Going regimental?

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Remember lawn darts? I wasn’t allowed to run with scissors, but I could throw stubby little spears around the yard all day long.

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The Ravine Flyer II at Waldameer Amusement Park and Water World opened yesterday to a large crowd. Seats on the very first ride were auctioned off with all proceeds benefiting the Northwestern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. About $7,500 was raised. And all weeekend long, $3.50 of the $4.50 ride cost will [...]

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Looks like there won’t be any baby Bald Eagles at Presque Isle State Park. Linda posted pictures of the nest and a write-up on her blog. She said a park volunteer told her there was an attack on the nest by a rogue eagle (or another predator). International Paper closed it’s plant in Erie on [...]

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A jubilant celebration will take place on Monday, May 19 beginning at 10:30 am at the corner of Manchester and West Lake Road, where only a pile of dirt presently exists. The celebration will mark the official ground breaking of the newest branch of the Erie County Public Library, the West County Library Branch (WCLB). [...]

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The Picture Project was created in order to help the residents of Gulfport and Biloxi retrieve photographs lost during Hurricane Katrina. More than 1,300 photos that have been posted online in a search for their owners. The Picture Project is a volunteer undertaking by some kind folks in Erie, Pa including Sue Weber and Connie [...]

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The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority said they might abandon plans to opperate the slots at Pocono Downs. Some interpretations of the tax rules could raise the effective tax rate on the Mohegan’s slot machine revenue as high as 63.4 percent., up from the state’s 2004 gaming law at a tax rate of 55 percent on [...]

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Tumai, the male lowland gorilla headed for the Erie Zoo, had a heart attack and died on the airplane from Memphis. This is the second gorilla to die on route to Erie. Kuba, from the Topeka Zoo, had a heart attack while making the trip to Erie in November of 2005. The 41st annual Erie [...]

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US District Judge Sean J McLaughlin of the Western District of Pennsylvania found that the City of Erie, Pa, violated federal law with the police agility test because it was unfair to women and that its passing standards were set too high. The standard was getting over a fence. The suit was filed by the [...]

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Voter turnout in Erie County was 23.58 percent. There were no suprises, no upsets and even the represenatives that voted themselves a late night pay raise won. In the 1st Legislative District Pat Harkins won the Democratic nomination and Christine Pontoriero won the Republican side over a write-in campaign over Randy Brewer. The the 3rd [...]

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Today is election day. Vote. The polls are open until 8 pm. Bars and the state liquor stores are closed so Democrats have no excuse not to vote. There are two very interesting races. In the 1st Legislative District (East Erie), Brandy Brewer is mounting a write-in campaign against Christine Pontoriero for the GOP nomination [...]

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Tuesday is the primary election. Get out and vote. I’d bet most of you don’t know that the very first primary was held in Crawford County in 1842. It all started when the Democratic Republican Party of Crawford County couldn’t agree on which candidates to put on the ballot at their August 1842 convention. The [...]

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There are two stories by Kevin Flowers and Ed Palattella, Woman claims housing fraud drove her to financial ruin and FBI probes housing deals, in todays Erie newspaper about the FBI investigating housing and mortgage fraud in Erie. As a real estate agent in Erie, I wanted to stand up and applaud the news. If [...]

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Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott, City Controller Casimir Kwitowski, Councilman Jim Thompson and city Economic Development Director Kim Green are on a two week trip to Germany and Poland. In Germany, they will visit the Cottbus-Drewitz Airport. and in Poland, the group meets with government and business leaders in Lublin, sister city of Erie. Israel L [...]

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The Greater Erie Industrial Development Corporation was awarded $450,000 to restore rail service to the 120-acre industrial park that once was home to Hammermill and IP, initially servicing two businesses of the Erie Management Group, a multi-million-dollar bio-diesel manufacturing company and a paint/ solvent production facility. Groundbreaking on those two businesses will be held in [...]

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NanoLogix (Pink Sheets: NNLX) announced that hydrogen has been generated at its first commercial scaled-up hydrogen bioreactor facility at the Welch Food’s plant in North East, Pennsylvania. The technology behind the hydrogen bioreactor, developed and proprietary to NanoLogix, is intended to enable manufacturing facilities to convert their waste stream into hydrogen. The alternative energy source [...]

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Edwin Brown of Corry was found not guilty of assault. He was charged for spanking the six year old child of his fiance. I’m not making this up. Erie native Beverly Morris heads the National Association of Non Custodial Moms, a nonprofit support and resource group. She and her husband slit up and six years [...]

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The body of Bill Rossey of Meadville was found late Sunday in French Creek. He was reported missing in late October. Ed Palattella, of the Erie Times-News, received a Press Club of Western Pennsylvania Golden Quill Award for print journalism in the Continuing Coverage category for “Garvey Era Ends,” about the resignation of alleged child [...]

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Nice job by Laura Gray of WJET-TV updating the progress at the East Erie Turners (no website). Dave Stevens of the Dave Stevens Big Band (website expired) and his business partner purchased the building and are modernizing the decor. It looked pretty good. I was under the impression that it would be open to the [...]

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Fullington Trailways is cancelling their DuBois to Erie and return trip to Clarion effective July 1 due to low ridership. Fullington/Greyhound is based in Clearfield. Jessica Meeker is looking for a job in Erie. She is looking to work at Hot Topic or Papa Johns. Meeker could be running either of those companies in a [...]

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The Erie County Fair will take place this year. A deal was worked out with Northwest Savings Bank to extend the deadline for the mortgage on the property to November. The fair willl take place August 27 through September 2. Pennsylvania has confirmed eight mumps cases so far including cases in Erie County. The national [...]

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The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, who represent 4,500 sisters, announced a press conference yesterday at which the presidents of 25 regional communities of the order would call on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform. The Erie, Pa., regional community of the Sisters of Mercy set May 4 as a day of prayer and [...]

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Erie City Council has given Invest Erie until July 1 to get financing for the grocery store project at 19th and Parade Streets. Attorney Billl Sessler wants to take over the project from the group that hasn’t done anything in the past four years. Erie Indemnity Company (Erie Insurance) announced results for the first quarter. [...]

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The immature little children of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania are holding a one day boycott of Edinboro businesses because the borough passed a noise ordinance aimed at cutting down on loud music coming from vehicles. Most cities have a noise ordinance but Edinboro students are likely ignorant of that fact. Even the Edinboro Student Government [...]

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Conneaut Lake Park has layed-off all employees and may not reopen. The park needs $250,000 to open for the season. The park, whci first opend in 1892, is owned by a public trust. The Erie Plastics plant in Corry is adding 35 jobs with the shift of production from their plant in Westborough, Mass. In [...]

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