Environmentalist, activist and attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will speak on “Our Environmental Destiny” at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15 in Shafer Auditorium at Allegheny College. The doors will open at 7 p.m. Kennedy will discuss the role that our natural surroundings play in our work, our health and our identity as Americans. Using [...]

We’re confused. On Monday, we got a press release talking about the opening of Erie County Recycling Convenience Center set to open on April 11. Yesterday, we put the info in our daily news post. The release basically said this: The Erie County Recycling Program (ECRP) will open the first centralized collection site “Convenience Center” [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Snow. Expect more. Moving on. Governor Edward G. Rendell today asked the U.S. Small Business Administration to declare Erie County a disaster area following a fire in Millcreek Township on March 28 that destroyed a 35-unit building at Granada Apartments. At Governor Rendell’s request, SBA officials, along with local and county officials, and representatives of [...]

Winter storm warning? WTF? The City of Erie’s spring cleanup program has begun. For the next month, city residents can put out one large item for trash pickup. County Controller Sue Weber will present a plan to County Executive Mark Divecchio that she believes could save the county $1.5 million a year. The plan includes [...]

The weather outside may be colder then we’d like, and we may get a bit of rain, but scroll down to see tons of events and happenings to check out this weekend. We’ll be brief this morning so you can get your day stated. Good news – Sunday hours will continue to be offered at [...]

It’s really spring now, folks. Sara’s is open at Presque Isle, and Hank’s is up and running again in Conneaut Lake. Make time this weekend to stop for some ice cream or custard, even if the weather isn’t as great as it was yesterday. Yesterday was perfect for a walk at the beach though, and [...]

The Clements Group community college report is now available. You can read it here (PDF Format). A digital paper version is also available here. The Clements Group will present its final report titled “Evaluation of Northwest Pennsylvania’s Workforce Development and Educational Challenges and Opportunities” to the public on Friday, Apr. 3 at Blasco Library, 160 [...]

Here in Erie, we haven’t faced too much of the real estate troubles facing many other parts of the country. Homes haven’t lost too much in terms of value and we haven’t been had a large number of foreclosures. Paul Gornall is a local REALTOR at PRO Realty and blogger, and we’ve asked him to [...]

As we reported yesterday, things are not looking good for Shriners Hospitals. Trustees for the hospital will consider closures of the hospitals in Erie; Galveston, TX; Greenville, SC; Shreveport, LA; Spokane, WA; and Springfield, MA. Another cost cutting measure to be considered is to begin taking insurance payments, or cut the budgets at all 22 [...]

The Community Blood Bank’s major construction project is complete and the Community Blood Bank is the first blood bank in the entire United States to ‘go live’ with the MPX platform from Roche. Last summer the blood bank’s lab was expanded by 2000 square feet to accommodate the new testing equipment. In December of 2008, [...]

Today, we’re proud to bring you another guest post from a candidate running for the Erie County Judge seat. We are offering guest posts to each and every candidate running for office in the Erie and surrounding areas this Spring. Fill out our contact form to get in touch with us. Today’s post is from [...]

Shriners Hospitals nationwide are facing huge budget cuts in the near future – $200 million worth. Six hospitals nationwide will close, and others, including Erie, will face cuts. Tom Carlotti has been named the new chief of the Millcreek Police. He has been with the force for 27 years. Congrats, chief. A judge has set [...]