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BIG ONES: When Gus Crissman of Rew saw the tiny tomatoes grown by Bob Harris, he couldn’t resist the urge to kid him a little. He stopped by Friday to...

OH, ZIPPO: Dick Marcott of Bradford writes, “All those who see a random use of a Zippo lighter in any movie as a testament to Bradford and worthy of r...

GOOD INK: Earlier this month, the Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator featured an article on “quick getaways” that raved about this part of the country includin...

REAL SURVIVOR: We reported last week on a Bradford man who had been aboard a Navy ship escorting a damaged aircraft carrier during World War II. Today...

TINY TOMATO: Ask, and ye shall receive? We’d been whining about the dearth of “odd-looking” vegetables, when these gems fell into our hands. For compl...

LAST ONE?: We saw a hummingbird at our feeder Monday reminding us ever so much of a bar patron at closing time hoping to get one last sip. For complet...

TODAY’S POEM: Paul N. Pingie of Bradford was inspired to write a poem while walking the trail between Dorothy Lane and Clark Lane earlier this summer....

QUIZ TIME: To hear all the yammering on cable TV you’d think everyone was an expert on the U.S. Constitution. For complete stories, subscribe to The B...

BROKEN BRIDGE: The heartbreak of losing the Kinzua Viaduct is brought home to us in a stack of old newspapers dropped off by a reader. For complete st...

IT’S TODAY: The third Friday in September of each year has been set aside as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. For complete stories, subscribe to The ...

SMALL WORLD: When we passed along an article about a Zippo lighter which fired up the boiler on a crippled aircraft carrier in World War II, we had no...

STILL HERE: Do you doubt hummingbirds are still hanging around? For complete stories, subscribe to The Bradford Era e-Edition. Please note that the e-...

SEPT. 15: Larry Skiver stopped by Monday after reading our suggestion to keep your hummingbird feeders up even through fall to give migrating birds so...

HOBO NICKEL: Ron McAlpine of Bradford stopped by last week to show us a genuine hobo nickel. For more of the story, please subscribe to The Era online...

IT’S TODAY: Will there ever be a day — in our lifetime — when Sept. 11 will be anything but a heartbreaking memory? No, not likely. BIRD RESCUE: Sandy...

TO THE RESCUE: This is a story of a Zippo lighter that saved the day — and the ship — in an attack off the coast of Japan during World War II. For mor...

Special delivery: Era route driver aids woman about to give birth A Bradford Era route driver in Emporium for 26 years, Tim Hoffower has seen many unu...

RED MEN: A letter from Geraldine Kennedy DeMarkey of Anaheim Hills, Calif., resurrects a topic of Round the Square of a few months back, a fraternal o...

NEW VERSES: It’s not every day we get serenaded but it happened last week when Jerry Kohler of Bradford stopped by with another version of “The Big Ro...

LABOR DAY: It’s time to pay tribute to all those people who have to work today, Labor Day. At The Era, there are only two days a year when we don’t pu...