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    Euchre tournament set for June
    Lifestyle
    Euchre tournament set for June
    Jun 15, 2024
    Calling all euchre players!! The Frances Sherman VFW Auxiliary will host a Euchre Tournament at 1 p.m. on June 30 at the VFW Post 212 in Bradford. Sig...
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    Causer, Dush, Thompson visit VFW Spring Banquet
    News
    Causer, Dush, Thompson visit VFW Spring Banquet
    DANIELLA LANGIANESE dgriesbaum@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 25, 2022
    A crowded room full of sharply dressed individuals, most in uniform, were gathered on Saturday afternoon to celebrate during a luncheon held for the D...
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    Local VFW Post 212 looking for new members
    News, Online Features
    Local VFW Post 212 looking for new members
    DANIELLA GRIESBAUM dgriesbaum@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 14, 2021
    Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 212 is looking for a few good men and women. Recently, members of the VFW spoke with The Era about needing more members,...
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    VFW Auxiliary announces new scholarship
    News
    VFW Auxiliary announces new scholarship
    Marcie 
    Aug 05, 2021
    KANE — VFW Auxiliary to Post 1132 in Kane is establishing a junior membership program to encourage young adults ages 16 to 21 to join the VFW to serve...
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    VFW, Legion share plans for this year’s Memorial Day events
    News, Online Features
    VFW, Legion share plans for this year’s Memorial Day events
    JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
    May 29, 2021
    Memorial Day is Monday, and the tradition of the annual parade will look a little different this year in Bradford. “With so many things still being ca...
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    Memoranda
    Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Memoranda
    Apr 20, 2021
    AUXILIARY OF THE BRADFORD ECUMENICAL HOME will meet at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Francis of Assisi social hall on St. Francis Drive. Attendees are as...
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    Memoranda
    Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Memoranda
    Mar 16, 2021
    BRADFORD COMMUNITY PRIDE CLUB will hold a food auction at 4 p.m. March 20 in the Grace Lutheran Church gym. ——— AUXILIARY OF THE BRADFORD ECUMENICAL H...
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    Memorandum
    Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Memorandum
    Mar 09, 2021
    LASTELLA LODGE will have a meeting at 6:30 p.m. today in the lodge hall. ——— VFW POST 212 will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The gr...
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    VFW, auxiliary announce scholarship contest
    Bradford, Local News, News
    VFW, auxiliary announce scholarship contest
    Mar 03, 2021
    VFW Post 212 and Frances Sherman VFW Auxiliary have announced their annual scholarship contest. The entry deadline is April 30, and the contest is ope...
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    Pa. VFW honor Bradford police, firefighters for Front Line Workers Day
    Bradford, Local News, News, ...
    Pa. VFW honor Bradford police, firefighters for Front Line Workers Day
    CHRISTINE HOLTZ erachristineh@gmail.com 
    Feb 22, 2021
    Frontline workers around the nation have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic, sometimes at risk to their own health, to ensure the health and sa...
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    VFW offers help in distributing COVID-19 vaccine
    Local News
    VFW offers help in distributing COVID-19 vaccine
    JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 17, 2020
    The vaccine for COVID-19 has been approved and is being distributed across the US. The next step is getting the vaccine to the nation’s residents, and...
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    VFW Post 212 and Auxiliary announce essay winners
    Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
    VFW Post 212 and Auxiliary announce essay winners
    Dec 05, 2020
    VFW Post 212 and Frances Sherman VFW Auxiliary have announced the winners of the Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen essay contests. The Voice of Dem...
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    VFW, Legion see hope during pandemic woes
    Bradford, Local News, News
    VFW, Legion see hope during pandemic woes
    JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
    Nov 28, 2020
    Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed House Bill 777 into law Wednesday, providing a bit of light at the end of the dark tunnel of 2020 and coronaviru...
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    Club news
    Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Club news
    Oct 31, 2020
    Frances Sherman VFW Auxiliary met Wednesday in the VFW club rooms. Charter was draped for past department president Julia Dever. Nov. 21 will be an ea...
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    Memorandum
    Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Memorandum
    Oct 27, 2020
    FRANCES SHERMAN VFW AUXILIARY will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the VFW club rooms at 94 Barbour St. Members are reminded to bring their RADA orders.
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    Peters fights for veterans’ organizations
    Local News, Online Features
    Peters fights for veterans’ organizations
    JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 18, 2020
    The weight of COVID-19 restrictions could be the end of a strong community support system if something isn’t done soon, said State VFW Commander Ron P...
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    Football a no go at one Pa. VFW
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Football a no go at one Pa. VFW
    KEVIN CARROLL, The Times-Leader 
    Sep 16, 2020
    EXETER (TNS ) — Monday night’s football game had just about everything local fans could want. Local favorites the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York...
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    PA VFW Commander Peters shares goals for new chapter of VFW posts statewide
    Local News, Online Features
    PA VFW Commander Peters shares goals for new chapter of VFW posts statewide
    JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 18, 2020
    Ron Peters, Pennsylvania’s new VFW State Commander, shared updates on current legislation under consideration and some goals he has for the state’s VF...
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    Memoranda
    Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Memoranda
    Feb 18, 2020
    FRANCES SHERMAN VFW AUXILIARY will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the VFW club rooms at 94 Barbour St. CATTARAUGUS COUNTY BIRD CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. F...
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    Memorandum
    Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Memorandum
    Jan 14, 2020
    FRANCES SHERMAN VFW AUXILIARY will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the VFW club rooms at 94 Barbour St. LASTELLA LODGE will hold its annual installation o...
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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
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    June 14, 2025
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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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