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 [...]