TOWANDA BOROUGH – Water lanterns were launched onto the Susquehanna River from Tommy Fairchild Memorial (Riverfront) Park in honor of Towanda’s J. Andrew Morrow’s principal, Karen Beirne-Getz, who passed away from breast cancer this summer.

WYSOX TOWNSHIP- Control Tech USA hosted its first trunk or treat at the Wysox Volunteer Fire Company on Saturday night. Local vendors set up decorative stations spread out outside for children to walk through in their costumes and pick up candy.

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Bradford County Public Safety Director Robert Barnes will be retiring from county service for a second time.

TROY — Troy Area School District will pay Alparon Park a minimum of $5000 to utilize the facility for football games this year.

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TOWANDA – Children who attend Towanda Elementary School will be learning virtually through the end of the month as a precautionary measure after three children tested positive for COVID-19.

Bradford County’s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to date in has more than doubled over the past two weeks.

Work to transform the old Ben Franklin store into a home for the Bradford County Sheriff’s and Domestic Relations offices is ready to move forward after commissioners accepted a trio of bids for the first round of work Thursday.

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As Election Day creeps closer, Bradford County is preparing to cast ballots alongside the rest of the country to elect the nation’s legislative leadership for the next four years.

Bradford County District Attorney Chad Salsman has started a new diversionary program designed to help alleviate jail overcrowding and keep more people employed. It is called the Bradford County Suspended License Program.

ULSTER TOWNSHIP- “We’ve had cars here since 8:30 this morning,” said Lynette Shedden, fiancée to dairy farmer Eric J Harnish.

Another Burlington/West Burlington Halloween event has been cancelled due to COVID-19.

With the recent surges in COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania, New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo is now discouraging travel between the two states unless necessary.

Bradford County gained just short of 50 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and two new deaths since Friday’s reporting from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

CANTON BOROUGH – Canton Borough Council members and employees continued to discuss grievances brought against Canton Police Chief Doug Seeley during the council’s meeting last week.

TOWANDA — The Towanda Area School District has no immediate plans to shift to a completely remote model of instruction despite Bradford County entering its second week in the state’s highest category for community spread.

TROY — Troy Area School District has reported three positive cases of COVID-19 within district members since Oct. 17, but will continue to offer both face-to-face and virtual learning opportunities for students.

The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has taken another step forward in potentially merging Mansfield, Bloomsburg and Lock Haven Universities.

WYSOX TOWNSHIP – Northern Tier Wrestling made its way to Wysox for the first time on Saturday afternoon, sending longtime fans as well as horror enthusiasts over to the haunted house.

LEROY — A Canton man died Thursday night after a two vehicle crash on Route 414 in LeRoy Township.

Bradford County has had 305 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the beginning of September, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, more than quadrupling the number of positives that had been reported in the county up to that point.

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TOWANDA — While porch lights have gone blue to honor local police in Towanda this week, 9-year-old Jaelyn Oakley has honored officers another way — through art.

CANTON — Members of the Canton community have kicked off an idea to make the town more “merry and bright” with a new Christmas festival this winter.

Bradford County has seen 36 new confirmed COVID-19 cases since Tuesday (12 Wednesday and 24 Thursday), although other statistics – including the number of infected at nursing homes and personal care facilities – have remained steady.

Stacy Garrity, Republican nominee for Pennsylvania State Treasurer and Bradford County resident, announced Wednesday evening on her campaign’s Facebook page that she had tested positive for COVID-19.

TOWANDA BOROUGH – The Towanda Fire Department has cancelled its annual Halloween Parade due to the rising cases of COVID-19 in Bradford County.

WYALUSING BOROUGH – Nationwide, Relay for Life events are looking quite different in 2020. Typically held in communities across the country each year as walks to raise money for the American Cancer Society, many have been canceled or moved to a virtual format as a result of the coronavirus p…

The Bradford/Sullivan County Farm Bureau approved policy regarding marijuana, direct meat sales and the power of government in a pandemic during the organization’s annual meeting last week.

TOWANDA BOROUGH – COVID-19 will not be stopping this year’s Towanda Hometown Christmas program.

The Early Warning Monitoring Dashboard update released Tuesday showed Bradford County among those with the highest percent positivity of COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania, according to state officials.

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