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In celebration of Earth Day (April 22), and in conjunction with The Great American Cleanup of Pennsylvania, community volunteers will be cleaning up litter in the City of Bradford. The event will run from 10:00 am until noon on Saturday April 21st. This effort is to remove litter and trash from the entire City of Bradford. In an effort to make this event as beneficial for the community as possible the City of Bradford has also committed to holding the Spring Cleanup effort to coincide with this volunteer effort. Spring Clean-up items must be less than 4 feet long and weigh less than 40 pounds and should be set curbside on your regular pick day. There will be a $10 charge for white goods and pick up should be scheduled by calling 362-3884 ext. 21; yard waste will not be part of this pick-up. New this year will be an electronics recycling event. Evolution E-Cycling will be on hand to accept electronic items on Saturday the 21st between 10AM and 4PM at the drop off location/cleanup h...

On Tuesday Bradford City Council held a work session concerning a proposed housing project in the Elm Street/Project Pride area. Ben Lockwood of Housing Visions of Syracuse gave the presentation. You can listen here . Following the meeting Elm Manager Lisa Keck said the name "NewBury" comes from the names of an early settler and prominent citizen, Daniel Kingsbury, and his wife, Mary Newell. ( Note: I assumed this was obvious, but I guess I should not assume things. Her maiden name was Newell. ) Listen to Tuesday's council meeting here .

Dean Bauer, top, and Bill Walb of the Kiwanis Club of Bradford join in on the annual Project Pride Cleanup Saturday by sprucing up around the Bradford Area Public Library.

In conjunction with The Great American Cleanup of Pennsylvania, Project Pride residents, and community volunteers will be cleaning up litter in the Elm Street Project Pride area and Main Street. The event will run from 9:00 am until 12:00 pm on Saturday April 30th. This effort is to remove litter and trash from the Project Pride/Elm Street Neighborhood bordered by Bennett Street, Charlotte Avenue, School Street, and Barbour Street as well as Main Street. This is not a bulk homeowner or household waste cleanup, but a concentrated effort to remove litter and trash from the Elm Street Project Pride area and downtown. Grace Lutheran Community Life Center, 79 Mechanic Street, will serve as cleanup headquarters and provide an area for cleanup participants to take a break, grab a light snack and pick up gloves, vests and trash bags. “This event is a perfect activity for our newly created Neighborhood Watch; it encourages community building through personal stewardship while enhancing the leve...

The Bradford Main Street Program is inviting area clubs, groups, residents and Main Street businesses to participate in the 2011 Main Street/Project Pride Clean-up event to be held Saturday, April 30th from 9 a.m. to Noon. “We are hoping for a good turn out of volunteers this year. It is great to see what people can do when working together,” said Main Street Manager, Anita Dolan. “Our event season begins in May, with events such as Lunch in the Square and the Memorial Day Parade, so now is a good time to get everything cleaned up,” Dolan added. As part of the 2011 Great American Clean-up, the nation's largest organized annual clean-up, the Main Street event will include the sidewalks being swept or hosed, followed by trash and litter pick up by volunteers. “We would like to get Main Street and Veterans’ Square cleaned up so that our historic district will look nice for residents and visitors to our area. Our historic district is truly beautiful and we want it to look it’s bes...

Business owners, building owners and merchants in Bradford’s downtown historic district are invited to attend the Neighborhood Watch Interest Meeting that will be held at the Bradford Area Public Library, today, at 6 p.m. The Main Street and ‘Project Pride’ Elm Street programs, along with the City of Bradford Police Department will host the meeting. Many residents and business owners have expressed an interest in a sustainable, long term relevant ‘block watch’ network for the City of Bradford. A representative from the Bradford City Police Department will facilitate a discussion about Neighborhood Watches, share safety/observation tips, and answer questions. For more information contact Main Street Manager, Anita Dolan or Elm Street Manager, Lisa Keck.

