The Bayfront Center for Maritime Studies is hosting the first ever Great Lakes Region Primary and Secondary Maritime Education Conference. The conference will be held at the BCMS waterfront campus on May 11th and 12th, 2009, in Erie Pennsylvania. There has been a growing movement nationally to encourage the development of maritime awareness and K-12 [...]

We caught the new Star Trek movie last night. It was pretty good – definitely worth catching if you’re a fan, and even if you’re not and you’re into sci-fi. Tom Ridge has announced he won’t run in the Senate race in 2010, leaving Arlen Specter to face, most likely, Pat Toomey. One recent poll [...]

We’ve had a job board for a few years now, and many of the jobs posted there have been ones we’ve found and re-posted. Since we can’t be everywhere and see everything (as hard as we try to), we need your help. If you have a job opening, full or part time, or a volunteer [...]

Gannon University President Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D., has named Mark Richard as Director of Athletics. The Meadville, Pa., native and former Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) student-athlete will be introduced during a press conference in Gannon’s Old Main Boardroom Thursday, May 7 at 3:30 p.m. and is expected to begin his duties June 8. Richard [...]

Chytoria Graham, appealing her conviction, has been granted $20,000 bail by Judge William Cunningham. Graham was convicted of using her infant child as a baseball bat and attacking her boyfriend. Luckily, the baby recovered from a fractured skull. Students at Prep will participate in a new sailing program in conjunction with the Flagship Niagara League. [...]

Happy Cinco de Mayo. If you’re looking for some tunes for the day, we recommend Buenos Tardes Amigo by Ween. It’s especially fitting this year, because, as the song says, Cinco de Mayo’s on Tuesday. Chautauqua County health officials have confirmed a case of the H1N1 flu virus there. No cases have yet to be [...]

Attention college and high school students: we have a couple of internships available for the summer. If you’re interested in blogging and having fun with social media tools like Facebook and Twitter, fill out our contact form and let us know. Congrats to Michael Tellers of Erie who completed yesterday’s Pittsburgh Marathon in 3 hours, [...]

Happy Friday and welcome to May! Huge kudos and thanks to Erie native Kevin Dietly. Mr. Dietly, our new hero, had a letter to the editor published in today’s Boston Globe sticking up for Erie after Sen. Thad Cochran jobbed us earlier in the week. Here’s the letter. He also lambasts reporter Sasha Issenberg for [...]