Tired of the wet weather? Too bad. More to come with rain today, a reprieve tomorrow, and rain on Sunday. It’s monsoon season in Erie, PA. Judge Sean McLaughlin of the U.S. District Court located here in Erie heard oral arguments Wednesday that pits oil and gas companies against the U.S. Forest Service and environmental [...]

Are You Ready for Some Baseball? A Howl of a Good Time Erie is exceptionally lucky in that we have easy access to some excellent  baseball action. The Erie Seawolves, the AA farm team of the Detroit Tigers, play at Jerry Uht Park. Not only can you see some exciting games, but you can do [...]

Union workers at the General Electric plant in Schenectady, New York, are considering whether to take wage and benefit cuts enticing GE to build a new battery plant there. The battery plant would be a division of GE Transportation here in Erie. How about building the plant at the existing spacious GE grounds in Lawrence [...]

One of my favorite spots at the Erie Zoo is the “Old Man & Dog” statue by sculptor Glenna Goodacre. Here is a shot I took on my latest trip to the zoo.

June’s unemployment rate was 8.3% for Pennsylvania compared to 9.5% nationally. However Northwestern PA didn’t fare too well with Erie County at 9.6% unemployment and Crawford County at 10.2%. State College had the lowest unemployment rate in all of the state at 5.8%. You can view detailed unemployment statistics at the Center for Workforce Information [...]

This week’s video is a short clip of the Erie Zoo. Enjoy!

Governor Ed Rendell has requested that the Federal Emergency Management Agency provide a preliminary damage assessment for Erie County to review damages resulting from a severe storm system that inundated the county with nearly six inches of rain on June 29-30. The damage assessment teams are scheduled to be in Erie County on Thursday. The [...]

Discover Presque Isle was held this past weekend and despite the scattered showers, there was a pretty good turnout. We’d like to hear from those of you who made it down to the event by leaving your comments below. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that travel to Canada is down largely due to the new [...]

Gannon will host the second Asian Festival on Saturday, Aug. 22 at the University’s Hammermill Center, 620 Peach St. The festival, presented by the Erie Asian Pacific American Forum, will be held from 12-6 p.m. Admission is free and the public is welcome. “East – West: Embracing Peace and Harmony,” is the theme of the [...]

Don’t forget that Discover Presque Isle is this weekend. It is the primary fundraising event for the Presque Isle Partnership and is renowned for bringing together over a hundred quality food and craft vendors resulting in the area’s largest outdoor arts and crafts show. You can download a schedule here. David Justka had his arbitration [...]

Al Fresco Erie has some really great weather in the spring, summer, and autumn. It has pretty good weather in the winter, too, if you like cross country or alpine skiing, ice skating, snowshoeing, sled riding, and other activities that require cold temperatures and an abundance of snow, but since that’s hopefully still a ways [...]

Mornin’, peeps. It’s almost the end of July right, not early Spring. What’s up with the rain and cool temps. Some quick housekeeping – I’ve spent more then a few hours over the last few days trying to improve the code that grabs local blog updates. It’s always run smoothly, but often forgets about blogs [...]

If you didn’t get out to Roar on the Shore you missed a great time. Just a few people made it out… A few bikes Thanks to mbausa.org for the great pics. Check out a ton more here.

Lisa Thompson of the Erie Times-News has more about Martin Allen’s acquittal on murder charges here. Someone claiming to be a juror on the case posted a comment on our news post yesterday. The female “juror” says this: did it occur to anyone that the motorcycler was legally drunk too? did it occur he might [...]

This week our featured video is of Channelock in Meadville, PA. Get a quick glimpse of how their famous blue-handled tools are made.

Martin Allen has been acquitted of homicide charges in the death of Kevin Imler. Despite having a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit, a jury decided that his impairment didn’t make him turn in front of Imler, who was on a motorcycle. Allen was still convicted on DUI charges. So he was driving [...]

Gannon University’s Erie Technology Incubator (ETI) on Tuesday will be honored by the Erie County Historical Society. The Historical Society has chosen the incubator, 130 West 8th St., located within the Gannon campus, for a Historic Preservation Award. The award, in the specific category of “Construction Project,” will be announced at the Historical Society’s annual [...]

Mornin’ everyone. Hope you had a nice weekend. We hit up the Cherry Festival on Saturday, it was nice. If you hit up the Roar on the Shore, we hope you had fun – the weather was great despite a little rain Saturday evening. Finally, Waterford Heritage Days took place this past weekend. Ed Palattella [...]

It’s Friday. We made it. There’s so much going on in town this weekend – Roar on the Shore, the Cherry Festival, Waterford Heritage Days and much more. Get out there and be a part of the community. First one to get a picture of them sharing brograbs with Jani Lane any member of Warrant [...]

Water is the Soul of the Earth Continuing from last week with water-based activities, if you’re not interested in sailing but would still like to get out on the waters of Lake Erie, there are quite a few more options. I know this is long, but with summer being half over already, I wanted to [...]

ErieAlert.com, a site set up to alert local residents of crime and other news, has started feeding their updates to a Twitter account, which you can follow here. We’ll re-tweet the really important ones to our account, @erieblogs. Kudos to whoever set this up. Police were out in force yesterday on I-79 and 90 hoping [...]

To meet the mission of The Erie Community Foundation, each quarter the board reviews grant applications and distributes unrestricted dollars to meet the nonprofits’ needs. The Boys & Girls Club of Erie hosted the Erie Community Foundation’s 2009 Human Services and Community Development grant reception on July 14th. Representatives from the organizations receiving grants were [...]

Gannon University’s Erie Chamber Orchestra in August will host its popular Music in the Air Outdoor Concert Series. The performances will be held Friday and Saturday, Aug. 7-8 at Villa Maria Academy, 2403 W. 8th St. Both performances will begin at 8 p.m. and are free and open to the public. The first night, Aug. [...]

This week’s photo is Perry Monument at sunset. The colors are awesome. More photos from kweaver2 can be found here. Please take a moment to check out her awesome pics.

If you haven’t yet entered our 1201 Kitchen Brunch contest, please do so. We’ll announce the winner on Friday. Edinboro University wheelchair basketball coach Jim Glatch, along with Fighting Scots Trey Jenifer and Tommie Gray, led the United States to the IWBF U23 World Championship on Tuesday in Paris, France. With Glatch serving as the [...]

Tonight begins one of our favorite summer events, the North East Firemen’s Cherry Festival. This year is the 64th for the festival, which runs through July 18th. The fun begins at 5:30 pm each evening through Friday, and on Saturday starting at noon. Parking and admission are free, and the grounds are located on Route [...]

Thought this week I’d showcase the Erie RiverRats #1 fan. Check him out. All I have to say is ouch.

We’ve teamed up with the 1201 Kitchen for a fun new contest. We’re giving away Sunday brunch for 2 at the newly re-opened restaurant. Just complete this entry form and we’ll draw a winner this Friday. On Friday, July 10, faced with the continuing state budget impasse and Gov. Ed Rendell’s June 26 proposal to [...]

Yesterday, believe it or not, was the first time the family and I have made it to Waldameer this summer. Shocking, I know. A few quick thoughts about the day, which blessed us with perfect weather. The Ravine Flyer II is as awesome as last year. I think the trick is to try to get [...]

Native Erie gal turned stand-up comedian Julia Lillis returns to Erie for the first time as a headliner at JR’s Last Laugh on Tuesday, July 14. A portion of the proceeds from the show are being donated to the John Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation. Tickets are $15 with a two drink minimum. Julia grew up [...]