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WAR STORY: Paul Swanson of Mount Jewett writes last week, "I attended the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam this past weekend with my wife a...

ON WING: Do hummingbirds migrate south on the backs of geese? No! For some reason, this myth has become so entrenched in people's brains that they ref...

KIND SOUL: Curley Walters dropped by with a little article he titled, "Food for Thought (Pun Intended)." For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradfo...

BIRD HOUSE: In this photograph, you might expect to see Jack atop the bean stalk. Instead - if you look closely - you see a bird house tucked away at ...

EAGLE WATCH: Heav Hannold of Bradford spied this American bald eagle while out fishing at Sugar Bay. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford E...

JET CRASH: We have two stories today about a fatal military jet crash near Salamanca, N.Y., some 30 years ago. We'd asked readers about a crash in tha...

WAR STORIES: Two local teen-agers are among the thousands of casualties of the bloodiest single day on the battlefield in America history - Antietam, ...

BEAR WARNING: Black bears are our neighbors in this neck of the woods, but they're about to become a little more common as they start putting on pound...

THAT SEASON: Politics is not our thing. Not that we don't have opinions, of course, but we try to keep them out of this column. For complete stories, ...

IT'S TODAY: If you appreciate the beauty and abundance of Pennsylvania's forests and parks, you might want to wish a Happy Birthday today to the man r...

THE CULPRIT: Bill Sayers dropped by the other day with this and other photos of a beaver frolicking at Marilla Reservoir. For complete stories, subscr...

IT'S TODAY: "Out of every crisis comes the chance to be reborn," said Nena O'Neill. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition. Ple...

100 YEARS: "Woody is just Woody. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition. Please note that the e-Edition is separate from this p...

NEW BLOOD: Bradford is truly blessed by a corps of talented artists and craftsmen. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition. Plea...

ZIPPO NOTE: A Zippo lighter helped identify the remains of a soldier missing in Vietnam since 1969, one of three men buried in a single casket recentl...

SAME ONE?: This place is “crawling” with caterpillars ... literally. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition. Please note that t...

FALL FRIENDS: While we love the Internet for its ease of research, we must admit that it takes all the magic out of some subjects. For complete storie...

CATERPILLAR FAN: Sammantha Curcio, a 5th grader at Smethport Elementary School, weighs in on the photographs we ran on Aug. 25 of a big caterpillar fo...

IT'S TODAY: Got a newspaper in your hands? Thank the reporters, editors, photographers, press crew, drivers and carriers for The Bradford Era who work...

ALREADY GONE: Juanita in Smethport tells us Wednesday that her male hummingbirds have already departed for the winter leaving the females behind, figh...