet for preventive planning
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 23, 2020
    KANE — Officials in Kane met Friday to plan how to deal with an outbreak locally. Kane Mayor Brandy Schimp said while there are no reported cases as o...
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    Town of Ellicottville Bicentennial events begin in March
    Bradford, Local News, News
    Town of Ellicottville Bicentennial events begin in March
    DEB EVERTS Special to The Era 
    Jan 21, 2020
    ELLICOTTVILLE, N.Y. — Plans for the Town of Ellicottville Bicentennial celebration are on track for the events of 2020. In preparation, the planning c...
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    O-E School Board approves various items
    Local News
    O-E School Board approves various items
    BARB CLOSE bmdclose@hotmail.com 
    Nov 14, 2019
    DUKE CENTER — Earlier this week, the Otto-Eldred School Board listened to a group of sixth graders as they presented a request to change their field t...
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    Planning commission approve tri-county plan
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    Planning commission approve tri-county plan
    FRAN DE LANCEY delancey401@yahoo.com 
    Nov 13, 2019
    SMETHPORT — The McKean County Planning Commission voted Tuesday to approve the Northern Pennsylvania Tri-County Comprehensive Plan, which forms a stra...
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    McKean County Association of Township Supervisors hold 106th annual convention
    Bradford, Local News, News
    McKean County Association of Township Supervisors hold 106th annual convention
    FRAN DE LANCEY delancey401@yahoo.com 
    Oct 05, 2019
    PORT ALLEGANY — An official of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors who spoke Thursday at the 106th annual convention of the McK...
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    Forest Service to conduct national visitor use monitoring
    Local News
    Forest Service to conduct national visitor use monitoring
    Marcie 
    Aug 28, 2019
    WARREN — The USDA Forest Service — Allegheny National Forest will begin conducting National Visitor Use Monitoring (NVUM) in developed and dispersed r...
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    ​August events at the S.W. Smith Memorial Public Library announced
    Bradford, Local News, News
    ​August events at the S.W. Smith Memorial Public Library announced
    Jul 27, 2019
    PORT ALLEGANY — Events for the month of August are scheduled for the S.W. Smith Memorial Public Library. The Annual Library Dinner Auction fundraiser ...
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    Comprehensive plan public meeting set for June 27
    Local News
    Comprehensive plan public meeting set for June 27
    Marcie 
    Jun 05, 2019
    SMETHPORT — The Tri-County comprehensive plan open house has been rescheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. June 27 at the Port Allegany High School library. The in...
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    Open Arms planning Easter services in Port Allegany
    Local News, News
    Open Arms planning Easter services in Port Allegany
    Marcie 
    Apr 20, 2019
    Open Arms Church Port Allegany will host its Easter service Sunday at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. at 105 Smith Ave. The service is a continuation of its “Makin...
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    Top 10 most stressful jobs for 2019
    Jobs
    Top 10 most stressful jobs for 2019
    Michael Hoon 
    Jan 14, 2019
    Stress at work happens to everyone—it comes and goes, no matter how much you love what you do. Its causes can range from something fleeting, like an u...
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    First of two Elder Law Days held Wednesday
    Local News, News
    First of two Elder Law Days held Wednesday
    Nov 10, 2018
    The Greater Bradford Senior Activity Center hosted the first of two Elder Law Day events that will be held in McKean County this year. The event was h...
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    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    June 15, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
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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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