Many residents and business owners have expressed interest in a sustainable, long term, relevant block watch network for the City of Bradford. In order to have strength in numbers, Project Pride is attempting to organize a Neighborhood Watch for the City of Bradford. A meeting will be held at 6 p.m. January 27 at the Bradford Area Public Library for anyone interested in learning, sharing and finding out how to help. During the meeting, a representative from the City of Bradford Police Department will facilitate a discussion about Neighborhood Watches; share safety/observation tips that can be used right away; and answer residents’ questions. The organizers are looking for input as to what people want to see in a neighborhood watch program, and are looking for people interested in participating by being a Block Captain or member of the Neighborhood Watch. All residents in Project Pride, as well as other city residents and/or business owners, interested in participating are encouraging t...

The final schedule of activities has been announced for the Pumpkin Fest which will be held in Bradford’s downtown historic district on Sunday, October 24th from Noon to 4 p.m. At the Hooker Fulton Building there will be games such as pumpkin bowling, pin the wart on the witch and face painting, hair braiding and henna tattoos. In the parking area there will be pony rides and a 4H display. Food items will include Halloween popcorn and baked goods. At the PNC bank parking lot there will be pie throwing, pumpkin patch soccer, a prize wheel, a reading corner and other pumpkin themed games. There will also be a booth set up by the Bradford City Police Department and the Project Pride Elm Street program that will have Halloween safety information. Trick or Treat bags to be used for trick or treating will be distributed. Hay rides will begin in front of the PNC bank area. Entrants for the Great Pumpkin Measuring Contest can enter their pumpkins and have them measured in the PNC parking lot a...

Great Main Street Clean Up - Saturday, April 24, 10 am – 1 pm Register at Grace Lutheran Church, Mechanic Street (receive vest, gloves and trash bags) Refreshments provided The event will consist of litter pick up in Main Street Historic District and Project Pride Elm Street Neighborhood. Sponsored by Bradford Main Street Program/Elm Street Project. Boy Scouting for Good - Saturday, April 24, 9am – 12pm Parkview and Walmart The Boy Scouts of America are collecting non-perishable food items for the Salvation Army Food Pantry Chamber Chat - Tuesday, April 27, 5-6:30 pm Sports Café, 48 Davis Street An informal informational meeting and networking opportunity to discuss and acquaint you with chamber benefits. FREE and open to BACC members and prospective members. Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres provided. Please RSVP to BACC office 814.338.7115 or email info@bradfordchamber.com “Parenting is One Tough Job” Symposium - Wednesday, April 28, 8:30 am – 12:30 pm University of Pittsburgh Bradfo...

In celebration of Earth Day (April 22), and in conjunction with The Great American Cleanup of Pennsylvania, Project Pride residents, and community volunteers will be cleaning up litter in the Elm Street Project Pride area. The event will run from 10 am until 1 pm on Saturday April 24th. This effort is to remove litter and trash from the Project Pride/Elm Street Neighborhood bordered by Bennett Street, Charlotte Avenue, School Street, and Barbour Street as well as Main Street. This is not a bulk homeowner or household waste cleanup, but a concentrated effort to remove litter and trash from the Elm Street Project Pride area and downtown. Grace Lutheran Community Life Center, 79 Mechanic Street, will serve as cleanup headquarters and provide an area for cleanup participants to take a break, grab a light snack and pick up gloves, vests and trash bags. “This event is a product of our Elm Street Safe, Clean, and Green Committee and the major goal is to encourage community building through p...

Johnstown, Pa. – The City of Bradford’s Elm Street program was presented with an Honorable Mention award in the category of Community Greening for its Project Pride Community Garden at Pennsylvania Downtown Center’s (PDC) annual statewide Townie Awards gala. The Townie Awards are a festive and venerable tradition designed to recognize the commonwealth’s core communities and individuals for creation and implementation of programming and events that exemplify the goals of PDC’s community revitalization mission. All of Pennsylvania Downtown Center’s 270 member organizations are eligible to win, making the Townies a competitive award process each year. “Bradford Elm Street’s Project Pride Community Garden should be applauded at many levels, but most especially for sparking involvement by the young people of Bradford in the community revitalization effort,” said Bill Fontana, PDC’s executive director. “With this project we were able to engage so many individuals and groups that had never b...