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BEAR LIFT?: Nope. As it turns out, it was not a bear being lifted off the ground by helicopter near Lantz Corners over the weekend. That would have be...

WILD THING: Smethport Country Club has had some very special visitors. Check this out: Jim Askey, club superintendent, tells us he took the picture la...

BEAR LIFT?: An intriguing question from a Memorial Day camper: Bobbie Rochow of Jamestown writes, “While camping in the woods at Lantz Corners/Mount J...

BR-R-ADFORD: As you put those geraniums and tomato plants into the ground, here’s some food for thought. Wade E. Confer in Bradford keeps a “bad weath...

IT’S TODAY: Memorial Day, of course. Often we hear from Elmer DeLucia on this special day for veterans and today is no exception. Elmer remarks on the...

ON OIL: The dramatic oil spill in the Gulf prompted a call from Dorothy Shields whose husband, Larry, was called to a major spill some 25 years ago on...

TUCKER TALES: Tall tales or the truth? We’re betting the truth from Lyle Atwood of Bradford who knew not just infamous Tucker owner George McKinney bu...

WILD THINGS: Tom Burke of Crooker House Lane scratched his head in wonder as one suet basket after another disappeared from the yard. Suet, as most of...

WORM ALERT: There’s some new kind of “worm” eating up the spruce trees, we’ve been told. Clyde Johnson of Port Allegany reported Monday that he observ...

EARLY LIGHT: Could we really be seeing lightning bugs this early in the season? Yes. We had two reports Sunday one from Rudy Luce in Bradford and a se...

TUCKER TIME: We’re up to four of these model Tuckers, so far. As you can see, this reproduction has workable doors, hood and trunk. This one is so aut...

ICEMAN COMETH: As we type up this column, it’s rain and cold outside — again. But take heart as there is a lot of precedent for this damp and dingy we...

BEAR LEFT: We knew those GPS devices were pretty accurate but get this: Myrtle Baker of Emporium was driving to State College with her daughter Bonnie...

STARTS TODAY: Do you enjoy reading?You won’t want to miss the Newspapers In Education used book sale which starts today at the former Salvation Army T...

HALLEY’S COMET: “Well, we are still here. The comet’s tail did not brush us off the map. There was no overturning of mountains; no cataclysm in the fi...

CUB 6-PACK: Greg Ambuske thought he knew quite a bit about bears, but was bowled over last week when he saw a mother bear with 5 or 6 cubs, all of whi...

TODAY’S IDEA: “Perpetual” care isn’t what it used to be. That’s the word today from Judy Warnick of Eldred, treasurer of Lamphier Cemetery Association...

GAS PAIN: Now that gas is inching up to the $3 mark in Bradford, as usual in the run-up to Memorial Day, we’re beginning to feel more pain at the pump...

TUCKER TIME: We started yesterday to tell readers the story of Lance L. Lewis of Emporium who became the proud owner of parts of the Bradford Tucker, ...

TUCKER 1018: We find our more about Bradford’s Tucker No. 1018 from Lance Lewis of Emporium who wrote to us after reading our previous reports on the ...