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    The gift of giving: Shoeboxes for children around the world
    News, Online Features
    The gift of giving: Shoeboxes for children around the world
    MANDY COLOSIMO era.Mandy.C@gmail.com 
    Nov 17, 2022
    Students from Bradford Area Christian Academy, prekindergarten through eighth grade, collected donated items to fill boxes for Operation Christmas Chi...
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    Drop-off sites open for Operation Christmas Child
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    Drop-off sites open for Operation Christmas Child
    Marcie 
    Nov 15, 2022
    As the Thanksgiving season approaches, many families and children are giving thanks and giving back — to children in need around the world through Ope...
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    Easter bazaar set for Saturday
    Entertainment
    Easter bazaar set for Saturday
    Marcie 
    Mar 29, 2022
    This Saturday there will be a spectacular Easter Bazaar at the B-Free Church, 18 Boylston St, Bradford. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. T...
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    Locals prepare boxes for Operation Christmas Child
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    Locals prepare boxes for Operation Christmas Child
    JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
    Nov 23, 2021
    The First Baptist Church just finished a week of collecting shoe boxes for Samaritan’s Purse for their Operation Christmas Child program. They collect...
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    Operation Christmas Child accepting donations
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    Operation Christmas Child accepting donations
    CHRISTINE HOLTZ erachristineh@gmail.com 
    Nov 18, 2020
    Operation Christmas Child, organized by Samaritan’s Purse, provides needy children around the world with shoeboxes filled with things such as toys, cl...
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    National Collection Week ongoing for Operation Christmas Child
    Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
    National Collection Week ongoing for Operation Christmas Child
    Nov 17, 2020
    This week, from Nov. 16–23, is National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child. The Samaritan’s Purse project partners with churches across the...
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    Local families make global impact for Christmas project
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    Local families make global impact for Christmas project
    Marcie 
    Nov 08, 2019
    This month, sites in the Bradford area will be among 5,000 U.S. drop-off locations collecting shoebox gifts for children overseas during Operation Chr...
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    Local families make global impact through Operation Christmas Child
    Local News
    Local families make global impact through Operation Christmas Child
    Marcie 
    Nov 02, 2019
    Sites in the Bradford area will be among 5,000 U.S. drop-off locations collecting shoebox gifts for children overseas during Operation Christmas Child...
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    Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes at Episcopal Church of the Ascension
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    Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes at Episcopal Church of the Ascension
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    Nov 21, 2016
    Ascension preschool student Olivia Rodgers helps fill Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes with gifts and toys that will be sent to children around the...
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    Bradford church opens drop-off for children’s Christmas charity
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Bradford church opens drop-off for children’s Christmas charity
    Nov 04, 2016
    The Foursquare Gospel Church in Bradford will serve as a drop-off location for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child — the world’s l...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Local Sports, Sports
    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    (TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
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