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TALKING FUNNY: Ron DiGiacinto and his wife Caroline have lived in Bradford for 13 years, but the pronunciation and regional phrases they grew up with ...

INTERESTING TIMES: Our recent mention of Civilian Conservation Corps camps on the Allegheny National Forest in the 1930s and early 1940s prompted Dick...

CITY CHANGES: Officials with the City of Bradford are planning some changes for the downtown, both to improve its appearance and to become more enviro...

CCC : The current issue of the Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy Journal has an article about the Sugar Run Civilian Conservation Corps camp that was...

SPRING REVISITED: Calls about signs of spring like robin sightings and crocuses blooming suddenly ceased about 10 days ago, about the time spring offi...

SCHOOL FIRE: Last month, RTS shared recollections of the June 19, 1950 fire that destroyed the South Bradford School. Last week, Ted Price brought in ...

UPDATED WITH MORE RECIPES AT THE END MORE CHILI: Last week we shared a recipe for a Greek sauce for Texas hots that was requested by former resident N...

INFLATION GAUGE: We hear a lot these days about the rising cost of health care. Patty Catalone of St. Marys mailed us documentary proof of the trend i...

CLUB SOCIETY: We continue today to excerpt an article by Del Crockett about the Valley Hunt Club, which was the equestrian center of the region from t...

VALLEY HUNT CLUB: Del Crockett writes from Bisbee, Ariz., where he has lived for 12 years, that he still subscribes to The Era and has enjoyed our fre...

MORE BARBERS: Our list of longtime barbers around Bradford continues to grow. Neil Reynolds called to remind us of Glenn Osgood, who has barbered in E...

CHILI RECIPE: Former Bradford resident Norm Geist, who now lives in Kentucky, sent out a call about a week ago for a recipe for a Greek sauce for Texa...

HAPPY SPRING: If the weather forecasters were correct, you might have worn your boots to pick up the paper this morning, the first “official” day of s...

LONG MEMORY: Wayne Caskey of Webster, N.Y., a Port Allegany native, dropped us a note to share a memory from his school days in the early 1930s. “When...

SIGNS OF SPRING: We’ve already reported on Canada geese flying north, flocks of robins in hay fields and red-winged blackbirds returning to bird feede...

MORE ON BARBERS: Our recent columns about Mike Ross’ 70-plus years in the barbering business have spawned a number of calls about other longtime barbe...

LOCAL CONNECTION: It seems that wherever our readers travel, they find connections to Bradford and our history. Jim McFetridge of Smethport took a win...

BARBERING BIZ: Barber shops and barbers have dwindled over the seven decades Mike Ross has been cutting hair, and the reasons for that are as varied a...

MIKE’S BACK: We’re happy to report that Mike Ross is back at work in his barber shop in the Seneca Building after being out sick for about a month. We...

FIRST ROBINS: Kathy Gotshall of Port Allegany called Monday to report seeing her first robins of the season. She spotted a flock of them — 50 to 75 st...