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MOMS' DAY: Chad Hayden writes, "Maybe you could put this in your paper in appreciation for all the mothers." "Who would do the dishes? Who would feed ...

LOCAL ANGLE: Shelley Harvey of Bradford passes along a "small world" item after reading the April 21 edition: "In this morning's Era appeared an obit ...

SUPER SCENE: A 2005 St. Marys High graduate got the chance of a lifetime in February as a college intern working the sidelines at the Pittsburgh Steel...

BEE'S KNEES: Whether you are a seasoned gardener or a novice green thumb, you can join the fight to save the honeybees by planting your own pollinator...

EMPORIUM NOTE: There was a too-short story in a recent edition of the Olean, N.Y., newspaper about a reunion of long-lost brothers who hailed from Emp...

MORE SCAMS: We have passed along information about scams going around even in these tough times. Now, we learn, some scams are geared specifically tow...

MORE SCAMS: We have passed along information about scams going around even in these tough times. Now, we learn, some scams are geared specifically tow...

METAL SPIDER: The mystery of the giant metal spider posed in 'RTS several days ago has been solved. The spider, along with other large metal creatures...

HAPPY MAY!: We're all familiar with Mothers Day and Memorial Day - even Cinco De Mayo - but what about Lumpy Rug Day? No Diet Day? Respect For Chicken...

FLYING OBJECTS: A sure sign of spring is when the hummingbirds return, and several readers have shared with us reports of their first sightings of the...

CASE SIGHTING: Clayt Vecellio stopped by the other day with a copy of the April edition of "America in WWII," a magazine which certainly looks like it...

DERBY DAYS: In just a few short days, it will be the annual running of the Kentucky Derby. Our friends at Bradford Area Public Library have prepared s...

THAT BIRD: The mystery identity of the speckled bird featured in Francie Long's photograph in the April 23 'RTS has been solved. It is indeed a Northe...

LOCAL ANGLE: Gus Gocella of Crossville, Tenn., tells us the earthquake that recently struck Italy was in a part of the country that holds special mean...

ARBOR DAY: Old photographs of Bradford are proof positive that our ancestors participated in a ravaging of Pennsylvania's forests beyond all reason. E...

BIRD QUIZ: We found this bird photograph taken by retired Era photographer Francie Long to be extremely odd - but endearing. Francie wrote us earlier ...

BIRD QUIZ: We found this bird photograph taken by retired Era photographer Francie Long to be extremely odd - but endearing. Francie wrote us earlier ...

BE AWARE: After all the shenagans on Wall Street and beyond, you'd think we'd be beyond surprise when it comes to schemes to separate us poor unsuspec...

LIVING ON: Talk about making a difference. If ever we've seen an example of that, it's Dr. Dwight "Pete" Hanna, a Port Allegany native whose work in I...

TREE BUGS: When you're out inspecting your trees this spring, you might want to check for any of a variety of bugs which are plaguing our forests. The...