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ERNIE PYLE: World War II journalist Ernie Pyle has a link to Bradford through Zippo lighters. His promotion of the product certainly help Zippo get a ...

BEST PET: You still have time to enter your dog or cat in The Era's pet photo contest. The deadline has been extended until Friday. The contest, which...

LOOK UP: "Do bald eagles migrate? The answer is yes and no!" That's our response today from our buddy in Kane known as "Eagle-Eye." He continues, "Eag...

MORE STORES: Believe it or not, we still have a long list of those old Bradford stores from the 1930s until the 1970s. Without further ado - W.M. Sche...

PORT ALLEGANY: Those signs that say Port Alleghany will be change to correctly reflect the name of the town, Port Allegany. That's the word Monday fro...

TOO FUNNY: During this week's bout of water problems in Bradford, we've been drinking bottled water. When we check out the label, it identified the so...

LOCAL ANGLE: If you saw the History Channel program, "Life After People," you may have seen a distinctly local item - the former Kinzua viaduct. Doug ...

MORE STORES: Actually, we don't have just a few more old Bradford stores to tell you about - we have a lot! We have been collecting mounds of informat...

LOOK UP: Sue Nelson of Smethport phoned the other day to tell us she had just seen an American bald eagle flying over the Hamlin Lake area. She wonder...

LIGHTER SIDE: All our columns on old Bradford stores has held up a few items on lighters - and not all Zippos, believe it or not! We'll start with thi...

GAS PAIN: Lest any of our readers think Bradford gas prices have suddenly come in line with the rest of the country, consider this report from Myrtle ...

WAR DEAD: We recently carried a column about some of the McKean County servicemen killed in the two world wars. Another name today - Cpl. Ralph E. Bra...

RAZE TIME: If you haven't seen the city's skyline since the old Eagles building was torn down on East Washington Street, come check it out. Its absenc...

NEW DEAL: The McKean County Historical Society needs your help. This is the 75th anniversary of FDR's New Deal and the society is looking for local in...

MORE STORES: Our saga on Bradford stores continues: Kristie Bentley of Virginia Beach, Va., writes: "Being notoriously hard on rings, I was worried. M...

MORE STORES: Remember the "fluoroscope" at Brown's Boot Shop that would be used to measure a youngster's foot? One of our readers had mentioned it as ...

BIRD REPORT: "As I was reading this morning's Round the Square about the bird sightings, I looked up from the paper and through my window I saw a huge...

TOP PETS: You think your pet is the best, right? Here is your chance to prove it! Our Newspapers in Education program, which uses the daily newspaper ...

WAR REPORT: Joel Gilfert of Eldred tells us quite a few McKean County residents served in the armed forces in Canada in World War I and World War II, ...

BE KIND: Linda Platko Green of Bradford passes along this suggestion: "While driving in the comfort of your vehicles, remember those on foot trying to...