GUELPH, Ontario – The offensive onslaught continued against the Erie Otters on Friday night. Guelph handed the Otters a 10-2 loss in front of 2,806 at Sleeman Centre. Erie enters today’s 7 pm. home opener against Oshawa having been outscored 21-6 in a season-opening, three-game losing streak. The Otters’ young defense, which features four rookies [...]

Hillary Pattenden had a perfect start to her season Friday night. Mercyhurst College’s senior goaltender stopped 20 shots on the way to her 10th career shutout in the Lakers’ season-opening 4-0 win against Quinnipiac at Mercyhurst Ice Center. Bailey Bram’s short-handed goal 9 minutes, 44 seconds into the game was the only offensive support Pattenden [...]

I’ve decided to go all science fiction and horror for the month of October in honor of Halloween. There will be a total of 13 classics and campy not-so-classics that I hope you will enjoy.

To finish off the month I will broadcast the classic horror film, Night of the Living Dead, all Halloween weekend [...]

Investors dumped Eastman Kodak’s stock Friday amid fears that the photography pioneer is headed toward bankruptcy, according to an Associated Press report. The Wall Street Journal rattled Kodak’s already jittery shareholders with a report that the company has hired Jones Day, a law firm that dispenses advice on bankruptcies and other restructuring alternatives. Kodak, which [...]

They have a story, a journey to Erie out of war-torn Easter Europe. Their life in the ‘90s was a struggle, and these women are your neighbors, living in the city with you, standing in line for coffee beside you. This is their struggle, this is their …

It seemed like such a simple way for residents of the Keystone State to finally be able to buy wine in their local grocery store. All they had to do was select their favorite wine from a giant in-store vending machine, swipe their credit card, present their license, prepare to blow into the breathalyzer and [...]

Ditching Android for webOS after building an ecosystem around Android seems foolish and shortsighted. This move, if it’s really happening, could be more about hardware development and patents than reviving a dead operating system. Sorry, fanboys.
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The Penn State Behrend Creative Writers Reading Series welcomes Erik Reece. Ethan Brightbill offers some insight to the author with this Q&A.read more

My darling daughter has almost always been a dream sleeper. Really: Bed at 6:30 p.m. and then sleeping through the night, most often not getting up until 8 a.m. the next day (and every once in a while 9!). Two … Continue reading →

On Monday and Tuesday, October 3 and 4, the lobby of Edinboro University’s Baron-Forness Library will be filled with an extensive selection of books and unique gift items for sale, all part of the semi-annual “Books are Fun” fundraising event hel…

I couldn’t accept the fact that my apple tree produced close to nothing this year. I wanted to say, “Oh, well. No applesauce this year. No apple butter this year. No canning. No pies. I got off easy.” But the more I thought about it, the more depressed I got. I had all my equipment [...]

Each month, videographer Matt Mead profiles a local company. This month it is Erie Brewing Co.
Take a look at this video to see how the company makes and bottles some of the region’s most popular beers.

Ghost Lake facts to know before you go: Where: Conneaut Lake Park, 12382 Center Street, Conneaut Lake When: Weekends until October 31. Friday-Saturday 7-midnight. Sunday 11pm.

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I don’t like horror movies. And I normally only go along on haunted house tours unless friends are dragging me. But I would gladly return

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Calvin Klein shirtdressBelt from Abercrombie & FitchScarf from Charlotte RusseBlazer from The LimitedFedora from TargetJessica Simpson bootsWith warmer temperatures still coming and going, I wanted to take full advantage of wearing dresses with boo…

Asbury United Methodist Church in Millcreek Township is having a book sale this weekend.
The sale at the church, 4703 West Ridge Road, starts today from 1 to 6 p.m. and continues Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Check out this story on former Erie Otters center Phil Varone from the Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle.  

A band of hunters from Erie scored on the first morning of Pennsylvania early goose season Sept. 1 near Woodcock Lake in Crawford County:

Hunters Nick Burns and, from left, Scott Christie, Todd Will, Paul Krott, Wes Stahl and photographer Andy Roseber…

After a two-year hiatus, Hello Kitty Death Squad has reunited for one final show to grip your musical soul, hold it in their hands and decide whether to crush it into pieces or send it flying into a musical afterlife.read more

A few weeks ago, I had a dinner consultation with Ashley and Rick regarding their wedding next fall. I could tell when I met with them that photos were EXTREMELY important to them, as was making sure the images captured … Continue reading →

It’s that time again! (Whew!! We made it to another Friday!) I’m linking up with Life Rearranged for another Insta-Friday. If you wanna follow me on Instagram, my username there is mandi224. Or you can see all my Instagram pics on my Tumblr.     We had a fun Benny-filled week. We baked a cake [...]

It’s been dubbed the Great Pumpkin Shortage of 2011. You can’t say you haven’t wondered whether we have to worry about it here. All of this hype about pumpkin shortages, even though everything I read is coming out of the North East part of this country, prompted me to do some of my own research. I did [...]

Here we go, ladies. Tomorrow is the big Her Times 5K race day — I have nearly 800 registered now. Holy cats, sistas. This is going to be fun. TODAY is packet pickup (11 to 1 & 4-6 at the Erie Times-News).  Please come…get your packet & avoid the hassle on race day morning. Anyone [...]

I never ask people to vote for anything or anyone. Not on Facebook or anyplace else, but I implore everyone to vote for Liz Allen in the Live Fearlessly contest. If you don’t know Liz, please read the essay submitted. I do know Liz, and she is an extraordinary woman who faced a lot of [...]

                    Finally, progress is being made on the construction of the Presque Isle Partnership/GE Turtle Viewing platform to be located at the lagoons’ Grave Yard Pond.   The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry has …

This month was obviously as far from “happy” as it gets, but with Justin’s help, somehow I still managed to accomplish the goals I set for myself. I’m glad I started out with money, because if I were trying to do anything else, I probably would have failed miserably. Here are the resolutions I came up with [...]

Hello everyone!  Hope you all had a fantastic week.  If you didn’t already know, I love primitive and rustic decor, especially twig wreaths.  I have them all over my house!  I love the simplicity and texture of these wreaths.  …

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