First Niagara Financial Group has signed a deal to acquire 57 National City Branches in western Pennsylvania. PNC, who bought National City last year, was forced to divest the branches by the US Justice Department. In Crawford County, Marquette Savings Bank announced today that the bank has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the assets and assume the liabilities of three National City Bank branch offices in Crawford County. The acquisition is expected to close August 28, 2009 (subject to regulatory and customary closing conditions).
I think it’s safe to say the gloves are already off when it comes to the County Executive race. Yesterday, Buzz Andrezewski filed a petition to keep Mark Divecchio off the ballot, claiming his nominating petitions were notarized by one of Divecchio’s employees, Susan Kraft. Divecchio denies doing anything wrong. We’ll keep an eye on this.
Harry Davies has postponed his hunger strike against Dad’s Pet Care in Meadville. Dad’s has agreed to buy Davies’ home. Crisis averted.
WICU and the Erie Times-News are both reporting about numerous fire safety violations at Granada Apartments. Do you live there? If so, what do you think of all the violations?
The Waldablog has new photos of the construction of their new Mega Disk-O ride.
Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper will host a town hall meeting on agriculture issues at Allegheny College today from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public and will be held in Quigley Hall.
The Erie County Recycling Program (ECRP) will open the first centralized collection site “Convenience Center” in North Western PA on April 11, 2009. The Center will accept Electronics (e-waste) and Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) free of charge from Erie County residents from 9am to 3pm on the 2nd & 4th Saturday of each month from April thru October in 2009. The Convenience Center is located at 1556 West 12th St., Erie (just off Greengarden between the Bayfront & 12th). All Erie County residents are eligible to participate in the new program, but must pre-register by calling 1-866-815-0016. Residents are not limited in the quantity of material they bring or the number of times they participate. Learn more.
Dr. Robert D. Bullard visits Erie on Monday, April 20, as Mercyhurst College kicks off its observance of Earth Week with the annual Sister Maura Smith Earth Day Lecture. His 7:30 p.m. presentation in Taylor Little Theatre — titled “Environmental Justice for All” — is free and open to the public. The talk is co-sponsored by the Mercyhurst Green Team, the college’s “Beyond the Dream” series celebrating the legacy and challenge of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and The Evelyn Lincoln Institute for Ethics and Society.
Gannon University on Wednesday, April 22 will host an Open House at the Regional Learning Alliance (RLA) in Cranberry Township, Pa. The Open House, to be held from 3-6 p.m. at the RLA, 850 Cranberry Woods Drive, will showcase Gannon academic programs that are offered at the facility. The public is welcome. Programs to be represented at the Open House include Gannon’s newest doctoral-level program, a doctor of philosophy in Organizational Learning and Leadership (OLL). The OLL program will be offered in the fall 2009 semester at the Regional Learning Alliance with a flexible class schedule that includes Tuesday evening and Saturday morning sessions.
Sports
When the 15th season of Erie SeaWolves baseball begins on Wednesday, April 8, the Howlers will send righty Jonah Nickerson to the mound. Nickerson, a 12-game winner with the Lakeland Flying Tigers in 2008, is entering his fourth season in the Detroit Tigers system. Last season, his 12 victories and .750 winning percentage was tied for the Florida State League lead.
The Pittsburgh Penguins secured a playoff berth with a 6-4 win over Tampa Bay.
Starter Ian Snell gave up eight runs (six earned) in four innings, and Freddy Sanchez’s sixth-inning homer wasn’t enough for the Pirates in a 9-3 loss to the Cardinals on Tuesday.
A pair of Edinboro University wheelchair basketball players will represent the United States in the upcoming Junior World Championships. Tommie Gray and Treyon Jenifer were selected to the USA U-23 Team, becoming the first Fighting Scots ever selected to a USA national wheelchair basketball team. A total of 12 players were chosen from a pool of 23 players. This year’s World Championships will be held in Paris, France from July 4-15.
That recycling center will be a great asset. Think of all of the TVs and other electronic stuff that's being pitched during the city cleanup this year? If more people heard about this, they could recycle that stuff all the way to October instead of just throwing it out. I know I've got a ton of computer equipment that I could take over there.
Too bad Buzz feels he can't compete on his stellar record, or by having a better grip on the issues in the upcoming election. Nope, he's gotta look for the easy way in. implying that a Notary's credibility is somehow lessened because of whom she works for?? Typical low-life politics.
Buzz is hardly low life. He's a stand up guy.
Isn't the notary simply attesting to the fact that it is DiVecchio's signature? What is the harm in the fact that she works for him?
I've got piles of computer junk that's outdated and/or unusable in my basement that will definitely be going there.
I just called to register for the Erie County Recycling Program and was told it was cancelled due to lack of interest. WTF? Today was the first time I've ever heard about it (On ErieBlogs) – Maybe they should have advertised it more.
Buzz a stand up guy huh? Okay.
Once again Divecchio using government employees to do his biding, what? he dosen't have the bucks to support the local economy.