Happy Halloween! Here are some great posts from this week, in case you missed them. Think Globally, Buy Locally: At the Car Wash Elections 09: Erie County Executive YouTube of the Week: A Suggestion for Waldameer’s Next Ride

It’s Friday. We hope your week was better than ours. Be safe trick-or-treating this weekend. The national Celiac Sprue Association conference is being held in Erie this weekend (more). VisitErie reports we’ll have nearly 300 attendees who will bring $250,000 into the local economy. Enjoy your stay in Erie! If you missed Lory’s post about [...]

According to a study done in 2008, for every $100 spent at a “big box” or chain establishment (think Wal-Mart, Home Depot, etc.), $14 is reinvested into the local economy.  Conversely, for every $100 spent at a locally owned business, $45 is pumped back into the local economy.  This is one of the reasons I [...]

The Fall scenery is great backdrop for any photo shoot whether it’s an engagement shoot or a family photo. The leaves are only red, gold and orange for so long.Book your appointment today by visiting Lorei.com or calling the office at 814.868.0888.

U.S. Congresswoman Kathleen Dahlkemper has co-sponsored The Locomotive Fleet Investment and Tax Credit Act of 2009.  The tax credit is intended to encourage all aspects of the locomotive industry, through increased manufacturing, sales, and purchasing.  By increasing demand, the act should also preserve jobs in the industry.  The act would create a 30% tax credit.  [...]

Meet the candidates running for Erie County Executive.

Everyday Erie County front line employees come in contact with the traveling public and now VisitErie is acknowledging those that go above and beyond their duties. The “Outstanding Customer Service in Erie” Awards were developed to thank/recognize those for their exceptional work in ensuring customer/visitor satisfaction with the traveling public. After receiving over 120 nominations, [...]

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The NBA Development League Erie BayHawks today announced they will host their first ever, home, pre-season game against the Fort Wayne Mad Ants at the Meadville Area Senior High School, November 20, in a 7 PM tip off. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the school’s stadium turf replacement fund.

Each year about this time it seems, Waldameer Park is busy working on a new ride for us to enjoy the next summer. Well, I think I may have found something for them to think about during my time in Cardiff, Wales this past summer. Check out this ride: the 2Extreme. Complete with an unlicensed [...]

A local bar, the Red Fox Inn, has been cited for liquor law violations. The owner of the tavern is Millcreek Township School Board president Michael Palermo. The bar was cited for not making people leave the premises in a timely manner after alcohol sales stopped. Speaking of Millcreek schools, Education Secretary Gerald L. Zahorchak [...]

We hope you had a nice weekend. The weather was decent – hopefully you got in those last few outside projects and relaxed. Thank you to the Ridge Law Firm and the Community Blood Bank for sponsoring this website last month. We’ve got open slots now, and your support not only helps this web site [...]

The Benedictine Sisters of Erie have the unique opportunity to host a traveling set of 25 prints from this bible at the monastery, 6101 East Lake Road.

Learn how to incorporate the popular “Blue Ocean” strategy into your business at a lunch seminar, “Unlocking the Power of Blue Ocean Strategy,” on Friday, Nov. 13, from 12-1 p.m.

Erie friends, we need your help. We got a question in to the site asking what’s being built at 2 local locations. One is on 26th Street near the old Rex location, and another spot near 26th and Caughey. The one near Rex looks like a Wendy’s, which would make sense in that location. Anyone [...]

The power source which runs the title character in Astro Boy, a pint-sized robot superhero who can fly on his rocket-powered feet and has artillery in his hands and elsewhere, is a positive substance called “Blue Matter.” The force that runs the villain, a power-mad president who turns into a rampaging robot giant, is negative [...]

During the late 1970s, approximately two million Cambodians died as a result of political executions, starvation, and forced labor under the rule of the Khmer Rouge political party. Because of the trauma of war, violence, and genocide, many survivors have been reluctant to share their experiences. Socheata Poeuv, an activist and filmmaker, is working to [...]

Hi everyone.  I know this is the day that I normally post my, “I’m Bored” column for Mike/ErieBlogs, but, unfortunately, I don’t have a column for this week.  Massive IRL projects and a very busy work schedule have kicked my tuckus this week and I just haven’t had the time to write my column.  My [...]

Kristy Wallace, the delightful young lady who handles the front desk for Erie County Executive Mark DiVecchio, awakened yesterday morning to find that someone had rammed their truck into her garage. The garage was destroyed, and the driver of the truck left behind some blood, but has not been found. Fortunately, Kristy’s car was not [...]

The Junior League of Erie will hold a Flat Head Prevention Play and Learn Day for expectant parents and parents and caretakers of infants 0-12 months.

How awesome is to see gas prices jump up about 20 cents over the last few days. Erie police arrested a man yesterday in the Intermodal Center. Apparently, one of the men were naked in a van with a flat tire and was showing drivers in the parking lot his um, equipment, much to the [...]

Sunday morning, several men were fishing in a local creek when one of the fisherman cast out and snagged his hook on the body of Dennis Merritt, who lived nearby the creek. The coroner has ruled Merritt’s death accidental. OMG. If you haven’t had a chance to watch Sunday’s 60 Minutes segment about John Kanzius, [...]

Even though the region is equidistant from three NFL markets, it is easy to see that Erie is Steelers Country. The Black and Gold empirically outnumbers the Orange and Brown by three to one, and double that over the Red and Blue of the Bills. A well-written, no-nonsense fan blog of the defending Super Bowl [...]

Here’s video from Sunday’s John Kanzius segment on 60 Minutes, in case you didn’t have a chance to watch it.

I spent about 15 hours (seriously) this weekend outside replacing a storm door and putting in a new screen door. It was a comedy of fails. I can’t feel my toes, so I’m going to be brief today. The candidates for Erie County executive will square off in a debate which will be broadcast live [...]

NOW THRU NOV. 20 Mercyhurst Ice Ages exhibit continues at TREC Mercyhurst College’s annual exhibit of museum-quality fossils and casts continues through Nov. 20 at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center at Presque Isle State Park. Visitors can view the magnificent collection during TREC’s regular hours of 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. For more information [...]

Prospective students and their families are welcome to attend Gannon University’s annual Fall Open House, to be held Sunday, Nov. 8. Registration will begin at 11 a.m. in the lobby of the Waldron Campus Center, 124 West 7th St. Also at 11 a.m., an optional mass will be held in the University’s Mary, Seat of [...]

It’s mid-October, or as its known around Erie, the dead of winter. Here’s some great posts from this week: “Eerie” Erie…and other Fall Events in the Area 2009 Dabrowski’s – Authentic Polish Food in Erie I’m Bored: Old Bones ErieBlogs Post of the Week: The Jennings Secede From the South

Snow. Big whoop. Enjoy your weekend next six months. Was anyone else glued to their TV or computers yesterday to watch the balloon boy? While I was relieved he never was in that airplane thing, it was still pretty nerve-wracking. The Takiah Warren story keeps getting sadder. Takiah, 2, died this week at her apartment. [...]

Each year ArtsErie honors individuals and groups for their contributions to the arts community with ArtsErie Arts Appreciation Awards. The awards are presented each October, National Arts and Humanities Month, at ArtsErie’s Fall for the Arts event. ArtsErie will host the 2009 Fall for the Arts celebration on Tuesday, Oct. 20 from 5:30 – 7:30 [...]