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    RTS: ADA DAY, YAY!
    News, Round the Square
    RTS: ADA DAY, YAY!
    Jul 26, 2022
    ADA DAY, YAY! Today is the 32nd anniversary. Did you know that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law on July 26, 1990 by Presi...
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    Sunshine Foundation grants “dream” to local child, Matthew Whelan
    Local News
    Sunshine Foundation grants “dream” to local child, Matthew Whelan
    CHRISTINE HOLTZ erachristineh@gmail.com 
    Jul 02, 2020
    One kind gesture, no matter how large or small, can often mean the world to someone else. The Sunshine Foundation has made it their mission to make a ...
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    Early Friday fire causes fatality
    Local News
    Early Friday fire causes fatality
    Marcie 
    Jan 25, 2020
    AMITY, N.Y. — A fire in Genesee Friday morning took the life of a 76-year-old man. According to Amity-based state police, a fire was reported on Bells...
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    “Wheel a Mile in My Shoes” provides understanding, inspiration
    Bradford, Local News, News
    “Wheel a Mile in My Shoes” provides understanding, inspiration
    KATE DAY SAGER kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 14, 2019
    ALLEGANY, N.Y. — When Dustyn Green rolled onto the stage in his wheelchair at the Allegany-Limestone High School auditorium Friday, there was no doubt...
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    “Wheel a Mile in My Shoes” to be presented at A-L
    Bradford, Local News, News
    “Wheel a Mile in My Shoes” to be presented at A-L
    KATE DAY SAGER kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 03, 2019
    ALLEGANY, N.Y. — Dustyn Green, a senior at Allegany-Limestone High School, has always been and will always be an advocate for people with disabilities...
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    ATA has new, more accessible buses
    Local News, News, Online Features
    ATA has new, more accessible buses
    KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Jan 25, 2019
    Some area residents may have seen the new ATA Bus 554 that is now traveling through Bradford and other communities in McKean County, but may be unawar...
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    Staff, volunteers hope to “get the wheels turning” for wheelchair ramp at Byllye Lanes
    Local News, News
    Staff, volunteers hope to “get the wheels turning” for wheelchair ramp at Byllye Lanes
    KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 03, 2018
    While a wheelchair ramp is in the works for Byllye Lanes bowling center on Seaward Avenue in Bradford, all involved admit the project is now expected ...
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    Byllye Lanes owners want to install wheelchair-accessible ramp
    Local News, News
    Byllye Lanes owners want to install wheelchair-accessible ramp
    KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 13, 2018
    During past McKean County Special Olympics bowling seasons, there has usually been at least one bowler not able to participate because his or her whee...
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    Living a life of understanding
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Living a life of understanding
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jul 25, 2018
    One of the blessings of childhood is that you never really understand how hard it is to be an adult. I’ve made no secret of my child’s health concerns...
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    Dancing through the pain: Bradford teen with pain syndrome follows her dream despite diagnosis
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Dancing through the pain: Bradford teen with pain syndrome follows her dream despite diagnosis
    KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 23, 2018
    Hannah Hooten was a healthy, 13-year-old dancer when she stepped on a sewing machine needle in her home, driving it deep into her foot. What should ha...
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    Staff at Allegany-Limestone learn a thoughtful lesson in wheelchairs
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Staff at Allegany-Limestone learn a thoughtful lesson in wheelchairs
    KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    May 26, 2017
    ALLEGANY, N.Y. — Dustyn Green often has to navigate his wheelchair through heavy doors and inaccessible bathrooms at Allegany-Limestone Middle/High Sc...
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    ‘Round the Square for May 16, 2017
    News, Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square for May 16, 2017
    May 17, 2017
    KENAI FLIGHT: We shared tips a few days ago from a reader making time with elderly family members better. In response, Larry R. Fay of Anchorage, Alas...
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    Grant awarded to Penn Highlands Elk
    Business, News
    Grant awarded to Penn Highlands Elk
    Mar 11, 2017
    ST. MARYS — The Elk County Community Foundation Donor Advisors of the Harrison and Muriel Dauer Stackpole Family Fund visited Penn Highlands Elk recen...
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    Looking beyond a disability
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Looking beyond a disability
    KATE DAY SAGER 
    Feb 07, 2017
    When my phone began ringing late one night last week, I grabbed it, concerned it might be my elderly mother or another relative in need of something. ...
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    Visiting may be the best gift of all
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Visiting may be the best gift of all
    KATE DAY SAGER 
    Nov 26, 2016
    The alarm light was flashing above the door of my brother Tommy’s room at the nursing home prompting a nurse to walk a quick pace up the hall to find ...
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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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