You have to wonder about the wisdom of having a Hillary Clinton campaign rally at Mercyhurst College. Erie Roman Catholic Bishop Trautman was so miffed about a pro-choice candidate speaking at the Catholic school he canceled his appearance at the Mercyhurst graduation. The pro-life group People for Life is holding a protest just outside the [...]

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  General McLane won the Pennsylvania Class AAA basketball championship defeating Greencastle-Antrim 57-55. General McLane also won the state Class AAA football title. That’s the first time in Pennsylvania a school has won both titles in the same school year.   On Friday, forty-four people took the oath and became US citizens in a ceremony [...]

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The US Census Bureau released their Annual Estimates of the Population for Counties. According to their guess, the population of Erie County as of July 1, 2006 was 279,811. That’s down 373 people from 2005 estimate of 280,184. The 2000 census figure was 280,843.   The US Committee For Refugees and Immigrants is officially merging [...]

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On Tuesday, County Council Chairman Fiore Leone had a sheriff’s deputy remove Dan Galena from Erie County Council Chambers. Galena is a Republican who is running for the District 7 seat on council. Galena accused council of violating county rules and the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act. Here is the email I received from Mr Galena with [...]

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Three fires claimed three lives in less than 24 hours. Richard Hunt of Corry died in his East Main Street home in a fire that broke out around 1 pm. A fire at 457 West Front St broke out around 2:45 and claimed the life of a women. I’m selling the home next door at [...]

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  Home Depot released in an SEC 8-K filing that Tom Ridge of Erie will not run for election to their board of directors. Ridge was appointed to the board in 2005. When former Home Depot CEO Robert Nardelli left the company in January, he received a pay package worth $210 million under an agreement [...]

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