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LOCAL ANGLE: A Bradford native is the focal point of a recent newspaper article about his wife’s bridal gown which was fashioned from a parachute he c...

WILD LIFE: If you let your cat out or keep your small dog tied outside, here’s a cautionary tale. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era ...

FIRST REUNION: We got some additional information on that button we told readers about a few weeks ago, one emblazoned with the words, “Back to Bradfo...

HOH’S ORCHESTRA: We continue today reporting on Hoh’s Family Orchestra, a band which played many venues in the Coudersport area during the 1930s. For ...

MAKING MUSIC: “When I was born on Feb. 29, 1932, a small headline in the local paper, the Potter County Enterprise, read, ‘Hoh’s Family Orchestra adds...

LILLIAN, PART 2: LIllian Leitzel was perhaps one of America’s first celebrities. For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition. Please...

LILLIAN LEITZEL: To follow up our recent columns about the Bradford chapter of Circus Saints and Sinners, we have some details on the namesake of the ...

OFF A BIT: Bill Jamieson of Mendota, Ill., writes Wednesday about our daily column, “Years Ago”: “I think there is a missing decimal point in today’s ...

MORE KUDOS: Jean Weber of Smethport writes us, “I loved reading the item on Glendorn and want to add my own praises for this absolutely breathtaking r...

‘UNBROKEN’: If ever there were fodder for a good movie, it would be the story we’ve detailed over the last two days about Louis Zamperini, the Olympic...

‘UNBROKEN’: When we left him yesterday, Louis Zamperini was closing in on the mile record while the world became embroiled in war. For complete storie...

‘UNBROKEN’: We have come across an incredible story about an Olean, N.Y., native who not only was an Olympic athlete but survived harrowing times in W...

BRADFORD ANGLE: Bradford gets another little footnote in history, thanks to President Ulysses S. Grant’s death on July 23, 1885. For complete stories,...

FOLLOW-UP: An RTS reader follows up our recent columns about the Circus Saints and Sinners organization in Bradford, making two additional points: For...

GLENDORN: In our New Year’s Day column, we had “resolved” to keep a positive attitude about our neck of the woods. This letter arrived just days later...

‘WORST’ WEATHER: If you’re planning a trip into or out of Bradford airport, you might want to skip this column. For complete stories, subscribe to The...

WESLEY SNIPES: While we’re not into celebrity gossip, we couldn’t pass up a tidbit about new FCI McKean inmate Wesley Snipes. For complete stories, su...

POST SCRIPT: We had a phone call from Harrijane Moore who chuckled as she admitted that her very own father, Harry Boylan, was among the “wild and cra...

LOCAL TENT: Jim Schonblom, in a story in The Era’s 1977 centennial edition, explained that the Bradford chapter of the Saints and Sinners began in 193...

PARTY TIME: The more we read about it, the more we realize the Circus Saints and Sinners was just an excuse to have a party — a big party. For complet...