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Ask anyone in this area what three stores they would like to see move into the Bradford Mall and most of them would probably list Wegmans as one of them. Well, sorry to say that won’t be happening – at least in the next couple of years. Wegmans has announced where its next several stores will be built and none are even close to this area. They are in Virginia, Maryland and Massachusetts. One new Wegmans will be in Pennsylvania, but in Delaware County. It’ll be near Route 1, though, so you can stop on your way to the DelMarVa beaches. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

Car Show May Move to the Bradford Mall By ANNE HOLLIDAY WESB/WBRR News Director Foster Township residents won’t see tax or sewage rate increases in 2012, but they may see the Autumn Daze Car Show move into the township. During Monday night’s meeting supervisor Dale Phillips said he has been working with the owners of the Bradford Mall and Street Dreams Car Club president Gary Hoy about moving the show from downtown Bradford to the mall. “It looks very good so far, knock on wood,” Phillips said, adding that Hoy was submitting all the necessary information to the mall’s management company. Phillips said the car club would be teaming up with the township’s volunteer fire departments and 100 percent of the proceeds would go to them. The show is scheduled for September 9. Also Monday, Bolivar Drive resident Bill Hallock asked about the $216,000 “error” made in the funding process for the sewer project, saying he believes the supervisors are taking the situation too lightly. “We should be up...

Wondering if the carnival at The Bradford Mall is still on even in the rain? The answer is "Yes." When you go, stop by the throwing-the-darts-at-balloons game and say hello to Poochie and Dave. Tell 'em Anne sent ya!

For the second year in a row part of the Bradford Mall parking lot will be turned into a carnival. Workers started setting up today and say they expect to open at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Yes, work on the former CVS store at the Bradford Mall means a new store is moving in. During Monday’s Foster Township Supervisors meeting, supervisor Jim Connelly formally announced that the new store is moving in, which means new jobs. After the meeting, he said the store is LabelShopper . The store’s website says it sells "bargain, name-brand clothing at amazing prices." The closest LabelShopper to Bradford right now is in St. Marys. Connelly said he is happy that the company is uisng a local contractor to do work on the new store. “They didn’t outsource everything and bring their own crew in,” he said. He said it’s been his experience in his time as supervisor that the owners and manager of the mall are “more than willing to work with (Foster) Township and I think they’re showing a significant change – that they do care about our community. They do care about our economic base.” “It looks like things are moving up,” he said, adding that he’s not going to let up on the own...

Actually, it's already here at The Bradford Mall, but crews are still just setting up. The carnival is tentatively scheduled to open at 5 p.m. tomorrow, according to one of the workers. The owners of the mall decided to bring the carnival to town. Laura McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the company that owns the mall says the carnival is "a way to offer back something to the community we serve."