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 last few weeks at the new 911 center.
At state parks not named Presque Isle, there is a push to enact legislation requiring the state to re-add lifeguards. We remember blogging last summer that there had been several incidents including a death at unguarded state parks.
EMTA has received a state grant for $421,944 from the state to purchase 6 small transit buses.
Send this deal to your friends in Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Buffalo. For $129 during the week and $159 on weekends, you can get 2 passes to Waldameer and a night at the new Comfort Inn in Edinboro.
Local company Walco Label has launched a new website. They are also on Twitter.
Want to find more local people, businesses and community groups using Twitter? Check out our Erie Twitter Guide.
Sports
The SeaWolves won their fourth consecutive game by holding off a ninth inning rally, taking down the Reading Phillies, 3-2 on Monday night at Jerry Uht Park.
