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THE ALPINE: Who remembers getting a Tubber at The Alpine? For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition. Please note that the e-Editio...

A FEW MORE: Reader Tom Sowers sent a note with a few more businesses he recalled being in the West Washington and Mechanic streets area in the past, i...

WINNER: In case you missed it, Eldred resident Oral June Kio won a bedroom set, mattress and two i-tablets on "The Price is Right" episode, which aire...

SHOPS: We continue to pass on memories about various small shops that used to be in Bradford long before the advent of supermarkets and convenience ch...

GEOGRAPHY: The businesses surrounding Deligianni's Grocery Co. on Mechanic Street changed over time, of course, but reader John Carson informed us the...

MARKET TALK:How lucky for us that many people who once had businesses on Mechanic Street, or whose parents did, are willing to share information promp...

MAMA SAID: "We have to go to the Greeks,'" recalled many RTS readers about Deligianni Grocery Co. on Mechanic Street. For complete stories, subscribe ...

JUNE DAY: On Tuesday folks at the Eldred Senior Center will watch the broadcast of "The Price is Right" episode featuring Eldred resident June Kio, an...

SPIDER I.D.: It seems the spider given to RTS is NOT a poisonous brown recluse spider, merely a “common house spider.” And although its bite is not le...

FEEDBACK: First, many people are still writing to us to tell us about the market on Mechanic Street that Susan Piscitelli Stephenson asked about in ou...

UNWELCOME VISITOR: On Wednesday, Bill Larson brought us a spider thought to be a brown recluse that he captured Monday night in a workshop near his Du...

MID-WINTER BLUES: All the questions about hibernation have made us wonder about human hibernation. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era...

LUNCH TIME: Around noon on Friday, Era correspondent Amanda Jones snapped this photo of what she believes is a juvenile northern goshawk in Rich Valle...

LOCAL CONNECTION: Smethport native Jennifer Klaiber of Wilcox contacted us to brag on her cousin, Leanne McLaughlin of Cary, N.C., who on Dec. 21 brok...

FORD'S SEARCH: Today we continue the story of Henry Ford's efforts to find an automobile fuel other than gasoline. Remarking on the close of 60 brewer...

ALTERNATIVE FUEL: Innovator Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Co., searched for years for a substitute for gasoline, starting as early as 1916. Fo...

HIBERNATING:A reader called recently to ask whether chipmunks hibernate during the winter. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Editi...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Today marks a new beginning for RTS as well, with a new author. Rest assured, though, that we will continue to offer a place for our r...

LONG GOOD-BYE: By the time I finally leave this joint, everyone is going to be sick of me. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Editi...

MARTY: A spotted lizard in someone’s front yard. Passenger pigeons in Bradford. The original Texas Hot Sauce Recipe. All of these and so many other to...