Dan Desrochers, who is running for Erie County Council on the Republican side in District 4, has posted a few new YouTube videos on his campaign website. One of the first topics he’s addressing is the community college. He says:
I oppose the proposed Community College for several reasons, most of all the money it will [...]

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The Community Blood Bank’s major construction project is complete and the Community Blood Bank is the first blood bank in the entire United States to ‘go live’ with the MPX platform from Roche.
Last summer the blood bank’s lab was expanded by 2000 square feet to accommodate the new testing equipment. In December of 2008, CBB [...]

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In case you missed it yesterday, the Peach Street Wegmans is now selling take-out beer. The west side location should follow suit in the next few days. It’s cool because sometimes you don’t want a whole case of beer, you want a few, or maybe you want to try something new. Sure, there are a [...]

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The story on John Kanzius and his radio wave cancer treatment machine by Lesley Stahl on “60 Minutes” was excellent. The transcript of the story can be found at The Kanzius Machine: A Cancer Cure? I just hope enough people were moved to whip out their credit cards and contribute to the John Kanzius Cancer [...]

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Rumors are flying that employees at Ameridrives in Erie on Pittsburgh Ave will receive layoff notices next week. The number rumored by company workers is a job cut of 18. The company has made no official announcement. Even workers at the New Braunfels, TX have heard the rumor there will be layoffs in Erie and [...]

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Bill Sesler, the Erie attorney and developer, announced he has given up on taking over the Parade Street grocery store project. Can’t blame him. Invest Erie Community Development Corporation filed a law suit against the city because the city wouldn’t sell them the land. The city says Invest Erie doesn’t have the financing to get [...]

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