Congrats to Julie Maggio, who won our $25 gift certificate giveaway to Sluggers Sports Bar and Grill. Thanks to everyone who entered! Police have identified the man who died in Tuesday’s crash on I-90. He is Samuel A. Thomas from Warren. Our thoughts go out to his family. Dr. Paul Heberle has pleaded guilty to [...]

VisitErie has released hotel tax proceeds for March, 2009. This March was the best March since the tax was enacted – raising $39,178 for VisitErie, compared to $37,091 in 2008 and $35,561 in 2007. Click on the image before for a more detailed graph and chart.

Gannon President Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D., will confer some 815 degrees during the University’s Spring Commencement ceremony, to be held Saturday, May 9. The ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. at Tullio Arena, 809 French St (map). The graduates include 45 doctor of physical therapy degree recipients and three doctoral degree recipients. In addition, 329 [...]

I-90 was closed for several hours yesterday following a traffic accident that claimed the life of one person. Stace blogs a bit more about it here. US Senator Arlen Specter (R, PA) announced that he is switching parties to the Democratic side. He is up for re-election in 2010. The Erie Times-News has announced that [...]

Joel at The Press and Tower posted a great video over the weekend of the work that goes into creating the WSEE morning show with Raychel Vendetti and Ray Petelin, our favorite local weather dude (come on, he’s got a Twitter account and they show has a very active Facebook group.) More power to the [...]

Dr. Leslie Powers testified yesterday in a hearing to determine whether or not Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong was mentally competent to stand trial. She said that despite several mental conditions, including a borderline personality disorder, she believes Diehl-Armstrong is competent to stand trial. A psychiatrist that testified for the defense disagreed, saying Diehl-Armstrong is incompetent. No word [...]

Celebrate Erie 2009, the Downtown Edinboro Art & Music Festival, the Blues & Jazz Festival, the Erie’s Heritage Festival and the Erie Summer Festival of the Arts will all still take place over the next several months thanks to grants made by local donors through The Erie Community Foundation. “In tough economic times, those less [...]

In case you missed this year’s NFL draft, here are the results for all the local teams. Pittsburgh Steelers Round 1: Evander Hood, DT, Missouri Round 3: Kraig Urbik, OT, Wisconsin Round 3: Mike Wallace, WR, Mississippi Round 3: Keenan Lewis, CB, Oregon State Round 5: Joe Burnett, CB, Central Florida Round 5: Frank Summers, [...]

Wow, now that was a nice weekend, weather-wise. If you’re like us, your weekend involved a trip (or three) to the garden store for yard stuff. We dominated some mulch. Well, dominated is a strong word. We bought mulch. We meant to spread it, but it’s still in bags in the driveway. Thank you very [...]

Mike here. This weekend is the March for Babies, an event held around the country to raise funds to support the March of Dimes and the research this great organization does. I know first hand that the research and technology developed by the March of Dimes saves lives – they saved the life of my [...]

Today’s the last day to enter our $25 gift certificate giveaway. We’ll be drawing the winners late this afternoon. Enter here. USF Holland has announced it is closing its terminal in North East. The terminal has an between 50 and 75 employees. The plant is expected to close sometime in June. The Meadville Tribune has [...]

Congrats to local bloggers Adam and Camille on the birth this week of their son Henry. If you haven’t taken a moment to enter our $25 gift certificate giveaway for Sluggers Sports Bar and Grill, you can do it right here. President Obama gave a speech yesterday in Iowa, talking about Earth Day and energy. [...]

James Cousins has been suspended for 10 days without pay and must undergo alcohol and sensitivity counseling following an investigation after video of Cousins was posted on YouTube. Before he can resume working, he must also be evaluated to determine if he’s ready to serve. Blogger David Lohr calls this a “slap on the wrist”. [...]

We can’t think of many things that are more fun then a ride around the zoo on the train. It’s not a full ride, but it’ll have to do until you get a chance to get the Erie Zoo this year.

If you haven’t taken a moment to enter our $25 gift certificate giveaway for Sluggers Sports Bar and Grill, you can do it right here. Our fair city is one of 32 finalists in this year’s All-America City Awards. The awards, put on by the National Civic League, will be announced June 17-19 in Tampa, [...]

