Thanks for supporting food pantry

  • March 25, 2025
  • Mark J. Crawford

Dear Editor: On behalf of the Board of Directors and many volunteers that operate the Bradford Food Pantry, we want to thank you for your generous support in 2024. In 2024, we averaged approximately 1…

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Bills bad for public safety

  • March 18, 2025
  • Mark J. Crawford

Dear Editor: There are currently two bills in Congress that pose a real and present danger to public safety. One is the Regulatory Decimation Act, and the other is the REINS act.  Sponsors claim these…

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Was it worth it?

  • February 19, 2025
  • Mark J. Crawford

Dear Editor: I know this happened a long time ago. If someone has a different story or just wondered what happened to us, this is it. We were born on 40 acres on Geiger Road. In 1965, our dad, Sumpter…

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The Gulf of America?

  • February 11, 2025
  • Mark J. Crawford

Dear Editor: Our country, the United States, is the only country in the world that claims an entire continent as part of its country. No one says Germany of Europe or Brazil of America.  Just us.  Whe…

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Grateful for giving

  • December 24, 2024
  • Mark J. Crawford

Dear Editor: Operation Christmas Child National Collection Week 2024 has come and gone. Another amazing year of shoebox collection transpired at the Trinity Baptist drop-off location in Keystone Heigh…

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Group praises tobacco policy

  • December 24, 2024
  • Mark J. Crawford

Dear Editor: In a display of commitment to student health and well-being, the Union County School District has adopted a very strong policy that covers 13 of the 15 criteria recommended by the Bureau…

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Remember his legacy

  • December 4, 2024
  • Mark J. Crawford

Dear Editor: Bradford and Clay Counties recently lost one of their finest, Jason Wyatt Bennett, a man who, even at a young age, touched the lives of so many with his kindness, his dedication, and his…

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Helped her nephew

  • November 20, 2024
  • Mark J. Crawford

Dear Editor: On Thursday, Nov. 7, my nephew was riding his street legal scooter to Walmart. Someone driving a “big, black truck,” according to my nephew, sideswiped him, sending him into the emergency…

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Pray for better

  • November 20, 2024
  • Mark J. Crawford

Dear Editor: After all of the infighting over the last 18 months politically, my belief is that we are all glad that it is over. Our citizens have voted, we have a president-elect, and both Kamala Har…

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