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    Dickinson Center welcomes new psychiatrist
    Business, Local News, News
    Dickinson Center welcomes new psychiatrist
    Mar 14, 2025
    RIDGWAY — Dickinson Center Inc. (DCI), an affiliate of Journey Health System (JHS), welcomed Dr. Vikram Panwar to their team of psychiatric care provi...
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    Fetterman bill would cancel school lunch debt
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    Fetterman bill would cancel school lunch debt
    Mar 13, 2025
    WASHINGTON — Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., introduced legislation that would direct the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to pay off all ou...
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    McKean Co. awarded $3 million to establish Emergency Behavioral Health Crisis Walk-In Center
    Local News, News
    McKean Co. awarded $3 million to establish Emergency Behavioral Health Crisis Walk-In Center
    Mar 12, 2025
    SMETHPORT — Commissioners announced McKean County is one of five recipients statewide to receive a $3 million grant to establish an Emergency Behavior...
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    Zontians honor Leposa for Rose Day
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    Zontians honor Leposa for Rose Day
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    Mar 11, 2025
    International Women’s Day, March 8, is a time to honor the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women around the world. Zonta Inte...
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    Bill would improve service to homeless veterans
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    Bill would improve service to homeless veterans
    Mar 07, 2025
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Reps. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., Don Davis NC-01, Rob Bresnahan, R-Pa., and Jimmy Panetta, R-Calif., introduced the Simplifyi...
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    Proposed Pa. budget would put portion of $5 million in maternal health funding toward postpartum depression screening
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Proposed Pa. budget would put portion of $5 million in maternal health funding toward postpartum depression screening
    HANNA WEBSTER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Mar 07, 2025
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Jessica Tucker, a 38-year-old mother living in Brookline, started feeling depressed when she was 20 weeks pregnant. Tucker spoke to...
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    BASD teacher cited for alleged slap to 10-year-old
    Local News, News
    BASD teacher cited for alleged slap to 10-year-old
    Mar 07, 2025
    An art teacher at School Street Elementary School has been cited by Punxsutawney-based state police for allegedly slapping a 10-year-old student. Rebe...
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    United Way awards first-quarter impact funds
    Local News, News
    United Way awards first-quarter impact funds
    Mar 06, 2025
    The United Way of the Bradford Area has awarded the first round of Quarterly Impact funding. Agencies receiving first-quarter funding are the McKean C...
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    Democratic senators block legislation banning males from women’s sports
    Nation & World, National Sports, News, ...
    Democratic senators block legislation banning males from women’s sports
    THERESE BOUDREAUX The Center Square 
    Mar 04, 2025
    WASHINGTON — Women’s sports advocates suffered a loss Monday night when all Democratic senators present voted against a bill that would ban males who ...
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    Trump’s order on IVF could alienate Catholic supporters
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Trump’s order on IVF could alienate Catholic supporters
    CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Fort Worth Star-Telegram 
    Mar 03, 2025
    FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — Trump gives, and Trump takes away. That is the sentiment felt by many conservative Catholics after the president announced a...
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    Variety’s core programs
    Local News, News
    Variety’s core programs
    Feb 28, 2025
    From the success of My Bike, Variety created two other adaptive equipment programs after listening to parents explain the critical needs of their kids...
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    Violence in health care — a renewed call for support
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Violence in health care — a renewed call for support
    Feb 27, 2025
    Editor's note: The following is a letter from the Western Pennsylvania Regional Chief Medical Officers Consortium in reaction to a shooting incident a...
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    Priest to face charges in two cases in McKean Co. court
    Crime, Local News, News
    Priest to face charges in two cases in McKean Co. court
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 27, 2025
    A Bradford man will face charges in McKean County Court for assault and for allegedly calling 911 on the police who were at his residence. Adam Priest...
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    March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month; help is available
    Local News, Nation & World, News, ...
    March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month; help is available
    Feb 26, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) Secretary Dr. Latika Davis-Jones joined the Pennsylvania Lottery, the Pennsylvania Gaming ...
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    CASA seeking volunteers
    Local News, News
    CASA seeking volunteers
    Feb 26, 2025
    SMETHPORT — Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of McKean County is seeking community members willing to advocate for abused and neglected childr...
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    Other Voices: Save Quehanna Boot Camp
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Other Voices: Save Quehanna Boot Camp
    Feb 21, 2025
    The Quehanna Boot Camp, located in Clearfield County, opened in 1992 as the first military-motivational boot camp in Pennsylvania for both men and wom...
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    Other Voices: Ethnic cleansing of Gaza
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Other Voices: Ethnic cleansing of Gaza
    Feb 18, 2025
    Ethnic cleansing refers to the deliberate and systematic forced removal, displacement or persecution of a particular ethnic, religious or cultural gro...
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    Eviction record reform could help housing crisis
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Eviction record reform could help housing crisis
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Feb 18, 2025
    HARRISBURG - As the housing crisis continues in Pennsylvania and homelessness continues to rise, policymakers are considering strategies to reduce bar...
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    COUDERSPORT: Chocolate Lovers Extravaganza
    Local News, News
    COUDERSPORT: Chocolate Lovers Extravaganza
    Feb 14, 2025
    COUDERSPORT — A Way Out will host its Chocolate Lovers Extravaganza fundraiser 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at American Legion Post 192, 2 Buffalo St. Ther...
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    Bradford man pleads guilty in McKean County Court
    Crime, Local News, News
    Bradford man pleads guilty in McKean County Court
    Feb 14, 2025
    SMETHPORT — A Bradford man pleaded guilty Thursday in McKean County Court to charges involving the rape of a child. Andrew Wegemer-Silsby, 36, formerl...
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    Don’t let makeup ruin your skin
    Lifestyles
    Don’t let makeup ruin your skin
    July 2, 2025
    Dear Heloise: Since I read your column almost daily, I see people who write in and brag that they don't wash off their makeup yet have lovely complexi...
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    ‘Round the Square: Who’s your … Founding Fathers?
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: Who’s your … Founding Fathers?
    July 2, 2025
    FOUNDING: We hear the title tossed around a lot, but what do we really know about America's "Founding Fathers?" Reader's Digest has a quiz with some i...
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    Frank conversation hasn’t paid off in the bedroom
    Lifestyles
    Frank conversation hasn’t paid off in the bedroom
    July 2, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: After years of disappointment, I finally found the man of my dreams. How do I tell him he isn't doing certain things right in the bedroom w...
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    DIFFERENCE MAKERS: Love multiplied; local couple honored for life-changing commitment
    Local News, PA State News
    Love multiplied
    DIFFERENCE MAKERS: Love multiplied; local couple honored for life-changing commitment
    Local couple honored for life-changing commitment  
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    July 2, 2025
    They say the love that grows multiplies. That sentiment couldn’t be more true for Ronald and Jeannine Shugars, a Bradford couple whose dedication to f...
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    Pirates fan makes plea with scoreboard message: ‘I’m sorry I kissed your sister’
    National Sports
    Pirates fan makes plea with scoreboard message: ‘I’m sorry I kissed your sister’
    July 1, 2025
    (TNS) - The Pittsburgh Pirates allow for messages to be posted on the scoreboard at PNC Park to "commemorate a special occasion." For a $40 donation t...
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    Penguins free agency tracker: Who’s coming, who’s going as NHL spending spree gets underway?
    National Sports
    Penguins free agency tracker: Who’s coming, who’s going as NHL spending spree gets underway?
    Matt Vensel Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    July 1, 2025
    As promised, Kyle Dubas and the Penguins did not make a splash in NHL free agency when it opened Tuesday at noon. They have mostly been spectators for...
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