The Allegheny National Forest is Pennsylvania’s only national forest, but it currently has too few permanently protected areas. Located in northwest Pennsylvania, it includes many additional wild gems that may be protected as wilderness areas under the Wilderness Act of 1964 — part of America’s National Wilderness Preservation System. This new 16-minute film utilizes stunning [...]

I wanted to start off today’s post by saying thanks for reading this site. You keep me going to produce content every day, so thanks for being awesome. Strong storms that blew through the region yesterday caused some flooding in areas around Erie and Crawford Counties. If you use the Presque Isle Branch of the [...]

It’s time once again for a summer of great music. The Sprint Summer Music Series at Presque Isle’s Beach 1 is back for another go-around, the line-up sounds great. June 10: Duke Sherman Blues Band and Tri This June 17: Abbey Road and Sam Hyman June 24: Crosstown Rhythm & Blues Band and The Heliotropes [...]

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports this morning that the PA Dept. of Conservation has come up with a list of start parks that could potentially close due to budget cuts. Reporter Don Hopey writes: The department’s response Tuesday to a state Senate request to identify the possible park closings lists Ryerson Station in Greene County, Linn [...]

We didn’t win last night’s $200+ million Powerball, so sadly we’re back at work. Has anyone checked out the Erie Rib Festival going on downtown? We didn’t even know it was happening. 1201 Kitchen, located at 12th and State Streets in the heart of Downtown Erie, has announced new ownership with a new menu launch [...]

Gannon University has extended until June 20 the deadline to apply for the University’s Regional Summer School of Excellence program. The Regional Summer School of Excellence is designed for high school sophomores and juniors who excel in the sciences and are interested in a unique and hands-on summer learning opportunity. The program is free and [...]

Fr. Shawn Clerkin of Gannon has posted a new YouTube video showcasing their new 2009-2010 season. What a great way to promote the season:

Erie City Council will propose an amendment to the zoning code requiring all people giving massages to have a degree or certificate, pending a state law that takes effect in 2010 requiring all persons offering massage services to be state licensed. We’re not sure why city officials haven’t cracked down harder on several massage “parlors” [...]

This past weekend was the first of hopefully many Troika Festivals, held at the Russian Orthodox Church of the Nativity. Reader Joe visited the festival and had this to say: The festival was very nice, and Barynya was wonderful! We were fortunate to have such top-flight entertainment at this little event. I really hope they [...]

We hope you had a nice Memorial Day yesterday. Parades and other remembrances were held across the area yesterday. Thank you, veterans, for your service. Mercyhurst College announced today that it has been accepted in the Veterans Administration’s “Yellow Ribbon” program, which provides scholarships and other financial aid to military personnel who served our country [...]

I’m traveling back to Erie from New England today. Enjoy the weather and have a safe and fun weekend. See you on Monday!

This summer, Gannon University will offer a broad range of summer activities and camps, including camps in the arts, theatre, writing and sports. The Gannon University women’s basketball program, led by coach Cleve Wright, will host five girls’ camps this summer. Dates are as follows: * June 15-18 and July 27-30: Fundamentals Camps (grades 3-8). [...]

We’re traveling for work today so we must be brief. We wouldn’t know Kris Allen from Debbie Allen or Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen, but he won American Idol last night. If you watch Fox 66 over the air or on some cable systems, you missed most of the show’s finale last night due to [...]

The first Troika Russian Festival will be held Sunday and Monday. Presented by the Russian Orthodox Church of the Nativity, the festival will run from noon to 9 p.m. on Sunday and noon to 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Located at the foot of German Street overlooking Erie’s historic waterfront, the festival has something to offer [...]

Yesterday was election day. We hope you got out and voted. Mark DiVecchio = stunned Wow. Barry Grossman has won the Democratic nomination for Erie County Executive and will face Mike Kerner in the fall. Buzz Andrezeski was a didtant third – but its hard to say what his impact was over the last week [...]

