This week’s video of the week comes from Gannon University and details their involvement in this past weekend’s CelebrateErie.

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CelebrateErie but you can still catch a number of events and entertainment in downtown Erie including a grand finale fireworks Sunday night at 9:30. Erie blogger KC has a review of some of the food you can find at the celebration.
MTR Gaming Group which owns Presque Isle Downs & Casino is experiencing a money [...]

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CelebrateErie continues today and tomorrow in downtown Erie. Tonight’s musical headliner is Foreigner. The concert is free.
Erie blogger Brooke has a great collection of photos and a review of last weekends St. Paul’s Italian Festival. You really get a feel of Little Italy when viewing the pics.
One of the employees forced to undress and [...]

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CelebrateErie continues tonight and runs until Sunday. You can catch a number of rock bands, activities, and family orientated entertainment in downtown Erie during the celebration. A few highlights include Taste of Erie featuring a number of local restaurants and a grand finale fireworks Sunday night at 9:30. The old name for this [...]

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Abe Satterfield’s trial was expected to start on November 3. He was facing sex abuse charges related to an incident when Satterfield was a student at the University of Iowa. Prosecutors are now saying the trail may be delayed due to pre-trial motions and the busy schedules of prosecutors.
CelebrateErie begins tonight and runs until Sunday [...]

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A fundraising event for the Lindsay Graygo Empowerment Scholarship Fund will be held tonight, August 13, from 5-8 p.m. at Molly Brannigans. Celebrity bartenders will serve up your favorite drinks and a Chinese auction will be held. Bartender tips and auction proceeds will go to directly to the fund. If you would [...]

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Celebrate Erie 2007 wraps up today. Zambelli Fireworks Internationale will host one of its world-famous fireworks displays over the Bayfront at Dobbins Landing at 9:45 pm, weather permitting.
 
There is a sale pending on the former GTE / Verizon building at 10th and Sassafras Streets. It will be very interesting to see who the new owner [...]

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Teri Rhodes gave birth in her Mercyhurst College apartment on Sunday. The baby was born alive. Rhodes murdered her baby minutes later by suffocating the unfortunate child. Police found the baby in a plastic bag. Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook declared the death a homicide. Erie County District Attorney Brad Foulk has not yet filed [...]

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Mercyhurst sophomore Teri Rhodes gave birth in her campus apartment. Police found the baby dead and in a plastic bag. An autopsy was performed to see if the baby was alive at birth or if she had a miscarriage. There are many more questions than answers at this point.
Pennsylvania Housing and Redevelopment Assistance funding grants [...]

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US Rep Betty McCollum (D-Minn) has introduced a bill which would “reduce and prevent the sale and use of fraudulent degrees in order to protect the integrity of valid higher education degrees that are used for federal purposes,” ie putting a halt to diploma mills. The University of Berkley, a diploma mill operating in Erie, [...]

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Windy M DeLeon of Erie was charged with stealing $22,000 from the Kwik Fill gas station and convenience store where she worked and gambling the money away at Presque Isle Downs and Casino. DeLeon was to have made 16 bank deposits with the money.
 
Congratulations to Tammy and Matt who were married yesterday.
Pic by Rachel. She [...]

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Roar on the Shore kicked off yesterday in spectacular fashion with over 2,000 motorcycles parading through the city. The event continues today beginning at 9 am at Liberty Park. Bands will be performing all day at the Pepsi Amphitheatre. Entry fee is $5. All proceeds from Roar on the Shore support the John Kanzius Cancer [...]

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“Roar on the Shore” kicks off today with registration for the Bringing in the Roar bike parade at 3 pm at Presque Isle Downs and Casino, located off Interstate 90 Exit 27 in Summit Township. The cost to ride is $5. All proceeds from Roar on the Shore support the John Kanzius Cancer Research Fund. [...]

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Today is the final day for Celebrate Erie 2006 which ends with a massive fireworks display at 10 pm. The fireworks will be set off from Dobbins Landing.
Here’s the entertainment schedule for today:
Main stage at 4th and State:
1 pm Dance Connection
2:30 pm Litte’s Dance
3:45 pm Next of Kin
5:45 pm Train of Love
7:30 Spotlight Dance
8 pm [...]

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There was a huge crowd at Celebrate Erie 2006 on Friday. There was an estimated 40-50,000 thousand people with 20-25,000 on hand to watch the Beach Boys. The Beach Boys turned out to be a very good choice with pre-teens to people old enough to be their great grandparents enjoying their show which lasted over [...]

