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JOHN CUMMISKEY: John J. Cummiskey, an irreplaceable source of local sports history, passed away Saturday at the age of 89. For more of the story, plea...

TUCKER TIME: Shirley Gault of Smethport passes along a colorful first-hand report from her 89-year-old brother Jim Mansfield of Wellsville, N.Y., abou...

PITT PANTHER?: If you’re in the vicinity of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, here’s something to think about. Whitey Farnsworth of Bradford, ...

ANOTHER CAT: It was 24 years ago, when Lisa Pecherzewski was a teen-ager spending time with her grandparents in Rew. She heard a noise — very loud, li...

GOOD IDEA: We read in our very own newspaper about a good idea already going on in some places in the country. It’s called, “time banks,” and we think...

1938 ISSUE: “After a busy winter at school, boys and girls need the health-giving contact with sun and wind, nature’s great restoratives and energizer...

1938 ISSUE: “After a busy winter at school, boys and girls need the health-giving contact with sun and wind, nature’s great restoratives and energizer...

ST. MARYS: Our new circulation manager Don Watts has been traveling throughout our territory and comes back with some interesting observations. St. Ma...

1938 ISSUE: “After a busy winter at school, boys and girls need the health-giving contact with sun and wind, nature’s great restoratives and energizer...

SNEAK PREVIEW: Countrysuperstar LeAnn Rimes is coming to Bradford. That’s the word from Shane Oschman, president of the Bradford Creative and Performi...

STEVE HODGES: This community sure lost a friend — and a fan — with the death a week ago of Steve Hodges, a long-time Bradfordian, at the age of 94. St...

NEWS OF 1910: “The old scout will never visit here again in the area,” the story begins. “Possibly no country ever had a character so universally know...

FLAG DAY: A reader stopped by with an old clipping that seems pertinent today, Flag Day: “Hello. Remember me? Some people call me Old Glory, others ca...

CRAZY FRANK: Our friend Hollywood Helen apparently has a date for a dance at this August’s Festa Italiana. Frank Hatch of Limestone, N.Y., tells us to...

ELIOT NESS: Nope, Eliot Ness did not die at Weis’ Restaurant but at his home in Coudersport. That’s the apparent verdict in our ongoing discussion of ...

DOWNHOMERS: The definitive answer today from Darell D. Harris of Oswayo about those “downhomers”: “When I began to drill in the oil fields during the ...

MRS. PARKS: We conclude our story of Mrs. Allan Parks of Mount Jewett whose heroism in May of 1900 was the subject of a recent article in the Bradford...

BRAVE LADY: “Presence of mind and quick action of a young woman saved 20 people who were scorching and suffocating near Newton yesterday evening, at 5...

BIG BEE: Skip Riekofsky stopped by recently with a very large bee in a jar. He called it a “super bee,” and he found it inside his house in Kushequa. ...

DOWN HOMERS: More from readers: Tom Shipman of Hampton, Va., writes: “Reading the story about the down homers reminded me of my mother’s family moving...