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‘DREAM’ ON: Various takes on that WESB sign-off: Gus Gocella writes, “WESB used to sign off with ‘Dreamdust’ and it was by Hoagie Carmichael. I loved ...

FLIP SIDE: “People complain about our snowy weather (I admit it is a little unhandy at times) but I haven’t found a better place to live — a good medi...

FAN MAIL: If you ever think you’d like to be the editor of a small town newspaper, consider this e-mail we received anonymously last week: “I notice i...

FREE FLEA: We’ve been sharing some “good ideas” with readers including an idea to hold a flea market where all the items are free. Such an event would...

ON ICE: Barney Snyder remembers sled riding in Bradford: “Oh, boy. Ron Lytel, Bill Hanson and I used to go way up the dirt road on Birch Street. Ron h...

ON ICE: Kristie Bentley of Grayslake, Ill., writes, “When we were growing up on Gilbert Lane my parents would take us ice skating on the pond at Willo...

FIRST PEEPS: June Caldwell of Cameron County was coming back from a prayer meeting when she heard the first peepers of the season at around 9 p.m. Tue...

IN THE SWIM: Larry English of Duke Center dropped by with a photograph of the last standard oil rig to be drilled in Derrick City in the 1940s, which ...

NEEDLE NEWS: We owe a special debt of gratitude to the cancer center at Bradford Regional Medical Center which knitted a stack of scarves last Christm...

GRAHAM’S POND: Jan Graham picks up John Rimer’s memories of her family’s skating pond: “My research shows that the first Era mention of the Graham ska...

ON ICE: “When I saw where they were opening the present-day ice rink, it brought back a lot of memories of my ice skating. Starting in mid-1930 when T...

LOOK UP: We’re not sure if our unseasonably warm weather is responsible but reports of spring harbingers have been pouring in. Ron Housler saw robins ...

BIG BIRD: Want to know what a pileated woodpecker (aka “Woody Woodpecker”) looks like? Check this out. Margie Holland dropped us a line and forwarded ...

LOOK UP: Our first flock of northbound geese has been seen flying over Port Allegany on Tuesday. Woo Hoo! Kathy and Jim Gotshall of Port saw not just ...

EASY SLIDE: “If you were from Cyclone, best sled riding was on Pearsol Hill. I’d wax the rails on my Duncannon Lightning Guider and beat everyone of t...

TODAY’S IDEA: One man’s junk is another man’s gem. That’s our premise today on an idea to offer a win-win idea for the Bradford community. Everybody h...

ON FLY: “I was freezing and knee deep in the West Branch of the Tunungwant Creek when I caught my first trout on the fly.” So writes Matt Martin, mana...

ON WING: This past Monday we heard from Frank Milks on Ocracoke Island in the Outer Banks: “Just thought you would like to know I think the robins are...

ON ICE: John Rimer of Bradford remembers ice skating in Bradford: “I can’t believe nobody has mentioned Graham’s Pond when talking about ice skating. ...

BOOKMARK: Tune in to National Public Radio today or Sunday to hear local author Ann McCauley reviewing “Still Alice” by Lisa Genova. Ann — who most of...