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BUCKET LIST: Joyce Geis has been reading Pennsylvania “bucket list” items we’ve been running from readers, and she thought of a couple not said. “I th...

TEXACO: Clayton Vecellio remembers the Texaco station in the photograph in Tuesday’s column. Clayton writes, “I believe it was Curly Vinca’s, then Mar...

AGRICULTURE: Ag Progress Days exposition at Penn State University is happening this weekend, starting today at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Rese...

EARTH DAY: With today being Earth Day, we have some ideas for how to celebrate. Goodwill Industries of North Central PA shared advice for being friend...

CROSSWORDS: Lester Tibbetts wrote to let us know he found a product invented locally in a recent Wall Street Journal crossword puzzle. He writes, “The...

WOMEN’S DAY: In the United States, the first National Women’s Day was observed Feb. 28, 1909. The first International Women’s Day was commemorated in ...

LETTERMAN: The Era has made the Letterman show. Rich Hannon of Bradford forwarded us a video clip from the David Letterman show that mentions The Era ...

SHADOWS: Happy Groundhog Day! Everybody’s familiar with Punxsutawney Phil and the big to-do in his hometown each Feb. 2. Everyone knows about Phil’s s...

GARDEN PLAN: We just wanted to remind readers, it’s about time to start thinking about what you wanted to plant in your gardens this year. The season ...

ICE-O-RAMA — Looking for a way to get outside for a bit? We know we’ve been cooped up in our house for weeks and would take about any excuse to get ou...

CENTENNIAL: We wrote Friday about the Old Home Week and Centennial celebration Aug. 9-15 in 1925 in Bradford. The event, touted as a reunion for all o...

BACK TO BRADFORD: As the holidays are over and a good chunk of winter still looms ahead, we thought we’d find something fun to share with readers toda...

BIRD FEED: Yesterday we promised to share a recipe from the Penn State Extension for a type of bird food. According to the recipe listed on the Extens...

AN ANNIVERSARY: Ten years have passed since then-Gov. Edward Rendell formally recognized the section of U.S. Route 6 for its transportation heritage a...

EAGLES: A creature so stately our Founding Fathers felt it should be a symbol of our nation, American bald eagles are not easy to spot. Residents will...

ICE CREAM: A co-worker shared this ice cream contest with us, and it was too fun not to pass along. Yuengling’s — yes, the same company that make beer...

LAW ENFORCEMENT: Andy Heffner of Ormsby called with a thought to add to Friday’s column about National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. Regarding a l...

STEVE KAN: Tom Bromeley passed along a story about Steve Kan, who owned a grocery store on West Washington Street years ago that we’ve been talking ab...

HAPPY PLACES: In December, Penn State University issued a press release discussing recent research that looked into links between community and mental...

McKEAN COUNTY: A visitor to McKean County has once again taken note of some the area’s interesting features. In “8 Surprising Facts About Mid-Pennsylv...