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THE RAGMAN: Jake, the "Ragman," must have been quite a character. "Rags, paper, junk!" was the chant. "You heard him a block away," says Bill Ayers of...

SMALL WORLD: When reporter Marcie Schellhammer was on a recent vacation at Disney World, she and her family had an experience that falls into our "sma...

GAS PAIN: We've been pleased to see the price of a gallon of gasoline dropping but, as always, disappointed to learn that Bradford's prices remain sub...

THE RAGMAN: Fred Cramer of Bradford tells us the "ragman" we had asked about was Jake Lovets who had a junkyard on Pearl Street. Fred, who lived on In...

FOR THE BIRDS: Perhaps this column will be preaching to the choir but we must tell you about an article we received from Project FeederWatch which say...

REUNION BLUES: Barney Snyder of Tucson, Ariz., writes, "Your column about reunions and get togethers was a good one. I never attended a reunion until ...

COLORFUL TIME: We hear from Louie "Corky" Galloway of Tucson, Ariz.: "This is the time of year when my thoughts are often filled with images of the co...

WOOLLY WORM: Good news from a woolly worm spied by Carol Parrett of Rew: There was a little black at the front end and the rest was all brown. Our int...

NUT CASE: A week or so ago, we carried a story about an American chestnut tree being found within the Allegheny National Forest. But Dick Robertson of...

ON CNN: Oh, the wonders of the Internet! If you're one of those people dying to see that CNN story about the value of stripper wells in meeting our en...

MY HOMETOWN: "The other day at work I was conversing with a coworker. I stated that I was from northwestern Pennsylvania near the New York border. She...

WITCH HAZEL: Somehow, it seems appropriate that the witch hazel is the tree of the month of October. The state Bureau of Forestry tells us, "The witch...

STILL MORE: You can't help but be impressed by the lists we've been running of famous people who have visited Bradford over the last hundred years or ...

FAMOUS VISITORS: We told you yesterday about political visitors to Bradford over the years, but Bradford Landmark Society reports the town also hosted...

FAMOUS VISITORS: We told you yesterday about political visitors to Bradford over the years, but Bradford Landmark Society reports the town also hosted...

FAMED VISITORS: We'll all be glued to the TV set tonight watching the vice presidential debate. But, Bradford residents of a previous time could have ...

'67 RAMBLERS: Patrick McVay of Hingham, Mich., has been following our columns about the St. Bernard football program of the late 1950s. "As a young bo...

CENTURY AGO: Our "Years Ago" feature on the editorial page brings us a lot of feedback, particularly the items from 100 years ago in Bradford. They pr...

RIGHT TIME: Life is all about the timing, isn't it? Consider this example. A reader tells us of watching a cat patiently crouch over a chipmunk's hole...

BAND HEADS: We've had column after column lately about high school football so today we turn it over to a former member of Bradford's marvelous marchi...