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 [...]

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.