14-year-old Sierra Lillie has been found in Arkansas and should be back in Erie by the time you read this. She had befriended a 20-year-old Montana man and was travelling with him. The man, Donald Ray Cates, is facing charges of forcing underage girls to have sex with him. Sluggers Sports Bar and Grill is [...]

With Spring in the air and major league baseball season open, no comedy could be timelier than Richard Dresser’s “Rounding Third”, opening April 24th at All An Act Theatre in Columbus Square. Rounding Third is the tumultuous journey of two completely opposite little league coaches through an entire season, from their first meeting to the [...]

Mike’s traveling for business today, so we won’t have a post today. Here are some events going on today and over the weekend that are worth checking out. He reports there were two Erie Bayhawks players on his flight from Erie today, which is kind of cool.

The Buffalo Bills started hot last year, but faded quickly and failed to the make the playoffs. With some key additions – including WR Terrell Owens – the Bills hope to build on their experiences from last year. Here’s their 2009 schedule: September 14: @ New England 7:00 p.m. September 20: Tampa Bay 4:05 p.m. [...]

The Cleveland Browns will look to bounce back this year after last year’s disappointing campaign. New coach Eric Mangini hopes to lead the Browns back to the playoffs. Here’s their 2009 schedule: September 13: Minnesota 1:00 p.m. September 20: @ Denver 4:15 p.m. September 27: @ Baltimore 1:00 p.m. October 4: Cincinnati 1:00 p.m. October [...]

The NFL has released the official schedules for the 2009 season. Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh will play 5 prime time night games this season. The crybabies in Baltimore complained that they often had to play night games in Pittsburgh so this year, when the teams play in Pittsburgh it will be during the day and [...]

Are you following us at Twitter? You should. It’s cool. Last evening, Erie City Council passed a resolution saying, basically, they they oppose the building of the tires to energy plant. We don’t think that has any legal or binding power though. Congrats to Erie blogger emeritus Eden on having her manuscript move on to [...]

Dan Desrochers, who is running for Erie County Council on the Republican side in District 4, has posted a few new YouTube videos on his campaign website. One of the first topics he’s addressing is the community college. He says: I oppose the proposed Community College for several reasons, most of all the money it [...]

It’s April 15. If you haven’t finished your taxes, or if you haven’t even started yet, today’s the day to get them in or you’ll need to file an extension. Unlike past years, local post offices won’t stay open late to help people get things postmarked on time, but several APCs will be open 24 [...]

Last week, Mayor Joe Sinnott proclaimed April to be Jazz Appreciation Month in conjunction with Jazz FM. JAZZ FM 88.5 and 104.9 is a public radio station operated as a major public service of Mercyhurst College.

Erica Erwin of the Erie Times-News writes about the possibily of the Erie Water Works taking over the operations of the Millcreek Water Authority. Doesn’t Millcreek buy water from the Water Works? And don’t residents of Millcreek pay much more for their water then residents in the city? Peter at GlobalErie blogged about the Obama’s [...]

Show of hands – who’s having leftover ham for breakfast, lunch and/or dinner? We hope you had a nice Easter. Two people were killed in auto accidents this weekend. In one accident, a car lost control on Buffalo Road and crashed into a house. No one in the house was injured, but the driver, Dennis [...]

The Erie BayHawks (26-23) mounted a furious second half comeback, down by as many as 24, to defeat the Fort Wayne Mad Ants 105 – 99. The victory sealed a post-season playoff birth for the expansion BayHawks. Maureece Rice continued his red-hot play notching a game high 36 points in the win. Erik Daniels added [...]

Hey everyone, Yourboro here. Nothing too exciting is going on around Edinboro. The Commuter parking lot across from the campus police station is torn up, and progressing fast, while things like Heather Hall and the Fighting Scots statue continue to sit at a stand still in demolition, and completely unbuilt.    SGA Elections I suppose [...]

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College has confirmed that 10,868 Social Security numbers in historical data on a computer at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, could have been breached. The data belonged mostly to alumni. It’s not clear if the data was downloaded by anyone, but the school is being careful and notifying people. [...]