Looking for something to do this Fourth of July holiday? We got you covered. While we still miss Mercyhurst’s Old Fashioned Fourth of July event, the Boom on the Bay is turning into a pretty decent event with some nice fireworks. This year, the Brig Niagara will take part in the festivities with a cannon [...]

Vice President Joe Biden will be in the Erie area Wednesday to make an announcement about rural broadband coverage that is part of the stimulus package. Joining him will be new FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. The announcement will be made at 12 p.m. at Seneca High School. You can pick up tickets starting today at [...]

There is a blood shortage affecting our region and officials at the Community Blood Bank are hoping some ‘Extreme’ measures will help get the blood supply back to safe levels before the July 4th holiday weekend. The Community Blood Bank will be holding a blood drive in conjunction with Extreme Make Over Home Edition’s visit [...]

Stunned. What a week for celebrity deaths. Was Saturday pretty much the most beautiful day ever? I took the family on the sightseeing boat at Presque Isle for a great trip through the bay and into Lake Erie. If you’ve never took that trip, you should, it was fun. I took this picture from the [...]

Spectators are allowed to come to the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” site starting Sunday, June 28. The spectator parking has changed locations. Spectators can now park at Bayfront and State Streets by the Erie Maritime Museum. An EMTA shuttle will be available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to take spectators to the site to [...]

U.S. Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-3), Chairwoman of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Regulations and Healthcare, will host a Healthcare Forum to listen to small business owners, manufacturers, and health care professionals to discuss healthcare reform on Monday, June 29, 2009 at Allegheny College from 11am-12:30pm. Dahlkemper had solicited healthcare stories from individuals across the [...]

Peace out, MJ. Peace out, Jill Munroe The Ward family of E. 21st Street is the family chosen for the Extreme Makeover Home Edition project that is now underway. Clara Ward runs a program for young people from her home that is need of repairs. The team building the house includes Ty Pennington, Paul DiMeo, [...]

The NBA Development League Erie BayHawks are proud to lend a helping hand to Maleno Real Estate Development, the Erie-based builders who are working with ABC Television’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition to aide an Erie family. “We are excited that the BayHawks, along with the NBA Development League and our partners at Spalding, will be [...]

ArtsErie is pleased to announce the implementation of CultureSpark, a year-long cultural planning process designed to identify the issues, strengths and challenges for cultural development throughout Erie County. CultureSpark will engage civic and cultural leaders and members of the community at large in dialog about the role, value and outcomes of cultural development. Bill Bulick [...]

I saw Transformers 2 last night. The better subtitle for it should have been “Robots and Explosions for Two Straight Hours.” Needless to say, I loved it. Today is the start of the Extreme Makeover Home Edition project. In case you missed it yesterday, we had a post talking about a side project going on [...]

As you know, tomorrow marks the start of the Extreme Makeover Home Edition taking place here in Erie. In addition to the family being helped, there are also efforts under way to help improve the neighborhood as well as the families around the build site. I asked Danielle Hartland, communications director at Grace Church, who [...]

Are you a Millcreek resident who received a flyer in the mail telling you to call a number other then 911 in an emergency? If so, could you scan it and send it to us? We really want to see it and share it. Thanks in advance. A car caught fire in the Walmart parking [...]

In an effort to make this year’s Independence Day celebrations greater than ever, the Flagship Niagara League has offered to assist the City of Erie in the production of the “Boom Over The Bay” fireworks show in Erie Harbor, July 4, 2009. “The Boom Over the Bay” fireworks show is from 9:45pm until 10:00pm and [...]

Judges of the InnovationErie: Design Competition announced the grand prize winner and finalists, including the people’s choice Best of Show at a press conference on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. at the Erie Art Museum Annex Gallery, 423 State Street. The grand prize winner was Ryan Bookhamer who created the Sling-Footwear Carrier. The [...]

Restoring the importance of fathers in the lives of children and in communities. Returning the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Those are the goals of a “Celebrating Fathers” workshop that will be offered by the Gannon University Social Work program and by Men of Valor Ministries, [...]