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Get your rear end downtown. Celebrate Erie 2006 runs through Sunday. This event was formerly known as “We Love Erie Days.”
The complete schedule of events and musical acts is too big to print here but here’s the Celebrate Erie music schedule for today:

South Stage at 11th and State: 5 pm Heather Rosso 6:30 pm Money [...]

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Celebrate Erie 2006 kicks off this evening with a Taste of Erie beginning at 5 pm. Bertrand’s Bistro, Colony Pub and Grille, Latino’s, Papermoon, Pufferbelly, Theodore’s Restaurant and the Walnut Creek Grill will all have meals available. They’ll be set up on the West side of Perry Square. The Taste of Erie hours are: Thursday [...]

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Like a crackhead that’s got to have their drugs and a welfare bum that needs a big screen TV when they can’t afford food or rent, Erie City Council will discuss hiring 5 police officers at their weekly meeting tonight even though the city is millions over budget, has millions in unpaid bills and faces [...]

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The official site for Celebrate Erie 2006 is www.CelebrateErie2006.com. Jon Whaley, the top assistant to Mayor Joe Sinnott, asked for links to point to that URL. The site is owned by the City of Erie. The web design firm that owns CelebrateErie.com has recently updated that site to include info on this years event, but [...]

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Former WJET-TV anchor Amanda Barren will start anchoring a new weekend 10 pm show in September on WSAZ. Amanda joined the WSAZ Charleston WV team in January of 2006. She passed along word that she misses Erie and the friends she made here.
The US Brig Niagara was featured on the Weather Channel over the [...]

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Since a few hundred people a day come to Erie Blogs through search engines, here is some some helpful info and a bunch of smartass, sarcastic answers.
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The nude beach in Erie is located [...]

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Scully’s Pub at 408 State Street in Erie is for sale. I don’t know the asking price – yet. About 1,000 years ago I bartended there while I was going to Gannon. They started a quarter draft night one year and then gave it up for the Summer. The next year I restarted it. Week [...]

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On December 4th, 2005, the Buckeye arrived at Erie Shipbuilding in Erie, PA under tow of the tug Olive L Moore. The tug was mated with the Buckeye becoming a new articulated tug/barge unit. The Buckeye became the first vessel in 9 years to be drydocked at the Erie shipyard when she entered. The vessle [...]

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Knox Mclaughlin Gornall And Sennett is buying the former United Way of Erie County building on the 100 block of West 10th Street. I heard on the news Knox will tear down the building for parking. The building has an asesed value of $600,100. The United Way is exempt from paying property taxes. Knox isn’t. [...]

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WJET-TV reported that there was a deadly crash early this morning on Route 18 in the Cranesville area. Tow people died when their vehicle crashed and burst into flames. A passerby dragged another person out of the vehicle.
A motorcycle apparently ran a red light at 26 and Brandes and crashed into the side of a [...]

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Rent-A-Center announced they are buying Rent-Way for $10.65 in cash per share of Rent-Way common stock. The transaction is valued at approximately $567 million. Bill Morgenstern founded the company in Erie in 1981 and built it into a 784 store chain in 34 states. Last year William Short was named President and CEO of [...]

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WJET-TV reported that Nick Scott will drop two lawsuits and pay Erie`s Convention Center Authority $1 million in exchange for managing the Erie Bayfront Sheraton Hotel and gaining naming rights for the Erie Bayfront Convention Center. My advise – don’t do it. The Erie Convention Center Authority has spent close to a million dollars defending [...]

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Erie County Councilwoman Carol Loll and Unclue John’s Campground owner John Puline are proposing building a safe harbor and marina at the mouth of the Elk Creek Access. There is no dock or marina between Erie and Conneaut, Ohio. Loll will ask the governor to return taxpayer money for the project. The state set [...]

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The body of a man was found floating in Lake Erie on Saturday afternoon. It is apparently that of Fran Medwick of Washington Township who fell off his boat near Elk Creek and Trout Run on July 22.
Erin Palmer, a 2006 grad of Edinboro with a degree in elementary education, asked her mom, Kathy Curphy, [...]

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There aren’t a lot of employeers that would let you keep your job after you were convicted of a crime and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Being a City of Erie Police officer isn’t among them. Erie Police Detective Ed Dickens was sentenced to 30 days, followed by 90 days probation and ordered to [...]

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RentWay (NYSE: RWY) reported financial results for the quarter. For the third quarter, the Company reported revenues of $135.4 million versus $128.3 million in the same quarter last year. Revenues from the Company’s core rental business (which excludes the Company’s dPi Teleconnect unit) were $131.5 million versus $124.2 million in the same quarter last year, [...]

