Four Erie BayHawks players have been selected to participate in NBA Summer League play in the Pepsi Pro Summer League in Orlando and the NBA Summer League by EA Sports in Las Vegas. Combo guard Maureece Rice will take part in the Las Vegas session as part of the Cleveland Cavaliers lineup. Forward Erik Daniels [...]

It’s Friday. We made it. It was looking a little sketchy there for a bit, but we persevered. Say, do you use tools like Facebook or Twitter? Did you know you can connect with us at those sites? Check out our Facebook page and our Twitter stream. Lots of great content and people in both [...]

The 17th annual Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz Festival returns to Frontier Park on Saturday, Aug. 1 & Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009. For two days and two nights, Frontier Park comes alive with what has proven itself to be the region’s most dynamic musical event; this free community event is held rain or shine. [...]

Allow me to introduce myself… My name’s Lory Varo. I’ve been reading ErieBlogs almost since its inception, so when Mike put out a call for help, I quickly responded. I’ll be posting on ErieBlogs every Thursday and my column, which I’ve titled I’m Bored, will highlight all there is to do in Erie and the [...]

Good news, iPhone owners. It looks like AT&T has finally turned on 3G coverage in the area. Though, according to Steve Platz, the new speeds leave a bit to be desired. From Twitter: Brand new AT&T 3G speeds are terrible. 298 Kbps average = .19 times faster than Edge. Let’s hope the slow speeds are [...]

Don’t forget Friday begins the 21st Annual Greek Festival at Erie Greek Orthodox Church. The festival is always sure to please. Delicious food, music, dancing, more delicious food – yum! Location: 4376 West Lake Road in northwest Millcreek (map) Time: Friday, July 10th 2:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Saturday, July 11th 11:00 a.m. – 11:00 [...]

The Movies at Meadville will host a free public showing of the family film “A Bug’s Life” on Saturday, July 11 at noon. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to benefit the Creating Landscapes Scholarship Fund. Now celebrating its 20th year with the Allegheny College dance program, Creating Landscapes is an interdisciplinary exploration [...]

We’re a bit sluggish this morning, as we were up late watching the newly released Penguins Stanley Cup Champions DVD. It’s a great look at the team’s amazing playoff run. We hope you enjoyed the first 8 Great Tuesdays concert held at Liberty Park. We had a question if teens are allowed at the event, [...]

Let me take a moment to introduce myself. My name is TL and I’m going to be helping Mike out by making the weekly YouTube and photo posts. This is my first real attempt at blogging so I thank you in advance for your patience. I’d like to thank Mike for the opportunity to help [...]

Organizers of the 2009 Roar on the Shore bike rally, set for July 16-18, announced today that American rock-metal band Warrant will perform at Saturday night’s Rock ‘N’ Roar Concert at The Hub at Perry Square Main Stage in downtown Erie. The band, known for such hits as “Cherry Pie” and “Heaven,” will make their [...]

The Shriners at the national conference have voted to keep all of the Shriners’ Hospitals open, though final, official word isn’t due until Thursday. Good news for the local hospital. Erie District Judge Gerald Alonge is facing charges brought by the state Judicial Conduct Board. Judge Alonge is accused of state constitution violations as well [...]

The Fourth of July weekend is usually one of the three worst weekends of the year for blood usage, and this year that was certainly true with extremely heavy blood usage by local patients in the last 3 days. The blood supply is just about depleted with type O Positive being extremely critically low. The [...]

We hope you had an enjoyable 4th of July weekend. Since I’ve got 2 small kids, we avoided the crowds at Boom on the Bay and hit up Waldameer’s fireworks on Saturday night. We had a great view from the TREC parking lot, but were surprised at the brevity of the show. We still heart [...]

As you’re nomming on some burgers, dogs and potato salad today, take a second to think about the meaning behind today – when some dudes in wigs stood up to government and king who they felt was not treating them fairly. They wanted a place were we could do what we wanted to do and [...]

I’m on the road the rest of the week presenting at the WhippleHill conference in Boston, so we’ll be back next Monday with a daily post. If you’d like to watch a panel discussion on social media, you can follow the live event on uStream at this mash-up site created by the conference to collect [...]

The popular 8 Great Tuesdays are back starting July 7 at the Pepsi Amphitheater at Liberty Park. All shows are free and EMTA shuttles will run from the Intermodal Transportation Center and the park and ride lots on I-79 and Lincoln Avenue. This year the acts will include: July 7: Key West Express July 14: [...]

First off, happy Canada day to our friends north of the border. Noah = stunned. Check out this Facebook video of water running Glenwood Park Ave. The Erie Times-News has video of a rescue of some Millcreek residents. Here’s a photo of Napier Park: Photo by Ray Lanich. Click for a larger version. Here’s some [...]