weaponry

Locals blame people not guns for mass shootings
Local News, News, Online Features
AMANDA NICHOLS Era Correspondent make.shift@me.com 
Feb 22, 2018
It has been one week since the latest school shooting in Parkland, Fla. that left 17 people dead and 15 injured — mostly young teens. The fervor for a...
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Officials: How did it get so bad?
Local News, News
ALEX DAVIS Era Reporter a.davis@bradfordera.com 
Feb 16, 2018
A mass shooting earlier this week at a Florida school has local superintendents on alert, with one official rhetorically asking how things got to this...
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McKean County Rifle Club hosting Eskimo Shoot
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter 
Feb 14, 2018
Outdoor enthusiasts who are looking for a way to enjoy the winter, instead of dreading it, are invited to participate in the annual Eskimo Shoot at th...
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Lucky charms
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
Feb 10, 2018
One thing I’ve come to appreciate are the superstitions almost all hunters have. We’re all either barely out of the cave or have come to recognize tha...
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Sharpening knives in a time-tested way
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
Feb 08, 2018
From hunters and anglers to the cook back at camp, the knife is a tool everyone has and needs. Having a knife is one thing, but having a sharp one is ...
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Seneca white deer 2018
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
ROCKY HOLLAND Special to the Era 
Feb 02, 2018
I’ve written about the Seneca Army Depot near Romulus, N.Y. in the past. My articles have always been about the whitetail deer that were trapped insid...
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New Year’s resolutions
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
Dec 30, 2017
Wow, New Years is here. It’s 2018 and how 2017 snuck by so quickly still has me scratching my noggin. How is it that the brain slows down as time acce...
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Cleaning firearms isn’t the task it once was
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
Dec 28, 2017
For many, cleaning guns is not what most consider fun. Even so, firearm maintenance is a must. And believe it or not, the process does not have to be ...
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Flintlock season
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
Dec 23, 2017
With the flintlock season about to begin I couldn’t help but write a few words about this special season and the almost ancient technology it represen...
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Beautiful buck season
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
Nov 24, 2017
It was in the 1980s and I had a new job. Man, that first year means no vacation, the worst hours, all the stuff newbies have to endure. But, deer seas...
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Deer season checklist
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
Nov 18, 2017
Time has stomped down hard on the gas pedal, speeding ahead and deer season is surprisingly just days away. Good grief, where did the year go? Still, ...
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A new rifle teamed up with a new cartridge
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
Nov 15, 2017
There are some opportunities you can’t pass up, especially when it comes to shouldering a firearm that has just been introduced. This past spring my f...
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‘Round the Square for Nov. 13
Local News, News, Round the Square
Nov 14, 2017
ONE MORE VET: We have the story of one more local veteran to share in honor of Veterans Day. Before James Edwin Heasley of Marshburg completed high sc...
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Stidd testifies in his own defense
Local News, News, Online Features
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Oct 31, 2017
SMETHPORT — Stephen Stidd, accused of killing his son-in-law more than two years ago in Bradford, took the stand in his own defense Monday in McKean C...
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Minard Run Road bridge dedicated to Master Sgt. Maholic
Local News, News, Online Features
KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
Oct 30, 2017
As if commanded by the late Army Master Sgt. Thomas Maholic, the rain held off until 11 a.m. Saturday after ceremonies for a bridge named in his honor...
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Jailhouse informant testifies in Stidd trial
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Oct 26, 2017
SMETHPORT — Day three of the homicide trial of Stephen Stidd saw the prosecution’s penultimate witness, a jailhouse informant who said he talked about...
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Testimony begins in Stidd trial
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Oct 25, 2017
SMETHPORT — “All Mel Bizzarro wanted to do on that cold January morning was go to the restaurant where he knew his wife was working,” said L. Todd Goo...
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