It’s February. We’re somewhat closer to Spring.

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Five passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour

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Have you seen this little girl?

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MORE SNOW. If you are traveling out of the Erie airport today, please check with your airline regarding delays. With the winter storm in this part of the country, expect delays.  As for Erie, well, we’re getting more snow.  From Accuweather: Warm air will not be able to invade places farther to the north and [...]

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Happy Chinese New Year to our Chinese friends, family and readers. 2009 is the Year of the Ox. Also, this is post #1,700 for this fair site. Thanks for reading every day – we do this because we love Erie and want to see it thrive. Would you mind taking a second today and telling [...]

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Starting today Single Stream Recycling begins in the City of Erie. Everything can be places together in blue or clear plastic bags every week. Aerosol cans, styrofoam, pizza boxes and waxed cardboard such as milk cartons and laundry detergent boxes aren’t accepted but all other glass, plastic, paper and cardboard items can be included. Maybe [...]

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  My favorite Christmas story this year has got to be what happened to the Erie Brewing Company. Erie Brewing makes seasonal beers. Their winter seasonal was to be called Red Ryder Big Beer. In either a great marketing ploy or because of a couple of trial lawyers, they changed the name. It’s called ‘Ol [...]

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The Erie area made International news again yesterday as the area is becoming know World-wide for breakthroughs in alternative energy research. Recently, John Kanzius found a way to extract hydrogen from salt water with the same radio wave machine he is using in research to kill cancer cells. Yesterday, NanoLogix (OTC: NNLX) , a nano-biotechnology [...]

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  The Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy USAD team leaves today for the National Academic Decathlon in Honolulu, Hawaii. Students will take Mathematics, Social Science, Language and Literature, and Art tests as well as competing in Speech and Interview. The competition concludes on Friday, April 27, with Economics, Music, and Science tests as well as the [...]

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  Great news for Erie PA and the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority. Erie Management Group is now in the Great Lakes shipping business. EMG now is the majority shareholder of Great Lakes Feeder Lines. The mission of Great Lakes Feeder Lines is to provide a competitive, reliable and environmentally responsible alternative to the existing surface [...]

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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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James Skindell has resigned as head of security as Presque Isle Downs. Cripe, he didn’t even make it to opening day. No reason was given and I haven’t even heard a rumor as to why he quit. Presque Isle Downs slots casino will open on February 28. Skindell retired as deputy chief of the City [...]

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There are a lot of deer in Pennsylvania and in the other states Erie Insurance serves. One in every 100 drivers nationally is likely to have a collision with a deer. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety estimates that deer-vehicle crashes rack up $1.1 billion in property damages, tens of thousands of injuries, and more [...]

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Steve Franklin has been named the new Erie Chief of Police. Franklin is currently serving as a Lieutenant in the bureau and has 26 years of service. I’m pretty sure aliens have invaded the Earth, have taken away all the Erie School Directors and replaced then with nine identical looking doubles. This is the only [...]

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