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"Walking Man" has started a fantastic topic on Talk About Bradford . Nicest people in Bradford -- name names! What are you waiting for? Go respond! By the way, I vote for my mom, and I bet some people who remember her as the school nurse at St. Bernard's would agree. I made the list! WOW! (Thanks Brian. I think you're pretty darn nice, too.) Even better than making the list myself is one of Tom Riel's choices -- My Uncle George. :)

I hate to do this while some people (include myself) are still grieving, but I also hate being questioned about why I'm grieving. Obviously, Spider and I were friends and had a mutual respect for each other. 'nuff said.

At the start of Tuesday's Bradford City Council meeting, Mayor Tom Riel commented on the passing of Joe "Spider" Warner. "He truly did care about our community and wanted to help make it a better place," Riel said. "I considered him a friend and I'll miss the guy." "I hope that his legacy of Bradford-Online and ( Talk About Bradford ) goes on. God bless Joe Warner," Riel said.

I usually don't use entire posts from Talk About Bradford , but this post from Dr. Brian J. MacNamara is so good that I'm using the whole thing. "I took a walk down Main Street tonight to take advantage of the warm weather before Frosty arrives. What a great town! I never become used to the classic set up. Some store fronts are pumpkinized and I like the witch at the butcher. I still look at Bradford as I did when I first came to town. Instantly, I wanted to live here. If only I could get the building at Main and Kennedy- Schonblom, is it? It reminds me of the artwork depicting Marilyn, Elvis and Bogey sitting at a coffee counter. Although, I think it would make a great Ice Cream Soda Shop. Things are happening all over and I tend to bark a bit, but it is due to what I view the potential of our town to be. Every person I passed greeted me in some way. It may seem like a trivial point- but, it's not. It's a special trait like smelling Hallowe'en in the air. Ther...

Many people in the region – and across the country – knew Spider in a variety of ways, so I'm not going to try to write about him as publisher of Bradford-Online, administrator of Talk About Bradford, one of Bradford's best advocates or even as a friend, although I did consider him a friend. I'm going to write about Spider the News Guy. During the past few months we learned that we had similar visions not only for Bradford and the surrounding communities, but also for the way news is presented to those communities. When this blog started taking off, he was one of the first people to encourage me to keep it going – and growing. A big part of our vision was community involvement, which TAB and comments on this blog welcome. Our feelings were/are that there's more to news than just reading it or hearing it. Being able to voice your unfiltered (for the most part) opinions on the news as it's happening is a big part of news in the 21st century. That's why he put link...

Joseph C. Warner, 48, of 166 Davis St., passed away Tuesday, October 7, 2008, in his residence. Born June 13, 1960, he was a son of Clyde J. Martin and Estelle Faye Kelso Warner. Mr. Warner was a 1978 graduate of Warren High school. He was a veteran of the US Navy. After he was discharged, he lived and worked in Maine at Bath Iron Works and Arrowhart Industries. He returned to the Bradford area and attended the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. He was later employed in the computer technology services department at Pitt-Bradford. He then established Warner Computer Services, and was the publisher of Bradford's first Web site, Bradford-Online . Surviving are two children, a daughter, Casey M. Warner and a son, Jeffrey M. Warner, both of Bradford; their mother, Laura Feely Warner; three step nieces; and several cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents and half sister, Endora "Snooky" Quinn, who died February 7, 2008. Family will be receiving friends at the Holle...

Mike Cejka was right. The sky stayed clear enough last night that we could see the lunar eclipse. Unfortunately, I left my camera at work and was too cold to come back and get it, so I didn't get a picture. But Spider from Bradford Online did get a picture. You can see it HERE . Thanks Spider!