Using recent advances in transplant surgeries as a focal point, distinguished professionals involved in this quickly changing field will explore how we communicate about identity – through medicine, books, art, films and journalism – in a public discussion presented by Allegheny College and held at the Carnegie Science Center at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May [...]

Beginning at 8:00am on Thursday, May 21, WQLN TV and WQLN Radio will go off the air for about 6 hours. WQLN Public Media is installing a power switch for a back-up generator. WQLN was awarded a grant by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency to install the new backup power generator. The generator will allow [...]

In June 1992, the Erie Sailors played Jamestown in what was the first game for the Florida Marlins franchise. It’s a great look at that day, as well as Ainsworth Field. The Sailors’ starting pitcher that day? John Lynch. Yes – NFL Pro-Bowler John Lynch.

Today is election day. Please go and vote at your local polling place – there are several important races, including mayor, county executive and Erie County judge. The Erie Times-News has a comprehensive election guide online. Joel at Press and Tower takes a deeper look at the election, specifically the Buzz videos, which have become [...]

Gannon University has announced their 2009 football schedule. The season will feature 6 home games, opening with 3 straight at home. The Gannon football team is tentatively scheduled to be seen live on television three times. FSN Pittsburgh will broadcast Gannon’s road game at California (Pa.) scheduled for Saturday, September 19. Game time is expected [...]

Tomorrow is election day, and Buzz is back with another video. Appearing again on a YouTube video posted by Christian Bussiere, Andrezeski talks about the 911 center and much more. What’s your take on this new video? Workers at Penn-Union in Edinboro have approved a new contract. They had been on strike since April 2. [...]

Another day, another batch of fantastic economic news. Chrysler is looking to sever ties with nearly 800 dealerships around the country as part of their restructuring during bankruptcy proceedings. Erie County would likely lose three Chrysler dealers under this plan–Gary Miller Dodge, Fairview Chrysler Jeep, and Cunningham Chrysler Jeep in North East. If this plan [...]

We’re a bit burned out this morning after the Penguins Game 7 last night and 2 hours of Lost, which was typically mind-bending. The big news of the day is the video posted to YouTube featuring Anthony Buzz Andrezeski attacking Erie County Executive Mark Divecchio. If you missed the video, we posted about it yesterday [...]

Buzz Andrezeski, candidate for Erie County Executive, goes off on Mark Divecchio in this video posted to YouTube. He says in the video: “Mark Divecchio, in meetings with other people, said Sue Weber, after the Peninsula is closed, would have illicit sex with men other then her husband. Do you really think somebody in public [...]

Peter at GlobalErie.com blogged that GE Transportation will build a new $100 million battery manufacturing facility in outside Albany, NY. It sure would be nice to have that plant here. We’ve heard some additional lay-offs planned for GE Transportation here in Erie in the coming weeks and months. Hopefully they are temporary. Governor Edward G. [...]

Peter at GlobalErie.com posted a documentary yesterday by Andrew Condon who breaks down the tires-to-energy plant. Here’s part one of the documentary: Tires and Wine 01 from Andrew Condon on Vimeo. We’ll post part two after the jump.

As we get closer to the May 19 primary election, Kevin Flowers of the Erie Times-News has a nice breakdown of the races and information on the candidates. Erie County Council has approved a plan to hire 8 new emergency dispatch workers. It will cost $185,877 to hire the employees. There have been several issues [...]

The Gem City Concert Band will hold their annual Spring Concert tomorrow. It should be a great performance with a wide range of musical selections to please everyone’s tastes. The concert program is now online for your review. It looks like a great and varied program. The performance is from 7:30 to 9:00 pm at [...]

One of the first real jobs I had back in high school was at the Burger King on W. 8th Street near the West Erie Plaza. It was your typical summer, after-school job. We made burgers, we took orders, we unclogged the drain in the parking lot that always got stuck, flooding the parking lot [...]

We hope you had a good weekend and a pleasant mother’s day. Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld of Erie is featured in this Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story. Vandeveld was a US Army Reserve prosector. It’s an interesting story. Jimmy Z’s was robbed last evening by a woman in a sweatshirt who brandished a pistol. There’s a funny [...]