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SWEET NOTE: Kristie Bentley of Grayslake, Ill., writes, "My grandfather was Bill Goss. Among all of my wonderful memories of this quiet man one surfac...

LINCOLN PENNY: Our daily look through Bradford Eras of 100 years ago brought forth this interesting piece of trivia. It was during the month of Februa...

TOP ATHLETES: Max Schlopy of Park City, Utah, who told us yesterday about Jim Owens and growing up in the good old days before organized sports for ki...

BEST EVER?: Max Schlopy of Park City, Utah, writes about RTS subject Jim Owens and about life in the Bradford area before "organized" sports: "I grew ...

TODAY'S THOUGHT: Ah, Wintertime! It's winter in Pennsylvania And the gentle breezes blow (Seventy miles an hour, At twenty-five below.) Oh, how I love...

BIRD BLITZ: If you're already a bird watcher - and we know lots of our readers are - we have a new one to add to your must-see list: the North America...

BLUEBIRDS: "I have seen a group of six bluebirds in our yard several times since November. I believe they are residing in our old barn. I saw them aga...

FIRST SIGN?: To heck with Punxsutawney Phil. Get a load of this note from Jack Rosenswie of Smethport: "On Wednesday morning, Feb. 4, 2009, at 7:30 a....

BILL O'CONNELL: We continue with more on former Bradfordian Bill O'Connell whose "retirement" was anything but. Less than a year after "retiring" from...

BILL O'CONNELL: "The seventh of eight children growing up on an oil lease south of Bradford, O'Connell didn't have much time for high school, never mi...

DISTAFF SIDE: Charles Kindervater Sr. of Bradford challenges our gender assertion in Thursday's paper: "I would be willing to bet that your front page...

SNOW WORDS: A caller provides the American Indian name for that sparkly snow we've been writing about - Pogonip. Apparently, it's the winter equivalen...

ELM STREET: Bill Rae of Bradford offers an explanation of why traffic has begun to accumulate on Elm Street, causing a traffic problem at the intersec...

NASCAR NEWS: It may have been a while ago, but people still remember that NASCAR race at Bradford Speedway in 1958 in which Junior Johnson beat Lee Pe...

FLAKE REPORT: "Although we tend to think of snowflakes as the typical stylized six-pointed stars, the International Commission on Snow and Ice has sev...

SNOWY DETAILS: Is it true that no two snowflakes are alike? Better yet, how in the world would anyone know? Our columns about snow - not to mention be...

BIRD NOTES: Phyllis McNeil of Turtlepoint called Thursday to report three bluebirds in her front yard, the earliest date she's seen them in the winter...

BIRD ABCs: Peg Malobicky of Kane has asked for readers' help in providing information about a poem she recently received from her mother. "To my surpr...

BIRD NOTES: Phyllis McNeil of Turtlepoint called Thursday to report three bluebirds in her front yard, the earliest date she's seen them in the winter...

MO' SNOW: We hear from Kenneth McKinney in regard to our recent item about a Swedish word for powdery snow: "This may be the word for light snow the S...