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    RTS for April 23
    Bradford, Local News, News, ...
    RTS for April 23
    Apr 23, 2020
    SPRING AT THE WWII MUSEUM: Like many local museums and non life-sustaining businesses, the Eldred World War II Museum has shut its doors to help reduc...
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    World War II veteran speaks of war, mistakes and freedom
    Bradford, Local News, News, ...
    World War II veteran speaks of war, mistakes and freedom
    JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 28, 2019
    “Don’t ever call me a hero. My opinion of a hero are the ones that never made it back.” — Guy Prestia World War II veteran Guy Prestia addressed a pac...
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    World War II veteran to share experiences
    Bradford, Local News, News
    World War II veteran to share experiences
    Oct 17, 2019
    ELDRED — The Eldred World War II Museum will be hosting WWII veteran Guy Prestia at 2 p.m. on Oct. 26 for a presentation that is free and open to the ...
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    American Legion marking its centennial
    Local News, Online Features
    American Legion marking its centennial
    FRAN DE LANCEY delancey401@yahoo.com 
    Aug 29, 2019
    As the area prepares to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the national American Legion with a parade in Smethport Monday, it’s an appropriate ti...
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    RTS for Aug. 6
    Round the Square
    RTS for Aug. 6
    Marcie 
    Aug 06, 2019
    AGAIN : After our story on the dog tag of Cpl. James Uber being recovered in France, we were contacted by a Bradford resident who had an old dog tag i...
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    Century-old dog tag with local connection donated to National Guard Museum
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Century-old dog tag with local connection donated to National Guard Museum
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jul 26, 2019
    More than a century ago, a Pennsylvania National Guardsman from the Kane area was presumably killed in a battle in France. Cpl. James Lester Uber, 29,...
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    Maj. Miller receives standing ovation as A-L graduation keynote speaker
    Bradford, Local News, News, ...
    Maj. Miller receives standing ovation as A-L graduation keynote speaker
    KATE DAY SAGER kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Jul 01, 2019
    ALLEGANY, N.Y. — It’s not often that the commencement speaker receives a standing ovation prior to delivering the keynote address, but this turned out...
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    Port A native deploying to Poland to support NATO
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Port A native deploying to Poland to support NATO
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 26, 2019
    Summertime is just around the corner, and for many 25-year-olds, that means parties, vacations and fun. For Marcus Borowsky, of Port Allegany, it mean...
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    Smethport elementary students to send letters from home
    Local News, News, Round the Square
    Smethport elementary students to send letters from home
    FRAN DE LANCEY Era Corresponden delancey401@yahoo.com 
    Oct 20, 2018
    SMETHPORT — Responding to a request from the Smethport Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2497 Auxiliary, fifth-graders at the Smethport Area Elementary Sc...
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    RTS for Sept. 21
    News, Round the Square
    RTS for Sept. 21
    Sep 21, 2018
    HISTORY : Curly Walters stopped by to give us some history of Bradford. It’s a sheet of information, all about Bradford in 1899. “The population of th...
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    Moving Wall coming to Coudersport today
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Moving Wall coming to Coudersport today
    AMANDA JONES Era Correspondent amandajonesera@yahoo.com 
    Sep 13, 2018
    COUDERSPORT — The Moving Wall, a half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., will be displayed in Potter County at the Cou...
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    Robertson recounts ‘War in the Colonies’ in new book
    Local News, News
    Robertson recounts ‘War in the Colonies’ in new book
    FRAN DE LANCEY Era Correspondent delancey401@yahoo.com 
    Sep 04, 2018
    DUKE CENTER — From an early age, Bill Robertson had a keen interest in history, greatly influenced by his father. Speaking to The Era about his latest...
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    Port Allegany man graduates Army sniper school
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Port Allegany man graduates Army sniper school
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 30, 2018
    Thad Shaffer always liked the outdoors, growing up in Port Allegany and hunting with his dad. When it came time to consider a career, he didn’t have a...
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    ‘Round the Square for June 6, 2018
    News, Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square for June 6, 2018
    Jun 06, 2018
    D-DAY: June 6, 1944, was a mixed day for Americans. It was a victory for the Allied war efforts, as the battle allowed troops get footing in Europe an...
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    What do you know about avoidance behaviors?
    Health, Mind and Body, Mind Body, ...
    What do you know about avoidance behaviors?
    Karen Marley 
    Feb 16, 2018
    Spending time at the gym. Working hard in the office. Walking instead of driving a car. These are all desirable behaviors, right? It depends. Are you ...
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    ‘Round the Square for Nov. 11, 2017
    News, Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square for Nov. 11, 2017
    Nov 11, 2017
    SERVICE: Veteran Donald Neal of Bradford shared this in honor of Veterans Day. “Serving Our Country” My father served in World War One, two brothers i...
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    Round the Square for Nov. 10
    Local News, News, Round the Square
    Round the Square for Nov. 10
    Nov 10, 2017
    TWO VETERANS: Bradford veteran Donald Neal — a poet — sent two poems in honor of Veterans Day that we will share with readers today and Saturday. “Two...
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    Bucktails honored with park dedication
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Bucktails honored with park dedication
    FRAN DE LANCEY Era Correspondent delancey401@yahoo.com 
    Sep 16, 2017
    SMETHPORT — Blue skies and warm temperatures greeted the large crowd who attended the Bucktail Park dedication Friday afternoon behind the Good Growin...
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    ‘Round the Square for July 24
    Local News, News, Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square for July 24
    Jul 24, 2017
    FIRST SOLDIER: What is over 15-feet high and made of bronze? The answer is the Doughboy statue, situated at the entrance to Lawrenceville, one of Pitt...
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    ‘Round the Square for June 2, 2017
    News, Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square for June 2, 2017
    Jun 02, 2017
    SKEPTICS : We had a story in last week about magician Mike Super coming to Bradford Saturday for a magic show. He issued a challenge to skeptics. We k...
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    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    June 15, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    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.
    PA State News
    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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