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 [...]