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GASOLINE: Pete Palumbo, a retired chemistry teacher at Otto-Eldred Junior-Senior High School and St. Bonaventure university, wrote to us Wednesday in ...

FORBES: It seems a local company has made the pages of “Forbes” magazine. Again. For at least the fourth time, Zippo Manufacturing Co. has been featur...

WHAT? : The world’s largest pyramid isn’t in Egypt; the panda is not really a bear; a strawberry isn’t a berry; and the Statue of Liberty isn’t in New...

REMINDER : Bradford resident Sam Sylvester, himself a now-retired career Navy man, reminded us that today is an important date to mark American milita...

HISTORY : A longtime friend of RTS has sent us another goody to share — this time one of international historical significance. Clayton Vecellio sent ...

BAILEY: We thought our readers would be interested to learn we heard an update from the owner of a dog featured in Monday’s column. On Monday, we wrot...

LA DIVA: Opera singer and former Bradford resident Marilyn Horne has been named “Honorary La Diva of Old Spanish Days,” which take place annually at h...

MORE ON V-E DAY: After hearing John E. Rimer’s memories on Tuesday from the end of World War II, reader Frederick Young shared his own recollections f...

LOCAL FINDS: Phyllis Montgomery of Hinsdale, N.Y., shared information pertaining to a question we asked in Friday’s column. We were wondering whether ...

THE WILDS: Derrick City resident James Dushaw dropped off an article he found recently about the Pennsylvania Wilds that appeared in an unlikely place...

MORE ‘MAGIC’: One reader who didn’t give us a name passed along this tidbit after reading a recent column. This person writes, “In reference to the RT...

MORE CURIOSITIES: “More deer than people live in sparsely populated Potter County,” said writer Clark DeLeon in his segment on Galeton and its lumber ...

ODD TREASURE: We recently came across an odd treasure at a local estate sale. We picked up “Pennsylvania Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddi...

STARGAZING: No doubt many readers are taking time at some this summer to look upward and remember they are only a small part of a vast universe. Earth...

COOKING WALLEYE: Starting Friday, outdoor enthusiasts will flock the area to participate in the Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit fishing tournament on...

NATIONAL BIRD: Tim Crandell of Portville, N.Y., dropped off photos a while back that he took of a bald eagle nest in the Eldred area. We couldn’t resi...

LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS: Cliff Hastings is surprised how fast the last 50 years went by. Cliff, a long-time Rew volunteer firefighter, has been talking to ...

FIREMEN’S CARNIVAL: The Tri-County Firemen’s Association convention and carnival of 1964 must have been some event. Long-time Rew volunteer firefighte...

RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: A student at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has gotten a first-hand glimpse at the magic of television. Kimberly Marc...

SNAKE BITES: On Tuesday, we shared information from reader Fred Tarnaski on northern water snakes. Fred also offered some advice on snake bites — both...