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ZIPPO DEAL: One of our readers spotted a Zippo lighter on TV recently as part of the wheeling and dealing on an old game show from the 1960s and 70s. ...

JOE PETTILO: An addition to our list of Bradford musicians today: Gus Gocella of Crossville, Tenn., writes, "My uncle Joe Pettilo played numerous inst...

ERNIE PYLE: Eugene R. Brechtel of Johnsonburg sends along another photo related to the great war correspondent Ernie Pyle. He writes, "I have been rea...

LT. ENRIGHT: Another veteran's story today from Michael McCoy of Mayville, N.Y.: "Reading the article about Aviation Cadet Bennett Penn brought to min...

SPRING THINGS: Some say it's the robin. Others, geese or red-winged blackbirds. But it's really all about the buzzards, isn't it? Charles Frederick on...

WAR STORIES: Joel Gilfert of Eldred tells us the first three casualties from McKean County during WWII took place in January 1942. In fact, a total of...

LOOK UP: More than any year we can remember, tundra swans have been passing over this area in their springtime migration. Last Thursday, we got this n...

MARCH SNOW: We remember a hellacious snow storm not too many years ago on St. Patrick's Day. And a reader dropped off a clipping from 1993 with the he...

BEE-WARE: "I don't know if it's good news or bad news, but the bees are out already. My dog got stung trying to eat one," our caller said Tuesday. Not...

SIGN OF TIMES: Not a moment too soon, we get a plethora of spring-time sightings. The snow drops and crocuses in Mrs. Weis' yard in Emporium are out a...

WINTER WAIT: Before spring arrives, we had to print this poem sent to us by author W. Lee Peterson of Port Allegany titled, "It's Winter" and written ...

ROBIN REPORT: Maryanne Peterson writes Sunday: "Today as I visited my brother LeRoy Neubert on Worrell Street in Wilcox he pointed out two robins in t...

LOOK UP: We continue to get bombarded with reports of spring arrivals. Gracie Kemick phoned Monday to tell us about a flock of northbound geese she he...

TUNA CREEK: Some input today on a recent RTS subject, Bradford's flood control project. Terry writes: "The Tuna flood control project, though it works...

LOOK UP: If you haven't been looking skyward, you're probably missing a lot of new arrivals and fly-bys. Here's our bird report from this week: On Thu...

ERNIE PYLE: Scott G. Schiller of Emporium stopped by with a photo of a memorial to Ernie Pyle. Scott writes, "Some time between January and October 19...

WHOLE FLOCK: Ed Grimes writes Tuesday from Port Allegany: "Read with interest about the first red-winged blackbird in today's Round the Square. What a...

LOOK UP: We were excited beyond words when we received this e-mail Monday from Russ Swanson: "Can spring be far behind! At 10:20 this morning there wa...

NEW BIRDS: A red-winged blackbird was among the starlings on Monday in Kathy Gotshall's yard in Port Allegany. This is the news we've been waiting for...

STORE STORIES: Nope, we're not done with those Bradford stores yet! A few more today: Fran Rovito of Bradford writes, "Nobody has touched on the area ...