The American Wind Symphony will be performing in Erie at the Erie Maritime Museum Amphitheatre on Friday July 3rd at 7:30pm and July 4th at 2:30pm. The July 4th show is a Children’s Concert with a music program geared toward children and their families. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children for both [...]

We were in Cleveland seeing my Dad for father’s day, and while the weather was beautiful, we got reports that it pretty much didn’t stop raining on Saturday. My square foot garden = stunned. My corn is blowing up. Sad news, Erie was not named an All-American City this past Friday. Your winners this year [...]

Danielle is live tweeting for us this morning from the Extreme Makeover Home Edition rally being held today by Maleno Builders. You can follow along here.

Happy Friday. If you’re looking for something cool to do this weekend, check out the Thurston Classic in Meadville. Taking place at Allegheny College’s Robertson Field, beautiful hot air balloons will take the sky all weekend. Hopefully the weather will cooperate a bit. Last night was the night glow, and activities are schedule throughout the [...]

Photo by the Manufacturers and Business Association Did you attend last night’s Manufacturers and Business Association event at the Bayfront Convention Center last night? If so, how was it? Here’s a video from the Erie Times-News: The Association has posted a ton of photos on Flickr of the event. As Congress prepares to overhaul our [...]

Tomorrow is the Manufacturers and Business Association’s Annual Meeting with featured keynote speaker President George Bush. Will you be attending this event? What do you expect from this event? This was the first time in many years that the blood supply was safe half way through June as a result of an excellent year at [...]

If you have some time this afternoon, I’ll be leading a webinar talking about how to use Twitter and Facebook. While it’s geared towards colleges and universities, the information applies just as easily to local businesses of any size. If you want to learn more about social media or you’ve been using them and want [...]

Local Shakespeare enthusiasts will have a chance to see at Gannon University in July free performances of two Shakespearian favorites. The University’s sixth annual Shakespeare Summer Nights begins Thursday, July 9 with a performance of King Lear. Additional performances of King Lear – the tale of a once-mighty king’s fall from greatness – will be [...]

Community Access Television (CATV) is sponsoring a video contest, Erie Rocks, which is seeking videos that present a positive image of Erie. CATV is a public access television channel, Channel 2 on Time Warner Cable in the City of Erie, Pennsylvania. As a nonprofit corporation, they are designated by the City of Erie to receive [...]

We still haven’t come down yet from Friday’s NHL Stanley Cup Finals Game 7. Everywhere around Erie on Saturday people were talking about it – I even talked with a group of teenagers outside Tops on 38th for 10 minutes about the game. Hockey fans were pumped. There’s a victory parade in Pittsburgh starting at [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins won game 7 on the road last night to win their third Stanley Cup. What a game, what a series, what a season. Enjoy this moment. I get misty every time I watch it.

Gannon University’s Dahlkemper School of Business Administration on Friday, June 26 will host an informational event for high school juniors and seniors interested in majoring in business or a related field. The event, Gannon’s Business Day, will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Stubler and Pietraszek rooms of the University’s Waldron [...]

Warren, PA retailer Blair has recalled 162,000 chenille robes because they don’t meet federal flammability standards. They can catch fire if near open flames. The robes were sold in Blair catalogs and Web site, and Blair stores in Warren, Pa., Grove City,Pa., and Wilmington, Del., from January 2003 through March 2009 from about $20 to [...]

Another day, another jump in gas prices. The cost was about the same in Rhode Island yesterday, where I flew back to Erie from. Get this – a pack of cigarettes there at the local gas station was close to $8. REThink Erie has been closely involved in the study of the community college and [...]

For Erie Art Museum Education Coordinator Stephanie Campbell, launching the Museum’s newest art class is about discovering a new facet of your abilities. “In this relaxed studio atmosphere, new art projects are started each week exploring different media, artists and styles of art,” said Campbell. “Each project is created following a guided step-by step process [...]