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THOSE COWS: It's not just the people at GGB Elementary School who thought that that group of cows on the hillside were bears. Hunters, unfortunately, ...

THAT CAT: After writing about that black panther on Wednesday we had yet another call from a reader who also saw this humongous "cat." Dan Causer of B...

TIMELY TIPS: Every year, we all swear we'll spend less this Christmas. And then, of course, we give in to guilt and go hog wild. With this weekend as ...

OUR HOME: "My name is Tom Bradford; a large part of the reason that I moved to Bradford Pa., is because my last name is Bradford. I've worked for IBM ...

IT'S TODAY: Usually, you can tell the "outsiders" by their ever-present cellphone. You know, like they're actually expecting to get a signal. Their fl...

OUR CAFE: "I wanted to say what a wonderful trip I had today, stepping back in time at the Kennedy Street Cafe. A friend and I went for breakfast (whi...

BEAR SEASON: A week ago, we had a telephone call about a group of bears reputedly convening frequently on the hillside behind George G. Blaisdell Elem...

GOOD MONTH: Throughout Bradford's history, it turns out, November has been a very interesting month. We know that because our good friends at Bradford...

BIGFOOT: Devotees of our Bigfoot coverage are invited to go to our website (www.bradfordera.com) for some unusual insight into this phenomenon. Join i...

MULE TRAIN: Since the laundry product "Borateem" has been touted in recent columns as a way to combat flea-infested carpets, we were reminded of the o...

ELF NOTE: Barney Snyder of Tucson, Ariz.: "ELF sounds really great. Congratulations to everyone who participates in whatever way." "Small towns are th...

BROWN CAT: "Thank you for printing the article from Paula Lafferty on her sighting of the black panther. A few years ago when my husband and I were ca...

A SKEPTIC: "While hunting earlier this week in the Sugar Run, I came across a mountain lion chasing Bigfoot. I have this on film. I dropped the film o...

TRUE HERO: You're never a hero in your own hometown. That saying is literally true in Buffalo, N.Y., the home of the most-decorated soldier in U.S. hi...

MILD WINTER: "Weather prophets are predicting a mild winter." That was the word from the Nov. 12, 1907, Era, continuing: "Among the signs enumerated a...

GOING 'ROUND: Roxanne Cooper of Grover, N.C., wrote late last week: "In regards to the 'Bigfoot sighting' in Ridgway: They were talking about it on th...

PLUS SIDE: Yesterday, a reader had said lady bugs - because of their bite - are no ladies! Today, Jerry Kleisath of Preble, N.Y., rises to their defen...

FLEA CURE: A couple readers can vouch for a flea treatment based on a product we hadn't even thought of for about 30 years - 20 Mule Team Borax. Mary ...

WE'RE WIRED: Any time a story hits the Associated Press wire - look out. That's what occurred in the last week or so when AP picked up an Era story on...

ELF DAY: We used to think our senior citizens were being taxed out of their homes. That is so passe. Our elderly friends and neighbors are now being f...