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OLD HOME POEM: With today's column, we conclude a poem printed initially about 100 years ago in The Era to celebrate Old Home Days in August of 1909. ...

OLD HOME POEM: Before we leave Bradford's celebration of the discovery of oil, we have another piece of poetry written as part of Old Home Week during...

MAPLE MANIA: Sometimes, we can't see the trees for the forest. That's the message we got from a Henrico, Va., man who is singing the praises of acer P...

BEAR WRAP-UP: Bear reports are diminishing as autumn approaches. Diminishing, however, does not mean disappearing. We have a few from early September ...

OIL 150: Virginia Johnson of Bradford is among our readers who enjoyed The Era's coverage of the Oil 150 celebration, and the well shoot. She writes, ...

LABOR OF LOVE: Our Labor Day column, which called attention to the daily grind of newspaper reporters, was a hit with a couple of readers. Former Brad...

LISTEN UP: If you're in the lower part of Elk and Cameron counties, you might hear some elk bugling. This is prime time for viewing the elk in the so-...

DATE OF INFAMY: To anyone alive in America on Sept. 11, 2001, this is surely a "date that will live in infamy" - to borrow FDR's description of the at...

SEPT. 11, 2001: We're giving you a day to prepare. Dawn Pletcher, co-director of Goodies for our Troops in Wellsboro, passes along a worthy suggestion...

TOP SHELF: Elk State Forest has named the black cherry the "Tree of the Month" for September. Those in the timber industry would probably dub it "Tree...

COUGAR TIME: We hear from A. Buck Tantalo of Bradford: "Mountain Lions: Are these large cats in Penn's woods? Yes. "When you're 4 feet from a mountain...

LABOR DAY: How many reporters does it take to produce The Bradford Era? No, not a joke. A column for Labor Day about the daily grind of a newspaper re...

ON WING: The same Smethport reader who reported a flock of geese has called with more bad news. Her male hummingbirds are all gone, and only three fem...

SKUNKED?: Bill Jamieson of Mendota, Ill., has an answer to our Hazel Hurst reader whose lawn was torn up - possibly by bears. Bill writes: "Regarding ...

BLACKBERRY TIME: There are only two types of people in the world. Dog lovers or cat lovers. Introverts or extroverts. Those who like raspberries and t...

SEPT. 2: After reading about our early geese report, Lance Begin of Bradford called yesterday to comment on the number of leaves which have already tu...

SEPT. 1: A Smethport woman called to report seeing a flock of southbound geese. That was a week ago yesterday, very early in the season. There were 35...

BEE NOTES: Nick Champlin of Bradford follows up on a recent RTS on Colony Collapse Disorder occurring in the honey bee population: Nick, himself a bee...

BEE NOTES: Nick Champlin of Bradford follows up on a recent RTS on Colony Collapse Disorder occurring in the honey bee population: Nick, himself a bee...

CROOK FARM: We always enjoy the mixture of music, crafts and food offered at the annual Crook Farm Fair being held this weekend at the historic farmho...