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POST SCRIPT: Our elegy about retired Waterways Patrol Officer Wilbur Williams drew some comment from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission — some ...

ABOUT JIM: We received this nice letter from Frances Ohman of East Smethport about a recent story in The Era: “My late husband, Carl, and I raised pro...

REDMEN: Everything old is new again. Or so it seems after researching a group from years ago in Bradford known as the Redmen only to find it traces it...

OUTDOOR SHOW: The Kinzua Outdoor and Travel Show is on tap today and tomorrow at the Bradford Mall, offering exhibits, demonstrations, entertainment a...

LOOK UP: It was a week ago now that we ran a front-page photograph of the flag waving in the wind atop a tower at American Refining Group refinery. If...

THAT BAND: Was it the 1910 Fruitgum Company or the Ohio Express that played a concert in Bradford in the late 1960s? Not long ago, we had stated unequ...

ON ICE: With the Olympics under way, it’s a perfect time to think about ice skating! Jerome Pier of Carlisle writes about skating in Mount Jewett in t...

GOOD IDEA: “The Knox-Kane Railroad has been disbanded. The railroad equipment has been sold off. But the rails and crossing equipment, together with t...

‘WEIS’ WORDS: You grow with it. Those are the “wise” words from Mary Maxine Weis of Emporium on the power of gardening. She spoke to us earlier this w...

DOG DAYS: When we quizzed readers about the “local connection” with Mary MacQueen of Salamanca, N.Y., and her dog, Robin, little did we know we’d hear...

TODAY’S IRONY: Mary C. Foley of Eldred sends along a published list she received of the supposed best vehicles in 2009 — and some pithy commentary. “I...

SIMPLE FUN: Bill Robertson of Duke Center writes, “I’ve been reading with interest the tales of old ponds found recently in Round the Square. The pond...

SNOW DAYS: Judy Keenan writes to us from Elkton, Md. (Her subject line — Blizzard reminders of ’77.) “I thought I was back in good old Bradford that I...

GOOD IDEA: Why can’t Bradford have a big community garden? Or a lot of little ones? Everything you read about healthy living and even environmental co...

GOT BOOKS?: If you do, our Newspapers In Education Coordinator Jane Larson would like to hear from you. The NIE department at The Era will have a used...

WRONG PLACE: We gave the wrong location for the re-enactment of a murder trial from the 1930s, an event being sponsored by the McKean County Historica...

BEE PHOTOS: Turn to The Era’s Web site (bradfordera.com) to catch some great candid shots of young people at the Scripps National Spelling Bee held at...

SKATING SPOTS: Sandy Fox of Cyclone writes about skating ponds: “The one on Droney Road in Gifford was a great place. The pond was on oil company prop...

MORE PONDS: Bob Funk of Smethport writes, “Smethport was well-known for two ice skating ponds as I was growing up. The first one I can remember was a ...

COYOTE ATTACK: Coyotes have been known to pick off a cat or small dog on occasion but we were shocked to read recently that a Canadian musician was ki...