The headline news for today has nothing to do with the election. It’s the weather. Yesterday, Erie saw it’s first snow fall of the season with more headed this way. The map above shows Erie is smack-dab in the middle of a Nor’easter heading our way with 3-6 inches of snow fall. A meteorologist from Maryland has a report on the season’s first real snow fall and mentions how his mother, who lives in Erie, dreads winter. Erie is definitely the wrong place to live if one dreads winter.
The weather also is making headlines due to a first ever in baseball: last night’s World Series game was suspended with the Phillies and Rays tied at 2-2 because of the weather and field conditions. The game will resume in Philadelphia when weather conditions are appropriate–we just don’t know when since today’s forecast predicts more rain and tomorrow rain and snow in the Philly area.
Governor Ed Rendell is on a bus tour of Pennsylvania stumping for Barack Obama. He’ll be in Erie this morning at 11:30 a.m. at the Cruise Boat Terminal on Holland Street, then head down to Meadville for a 2 p.m. rally in the Henderson Campus Center at Allegheny College. Obama held a rally in Pittsburgh yesterday at Mellon Arena. John McCain has also spent a good amount of time in PA lately.
The Erie County Republican Party has confirmed Sarah Palin will be in town Thursday, but still no word as to when and where the event will be held. We’re hoping its somewhere inside and warm.
The Erie Times-News has endorsed Kathy Dahlkemper in the 3rd Congressional District race. The Times-News has endorsed incumbent Phil English in his previous races. They ended their endorsement with this:
If Dahlkemper is elected to Congress, we will scrutinize her voting record as we do for English. And we will call on her to release her income tax records. We expect transparency of all political officeholders. She won’t get a free pass.
The PNC Bank location on Legion Road was robbed yesterday. The robber is described as a white male, 6′2″. He was wearing a tan jacket and drove away in a pick-up truck. No collar bombs were used.
The number of individuals using Erie’s Union Station for passenger train service jumped 16% over the past year at an average of 1,000 people a month. Amtrak’s average systemwide also saw an increase of 11.1%.
David A. Cox has withdrawn from the search for a new superintendent of the Millcreek Township School District. He cited “personal reasons.” He was most recently the superintendent of Culpeper schools. He left that position this past June.
The Erie VA Medical Center has been awarded nearly $5 million to do several renovation and construction projects, including a new entrance and more clinical space. The VA Medical Center on 38th St. was build in 1951.
The Toronto Star reported that a majority of newspaper readership across the U.S. is continuing to decline. However, the Star listed a few newspapers that reported an increase including the Erie Times News with a readership gain of 2% or less.
2008 was a good year for wine growers in Pennsylvania due in part to the warm, dry weather in October. Pennsylvania is the 5th largest grape producing state in the country with the number of wineries more than tripling since 1992 to 142 total in 2008.
Governor Rendell announced the investment of $66 million in 15 brownfields, drinking water and wastewater projects in 14 counties across the commonwealth. Most of the money approved, $62 million, is for low-interest loans with $4 million in grants. The money will fund 15 clean water projects including a project in Girard which received an $861,000 loan to replace nearly 3,000 feet of a sanitary sewer interceptor to prevent the wet weather discharge of raw sewage into Elk Creek.
The McDowell Marching band was the grand champion of Lake Erie Marching Band Association Championships held Saturday night October 25, 2008. In addition, they also took 1st in winds, percussion, visual, general effect, and auxiliary.
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The Phillies and Rays tied 2-2 last night before the game was suspended due to inclement weather and unplayable field conditions. The Phillies lead the series 3-1.
The Edinboro University football team fell from fourth place to seventh in the latest NCAA Division II regional rankings. The top six teams in each of the four regions will qualify for the NCAA Division II Playoffs at the end of the season.
Allegheny College football player Andy Schleihauf has been named the North Coast Athletic Conference athlete of the week for his efforts in the Gators’ 27-22 victory over Kenyon. Penn State Behrend junior Carissa Johnsoton has been named the ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR athlete of the week for the week of October 27, 2008.
During the month of November, Liberty Iron and Metal will donate $0.25 for every pound of aluminum cans brought to their facility to the John Kanzius Cancer Research Fund. Liberty Iron and Metal is located at 1431 East Ave in Erie. Here’s a map.
If you are attending the circus this Friday, there will be trick or treating in the parking lot of Tullio Arena from 4:30 until 5:30 p.m.
The Women’s Studies program at Allegheny College will host a panel discussion on women in popular culture titled “Uses and Misuses of Black Bodies in Contemporary Film and Television” on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the Tippie Alumni Center.
Local author and historian Stephanie Wincik will discuss some of Erie County’s most eerie legends and lore, explore theories surrounding ghosts and spirits, and will read excerpts from her latest book, “Reaching Through the Veil: Ghost Hunting in Erie County” at a presentation on tonight at 7:30 p.m., at in the Alex Theater on the Mercyhurst North East campus. The presentation is free and open to the public. Call (814) 725-6277 for more information.
James Rohr, chief executive of PNC Financial Services Group, will be the speaker at the Eggs ‘n’ Issues breakfast held by the Manufacturer and Business Association held today 8 a.m.
View this past Sunday’s comprehensive events list to see a list of events for the week and months ahead. If you would like your event posted here, please contact us via our online form.
Posted on October 28, 2008 at 7:30 am |
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