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WORDS : Words are our business, and we were delighted to receive a tip from an Era reader about the Lake Superior State University’s 44th annual List ...

ELK : “Most are aware of the elk which roam neighboring Elk County, thus the following may be of interest,” wrote an Era reader. According to a 1998 b...

MORE: Jim Remick from Kane remembers a “watchtower” in St. Marys in 1952, similar to the ones we’ve heard about in Bradford and Olean, N.Y. The St. Ma...

There is no shortage of rebellion in the history of moonshining. Some famous moonshiners and distillers include Robert Glenn “Junior” Johnson, Al Capo...

NATURE: Dragonflies have some fascinating behavior, agrees Joyce Stoltz of Battle Creek, Mich. We shared a story from a Wilcox reader earlier this mon...

DOOLITTLE: On June 7, we wrote about a very accomplished Bradford native who recently passed away. When it comes to being successful, there are many t...

NIGHT CLASSES: Where can an old news hound learn new tricks? Marty Wilder of Marshburg writes with a question for our readers: “I want to know what ha...

Several vendors, such as spiritual consultant Arthur Keicher of East Aurora, N.Y., were featured at a Psychic Fair held at the Bradford Area Public Li...

Bradford Area Public Library will have a psychic fair on from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 21. The event is open to the public. While the admission to the ...

APRIL FOOLS: With April Fools’ Day falling on Easter this year — and since we don’t publish a Sunday paper — we cut our readers a break from our annua...

TREES: A reader called Thursday to say Bradford City doesn’t look the same as it used to. “If you drive around Bradford, you notice there are very few...

FOND MEMORIES: Muriel Young Okerlund of Gifford “While reading the front page of The Era last week, showing the swearing In of Terry Lopus, to City Co...

GOOD READ: We’ve been talking about the Great Smog of London that descended on the city on Dec. 5, 1952. Just two or three weeks prior to our column w...

VETERANS SQUARE: Sally Costik, curator of the Bradford Landmark Society, shared these words that appeared in The Bradford Era on May 9, 1879. It seems...

VETERANS : Not every member of the Armed Forces was a combat hero, but all deserve recognition for their contributions and putting their personal live...

AGE JUST A NUMBER: A reader shared a timely tidbit about the power a determined youth has to change the face of history. The reader referred to the re...

TIDBITS: Dawn Blaisdell of Lewis Run passed along a couple of things she thought our readers would find interesting. Dawn writes, “Have you ever thoug...

MEMORIAL: An Era reader shared some thoughts about the significance of Memorial Day. Our readers writes, “With regards to the article titled “To Many ...

TRAIN WRECK: We have some bits and pieces to share about the train wreck photo from the April 20 column. Several people notified us to let us know it ...

As 2016, a momentous year in terms of news and information, comes to a close, we want to express appreciation for the support our readers and advertis...