Yesterday was election day. We hope you got out and voted.
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 in his attacks on DiVecchio and if it sent votes to Grossman. Here’s some early thoughts on the fall race from Dale Hannah.
Other races:
Dan Brabender won the voting on both sides for the Erie County Judge race.
Joe Sinnott won the Democratic nomination for mayor of Erie.
Current Millcreek Township supervisor Larry Curtis beat Sue Weber and Mike Dougherty and will face Richard Figaski in the fall.
Jim Thompson, Joe Schember, Curtis Jones, Jr. and Jim Winarski have all earned nominations for Erie City Council.
It remains to be seen if Mike makes the ballot for anything this fall, despite Josh writing him in where he could.
Full election results are available here. Results for Crawford County are here.
Gas prices are up again locally, despite falling oil prices and weak demand.
Officials in Summit Township expect plans for a new Super Walmart before the end of the month. It will be built a little bit up the road from the current Peach St. store. It’s been in the works for a few years – the trailer park there was cleared out several years ago in preparation.
Naturally Yours has announced a partnership with the new Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Naturally Yours is providing a wide variety of packaged snack mixes, chocolates, candies and nuts to the Sand & Co gift shop there. Naturally Yours has been in business for twenty years, blending and packaging a wide variety of snack mixes, nuts, candies, chocolates and taffy for the wholesale market. It also creates custom gift baskets delivered locally and shipped nationwide.
Dr. Pete Benekos has built a national – and even international – reputation as an authority on juvenile justice and criminology. He’s published five books and countless papers. As a principal with the Mercyhurst College Civic Institute, he’s been the driving force behind a variety of projects to benefit the Erie community. In recognition of his contributions to the college, he’s been chosen to receive the 2009 Teaching Excellence Award.
Our condolences go out to EB’s Richardz and his family following the loss of his grandfather this weekend.
Sports
The SeaWolves eight-game home winning streak came to an end on Tuesday night with a 7-4 loss to the Harrisburg Senators.
The Erie Otters will be well represented a the Ontario Under-17 Selection Camp being held June 25-28 in Ottawa, Ontario. Otters 2009 OHL Priority Selections David Broll, Jeremy Gottzmann, Brady Austin, Jordan Coccimiglio and Chris Festarini were among the 84 top 16-year-old high-performance male hockey players in the province to be invited to the camp.
While Andy LaRoche highlighted an early Bucs rally with a two-run tater, brother Adam’s two-run double in the 10th inning shut the door on a Nationals comeback in Tuesday’s 8-5 victory.
The Indians had the formula they wanted Tuesday, but not the end result. Cliff Lee went eight nice innings, but the Royals rallied for four off Kerry Wood as the Tribe lost, 6-5.
Raegan Moore, a 6-foot guard, from Erie, signed her National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Valparaiso during a news conference at Girard High School on Tuesday afternoon.
Events
The LECOM Medical Fitness & Wellness Center will be hosting an event on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 for seniors throughout Erie County. The event, which is free of charge, is open to the first 120 participants who pre-register by calling 868-7800. The day will start at 8:30 AM with a variety of health screenings followed by guest lectures, Tai Chi and Zumba exercise classes, a lite lunch, a tour of the new Wellness Center, and a walk around the campus sponsored by the Erie Center on Health and Aging. The event is sponsored by UPMC for Life and will take place at the new Wellness Center located at 5401 Peach Street. To register, or for more information, call 868-7800 or visit www.lecomwellness.com .
Divecchio got what he deserved. He accomplished nothing in the past 4 years. The 911 center debacle was his waterloo. He continued to keep the bunch of idiots on the hill on the county payroll inseadt of acting decisvely and firing the enitre ECDOPS management . Hope he didn't forget how to make pizza's.
The only thing Divecchio is stunned about is that he is going to have to shovel his own driveway and mow his own yard this year.
Loved the link – very funny.