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MIXED BAG: We have some good news and some bad news for all our citizen scientists out there participating in one of the ongoing bird monitoring progr...

EARTH HOUR: Don't forget to turn out your lights from 8:30-9:30 p.m. today as part of an international initiative to shed light on the potential probl...

OIL THOUGHTS: Bradford's experience with the oil industry is proof that, no matter how much things change, the more they stay the same. With that in m...

BIG BIRD: "I don't know what gets people all worked up about robins in the spring. It's a lot more exciting to spot something like what is shown in th...

OUR SALUTE: We can identify those youths in Smethport who saluted during the playing of taps at a recent military funeral. Kim Young of Smethport tell...

LOCAL ANGLE: A piece of debris from a Zippo lighter belonging to a Navy pilot was found on an Alabama beach nearly 50 years to the day after the crash...

WINTER '43: "The winter of 1843 was remarkable for its unusual mildness during the month of January, as well as for its great severity later in the se...

LOOK UP: Look closer at those birds on your feeder. You might see some new "LBJs." "LBJs" are birder-speak for Little Brown Jobs - small, semi-brown s...

TODAY'S TIPS: Elaine Harris of Oswayo passes along some helpful ways to get through out trying economic times. She writes, "Having had to live on half...

IN THE NEWS: Bradford's own Brad Penn motor oil got some rave reviews in a Michigan newspaper for being "made in America." Carma Horner send us the ar...

OTHER SIDE: Yesterday, we happily told readers about some kids in Smethport who were respectful enough that they stopped playing to salute when taps w...

This is RTS for Wednesday, March 18, 2009 GOOD NEWS: "The sun shined a little brighter in Smethport on Friday the 13th. I participated in a military f...

IT'S TODAY: A third-generation Irish-American who has kissed the Blarney Stone sent along the following Irish blessing to help us mark St. Patrick's D...

WINTER '43: "The winter of 1843 was remarkable for its unusual mildness during the month of January, as well as for its great severity later in the se...

DARK SKIES: Hal Harmon of Bradford, having read our previous column about the spectacular dark skies in this region, has a suggestion for viewing: "I ...

ONE MORE: Jerry Tarbox of Droney Road tells us two robins, those faithful harbingers of spring, visited his yard Wednesday morning. LARRY PEACE: Fred ...

OH, IRELAND: The magazines about Ireland mentioned in Tuesday's RTS got a whole train of St. Patrick's Day thoughts rolling along. We even picked up s...

TAKE NOTE: If you drink spring water or well water, you might want to take some extra precautions given the large volume of gastrointestinal illness i...

THEY'RE BACK!: "Robin sighting - well, actually a couple, here in the booming metropolis of Kushequa at 6:56 a.m. today (Saturday) but no male red win...

LOOK UP: When you live in an area as unspoiled as ours, it's easy to take some simple things for granted. Like a sky full of stars. Would you believe ...