TOWANDA — A longtime local library director who served at the Bradford County Library from 2009 to July 2023 when he retired died at the age of 61 last month in Rochester, Minnesota.

Robert Abert, 70, of Irondequoit, was visiting his mother Florence Abert, 94, at the Pearl Nursing Center, 1335 Portland Ave., at the time of the fatal shootings around 7:30 a.m. Sunday. Rochester ...