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NEVER FORGOTTEN: There won’t be any Memorial Day speeches at the little graveyard along Route 59 in Marshburg today. No one will play “Taps,” and ther...

STROLL IN THE WOODS: One hundred serious backpackers will embark on June 7 on the fourth Allegheny 100 Challenge, an unsupported 100-mile hike on the ...

POLITE BIRD: We hope there’s a bird behavior expert among our readers who can help explain the actions of what we think is quite an unusual female car...

PRESERVING TRADITION: A devoted group of local square-dance enthusiasts is trying to renew interest in the folk-art form, and they could use a little ...

A REASON TO VOTE: It what has become an election day tradition, the Lafayette Township Action Committee holds a baked goods and soup sale at the towns...

BIG BUG: Judy Blanchard of Bushnell Street dropped in Monday morning with an insect that we haven’t seen before. It might be some sort of moth, since ...

BEAR BUMP: Our local bears continue to give residents a start every now and again. Angela Nuzzo emailed us about this close encounter: “Very early Sat...

CITY BEAR: Debbie Bauer phoned Friday to alert us that a bear had visited her neighborhood in the wee hours of Friday. Bear sightings aren’t that unus...

VIETNAM MEMORY: Ron Orris served in the Army in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1965 and 1966. He was in a unit that disbursed the pay of troops coming in from co...

ROCK ’N’ ROLL: Carole Longo, who grew up in Bradford in the 1950s, emailed us about her great memories of rock ’n’ roll in Bradford during her teen ye...

GREEN THUMB: June Kio of Eldred called to report a phenomenon from the plant world that we suspect won’t be duplicated anytime soon. June tells us tha...

COMING HOME: It isn’t every day that someone like Richard T. McCormack drops in to our office for a visit, but the prospect of something like that hap...

TRIATHLON: The organizers of the Eighth Annual Willow Creek Triathlon are anticipating that this year’s race on Aug. 3 will be a milestone. Since its ...

MISSING CHILD: If she were still alive, she would be nearly 80 years old. But no one knows what ever happened to Marjory West, who was 4 years old whe...

THE WILD SIDE: Sue Elliott moved from Bradford to the great outdoors of Turtlepoint last fall and she says it has been a wildlife adventure ever since...

SWEET 16: This item is for the gear heads among us. The 16th annual Autumn Daze Car Show, set for Sept. 8 on Bradford’s Main Street, is well into its ...

REALLY EELS? Our recent mention of eels in area rivers and the inclination of some of our locals to cook and eat them gave rise to an email from Al Mc...

BLOCK SIGHTING: It had been only hours since we published Barbara Bowman’s suggestion that we document sightings of Pittsburgh Corning glass blocks in...

FLY AWAY: The Allegheny National Forest Visitors Bureau’s newsletter reminds us that now through the end of May is prime time for the migration of son...

GLASS BLOCKS: We have been quick to report sightings of Bradford-made Zippo lighters in movies, television shows and in the hands of the famous across...