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Futures establishes Mary and Don Mackowski Kids Fund
Honors legacy of compassion, opportunity, community impact
April 7, 2026
Futures has established a new named endowment, The Mary and Don Mackowski Kids Fund, created in honor of Mary and Don Mackowski and their enduring com...
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Oil, gas prices blow past $100, $4
Diesel nearing all-time high 
By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
April 6, 2026
Oil prices have flown past $100 per barrel and area motorists are paying more than $4 per gallon of gasoline for the first time since 2022. Late last ...
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Cross Walk
April 3, 2026
Andy Brooks carries the Cross from St. Bernard Church to the First United Methodist Church in Bradford on Good Friday.
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Local & Social
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Rare springtime visitor
Local News
Apr 07, 2026
A rare, leucistic white robin with an orange breast was spotted recently at the corner of Fiske Street and Interstate Parkway in Bradford. The bird, s...
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Report: Pennsylvania 33rd in retail energy price
Local News, Nation & World, PA State News
By CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
Apr 07, 2026
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania, one of the nation’s top natural gas producers, ranks 33rd in the Energy Affordability 2026 report from the American Legisla...
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Fentanyl crisis easing in Pennsylvania, but not defeated
Local News, PA State News
By LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square 
Apr 07, 2026
(The Center Square) – The rate of Pennsylvania’s fentanyl deaths has collapsed over the last two years, though the fight is far from over, according t...
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ULYSSES: Panthers list third-quarter honor rolls
Local News
Apr 07, 2026
ULYSSES — Sherri Blackwell, Northern Potter Junior-Senior High School principal, announced the honor rolls for the third marking period of the 2025‑26...
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Prosecutors push back on Hvizdzak objections
Crime, Local News
Say every enhancement should stand
By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
April 2, 2026
Federal prosecutors have pushed back on Shane Hvizdzak’s latest objections to his presentence investigation report, arguing in a new filing that every...
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Capital case against Prescott stalled until judge is assigned
Crime, Local News
DA appeals order on sealed defense filings  
By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
April 1, 2026
The capital murder case against Tyler Prescott, accused of raping and murdering his 2-year-old son last August, has stalled pending the appointment of...
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Cold hampers Longfellow Ave. fire response
Gallery, Local News
January 26, 2026
Bradford City Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire at 8 Longfellow Ave. at 4:03 p.m. Saturday. First-arriving firefighters found a worki...
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Santa versus the Grinch
Gallery, Local News
December 19, 2025
The Grinch showed up at a Port Allegany High School wrestling match again this year, trying to get the better of Santa Claus. Scroll through the galle...
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An Old Fashioned Christmas
Gallery, Local News
December 15, 2025
The sights and sounds of Christmases past returned to downtown Bradford during Old Fashioned Christmas held Saturday. People enjoyed horse-drawn carri...
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Rescue is a tribute to professionalism
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
April 7, 2026
President Donald Trump’s foes had a field day over the weekend when Iran downed two American planes, an F-15E Strike Eagle and an A-10 Warthog. But ma...
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Why you gotta win Pennsylvania
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MATTHEW BROUILLETTE RealClearPennsylvania 
April 7, 2026
What does Johnstown have to do with San Francisco? Or Warminster with New York, New York? Not much, unless you understand what the left understands — ...
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Good information is hard to find
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
April 7, 2026
Barack Obama pinpointed a central conflict in American politics back in 2004 while talking with a group of Google executives, “Many people — they’re j...
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Progressive demise of Social Security, Medicare
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DAVE MASTIO Kansas City Star 
April 6, 2026
KANSAS CITY (TNS) — I’ve been pondering a new study that is out this week from Penn’s Wharton Business School. It takes a look at federal spending by ...
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