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Erie Indemnity Company (Nasdaq: ERIE) announced financial results for the second quarter 2006:
Net income decreased by 26.1 percent to $56.3 million, from $76.2 million at June 30, 2005.
Net income per share decreased by 21.8 percent to $0.86 per share, compared to $1.10 per share in the comparable quarter for 2005.
Net revenue from investment operations decreased [...]

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The “Beach Boys” will be the headlining act at Celebrate Erie on Friday August 18. The free concert takes place at 8:30 pm on the stage at 4th and State streets.
Of course you already knew that if you’re a regular reader of this blog. I announced the band on Sunday thanks to a tip I [...]

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Willie Brown of Erie was released from a New York jail when his attorney presented a letter from Alabama authorities saying they would not prosecute him as a fugitive for his 1961 escape from a prison work camp. There is still some doubt that Brown is the same person that escaped 45 years ago. His [...]

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Erie PA native Jonalee White is one of 100 finalists on Star Tomorrow which airs tonight at 8 pm on NBC. Most of the musicians and singers can be seen online with only the highlights appearing on the network show. Jonalee currently sings with HWY 32, an original and cover song group performing in the [...]

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The Beach Boys will be the headlining band for Celebrate Erie on Friday August 18th.
The 2006-07 schedule for Gannon University’s Schuster Theatre has been announced. The list of performances is as follows: “Dining Room” by A R Gurney, Directed by Paula Barrett, Sept 28-30, Oct. 1, 5-7, 2006; “James Joyce’s The Dead” , Directed by [...]

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Congrats to Pennsylvania Sate Police Troop E commander Kevin Dugan. Dugan was off-duty and driving over 12th Street when he heard an alarm going off. After calling in the alarm, he asked the witness of a break-in for a description of the suspect. The quickly found the guy who was making his getaway on foot [...]

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There will a CelebrateErie this year. Celebrate Erie will be held the third weekend in August, 2006. Years ago this event was known as We Love Erie Days. Many people faulted the Fillipi administration for the way they ran things, but his event was a major success in every aspect. Tina Mengine and Tammy Roche [...]

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CelebrateErie wrapped up last night. The crowds were big all three days. The focus on everything Erie has been every successful. Most of the food vendors were Erie area restuarants and vendors. The bands for the most part were local with a few regional and national acts tossed in.
Celebrate Erie is the successor to We [...]

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Just as CelebrateErie is ending, the Crawford County Fair gets underway this weekend. It’s a fun time and well worth the quick drive down I-79. There are some major musical and show acts this year:
Clay Aiken (Sunday, Aug. 21)
Rascall Flatts and Blake Shelton (Tuesday, Aug. 23)
Monster Truck Show (Wednesday, Aug. 24)
Toby Keith (Thursday, Aug. 25) [...]

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CelebrateErie concludes today. The hours are 11 am to 9 pm.
New this year is the Gospel Extravaganza at the Localpalooza Stage at 11th and State. This was a great idea. Nine groups will perform from 2:30 pm till 9 pm.
On the Main Stage at 4th and State, the Rodger Montgomery Blues Band plays from 4-5, [...]

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The Brian Wells Pizza Bomber case will be featured on the Fox News Channel today. Geraldo Rivera has been in Erie a couple of times in the past month taping segments for the story.
Brian Wells died two years when a pipe bomb attached to a collar around his neck exploded after he had robbed a [...]

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Sonja Wolfe was murdered by her boyfriend Tracy Steele Smith. Smith reportedly confessed after his arrest. Wolfe was strangled and her body placed near the railroad tracks near Haybarger Street, a blcok from her home. I remember Sonja from when I bartended. Sweet, but troubled girl. My heart goes out to her Mother and children.
The [...]

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CelebrateErie kicks off tonight with the Taste of Erie Mad Hatters party from 5-10:30 pm in East Perry Square. There will be live music with the Gene Leone Spa Quartet. Wear your craziest hat and compete for $400 in prizes. Judging starts at 7:30 pm.
Tom Ridge is joining the effort to raise money for the [...]

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I love stupid criminal stories and this story by WJET-TV has Erie laughing. Thomas Leretsis was in jail and wanted bailed out. He asked his sons to forge checks to get him out. Yes, of course they all got caught and are now spending family time together in jail.
Please do me [...]

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A plane crashed short of the Erie International Airpor runway killing three people. Here is the details of the story by AP. A Cherokee with four people aboard ran out of gas and crashed at the Millcreek Golf and Learning Center whcih is just East of the airport. The single engine plance was coming from [...]

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