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LEEK LOOT: Harold Pier of Remsen, N.Y., writes, "My son, David, who is living in Brooklyn, N.Y., e-mails me that leeks are selling for ,10 a pound in ...

GETTING BUGGED: "I would like to know if you can research how, why, when and who was responsible for the release of ladybugs in our area. I think it w...

MAY DAYS: "The mayflower celebration came next! Mayflowers in the northern woods were small and delicate, pink, blue, yellow and white, carpeting the ...

THEY'RE BACK!: The hummingbirds, that is. Pete Lindstrom in Willow Creek put out his feeder last Sunday and the first bird arrived on Tuesday - two da...

MAY DAYS: "Spring comes slowly where I grew up in the hills of northern Pennsylvania along the New York state border. The mountain snow lingers in bit...

OLD BATS: Chauncey Kan of Panama City Beach, Fla., writes, "Love the stories about the past from the old bats. Keep 'em coming." Is Chauncey is referr...

BEAR NOTES: Act now to keep Pennsylvania's bear population from becoming a nuisance in your neighborhood this summer. That's the word today from the P...

FOOD FACTS: Anybody who's been to the grocery store lately knows how much the prices are going up for everything from milk to cereal, to soup and nuts...

SR. TRACY?: With the recent visit by former President Bill Clinton, St. Marys has been getting a lot of ink lately. We heard a second mention of the t...

EAGLE ALERT: A reader on his way to vote Tuesday saw a pair of eagles on Route 321 south between Marshburg and Willow Creek. He couldn't help but thin...

IN THE PARK: Barney Snyder of Tucson, Ariz., reminisces, "Oh my … PONY league baseball. I lived on Hawthorne Road 'til I was 12. I remember so much ab...

ALLEGRETTE'S: The headline read "Candy Store Closing Ends Era." On April 19, 1958, the Era paid tribute to Allegrette's Confectionery Shop at 38 Mecha...

IT'S TODAY: Politicians coming through the 43 Main St. office of The Era have been a pretty common occurrence over the past couple months. For the mos...

TURN OFF: With the primary election tomorrow in Pennsylvania, this is probably a bad time to mention it but this is Turn-Off Week when Americans are a...

IT'S OFFICIAL: Joe Cucuzza phoned Thursday to report picking Mayflowers behind the former Valley Hunt Club in Lewis Run - what we always wait for as t...

IN THE BALLPARK: We were "in the ballpark" - but still a half-block off - when we reported on the location of Bradford's old Community Ball Park on Bo...

EQUAL TIME: We've have many, many columns in past months about downtown Bradford's old stores. East Bradford deserves equal time and Nancy Merry Ezzol...

EQUAL TIME: We've have many, many columns in past months about downtown Bradford's old stores. East Bradford deserves equal time and Nancy Merry Ezzol...

IN THE BALLPARK: We were "in the ballpark" - but still a half-block off - when we reported on the location of Bradford's old Community Ball Park on Bo...

IT'S TONIGHT: Does it seem like a cancer cure is "just around the corner" - and has been for the past few decades? If you, too, have wondered about th...