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WATER SNAKES: In response to recent concerns Bradford resident Kathe Johnson wrote us about water snakes, reader Fred Tarnaski stepped up to provide i...

MEMORIES OF MAGIC PILLS: A recent column featuring a story of a “magic pill” that former Bradford residents George and Earl Holley were alleged to hav...

MORE FROM 1909 NEWSPAPER: On Friday, we talked about an article submitted by Bradford resident John Droney about a trip to Ireland published in the Ju...

HONEY BEE: Bradford resident Terri Hanold shared this photo of a honey bee she spotted this week. Terri writes: “We know it’s summer when the honey be...

SUMMERTIME IN BRADFORD: Toni Frontino, who works in the activity department at The Bradford Manor, said she was reading an RTS column to residents abo...

JUNE 6, 1944: Better known as D-Day, this day 70 years ago is remembered worldwide as a turning point in a war that changed the world map forever. Man...

WAR GAMES: It seems many residents had found a variety of ways to spend the summer hours before playing with electronics became the new American pasti...

SWIMMING: On Friday, we asked readers how they filled the summer days of their youth. Local woman Frances Wolfe Haight called Friday to us tell about ...

SUMMERTIME BLUES: Oh, to have the luxury of feeling the midsummer boredom only allowed in childhood ... As the rainy season and spring blossoms clear ...

STATELY BLOOMS: Among the many flowers that bloom locally starting in late May is the mountain laurel, the state flower of Pennsylvania. According to ...

IT’S TODAY: Just a quick reminder that today is primary election day in Pennsylvania. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Bradford and elsewhe...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Faced with the possibility of having a second straight season end with a Game 7 loss, the San Antonio Spurs played with emotion and...

GREENSBURG — The Pitt-Bradford baseball team fell to the Pitt-Greensburg Bobcats in the first round of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference To...

RT HONORS: The awards keep coming for Smethport artist Julie Mader. The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) has chosen her “Power Within” as one of...

BIG BEAR: We hadn’t heard much yet this spring about encounters with bears until this week, when Cora Roupe of Aiken dropped by with some pictures of ...

OPENING DAY: For local trout fishing aficionados, today is a holiday. A number of readers responded to our call for fishing stories to commemorate the...

FISHING STORIES: Last week we asked readers to share their favorite fishing stories, and we’ve gotten a few. This one is from Bill Robertson, who live...

TASTEE-FREEZ: Last week when Jim Belardia told us that a Tastee-Freez stand had once stood on East Main Street where the EZ TV and Appliance store has...

JEEPERS: We were catching up on some overlooked email when this one caught our eye: “Walked my dog on Tuna Trail about 8:15 this evening and heard the...

OLD BOTTLES: Jerry Olshefski of West Washington Street dropped in last week bearing a box of bottles. Not just any bottles, but old ones. Clear bottle...