There is snow on the grass and the cars. It’s April 15th. WTF. The Gannon University Student Occupational Therapy Association is holding a wheelchair basketball game on Tuesday. Inviting the Edinboro University Rolling Scots, a team that recently played in the finals of the 30th Annual National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Championship, would have been a [...]

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  GE Transportation in Erie will be the subject of a feature article by Thomas Friedman in this Sunday’s New York Times magazine. The article is called “Green is the new red white and blue.” The Discovery Channel is also running a documentary version on Saturday April 21 at 9 pm. The gist of the [...]

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Nexstar Broadcasting (WJET-TV and WFXP Fox 66) yesterday launched YourErie.com. It’s the WJET-TV site content plus video clips, classified ads and local business info. The classified ads are free – for now. Smart move. That will be a money maker in the future. The local business directory listings appear to be an old version of [...]

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David McHenry entered a plea agreement in the murder of Joshua Dibello. Dibello was found dead in his car in the parking lot of Herman’s, 28th and Old French. He died from a gunshot to the head. McHenry was sentenced to 22-45 years in prison. Walter Hendl passed away at age 90 in his home [...]

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  Scott Enterprises, the Erie, PA based company that runs a host of hotels and restaurants in Northwestern Pennsylvania, including the popular indoor water park Splash Lagoon, plans to enter the Buffalo Niagara market by building a hotel at Transit Road and Sheridan Drive in Clarence, NY. Scott Enterprises will also open one or two [...]

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U S Army Air Force Staff Sergeant Richard R Sargent of North Girard (now Lake City) in Erie County is finally coming home after 63 years. Remains of 10 crew members, including Sargent, of a B-24 Liberator that was returning from a bombing raid and went down April 16, 1944 on the north coast of [...]

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  Nader Elguindi was born in Essex, England in 1971. He parents immigrated to the United States when he was 2. The family made Erie PA their home. The family later lived in Pittsburgh and Augusta, GA. Nader Elguindi graduated from Appalachian State University graduating in 1992 and went to Officer Candidate School in Newport, [...]

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Erie has snow on the ground and more is expected today. Snow on Easter but we had no snow for Christmas or New Year’s.   Riverheads High School in Staunton, VA, recently received a grant from Erie Insurance to help spread the word about safe teen driving through the company’s Lookin’ Out program. Lookin’ Out [...]

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  Staff Sergeant Ed Chorney of Erie PA, a 16th Airborne Command and Control Squadron flight engineer, is now engaged to his girlfriend of four years, Staff Sergeant Sarah Radel, a air traffic controller with the 506th Operations Support Squadron. The proposal was a little bit unusual to say the least. SSG Chorney was in [...]

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  For the month of March, wagers at Presque Isle Downs and Casino totaled $206,071,163.08. Payouts were $186,914,595.44. Erie County will received about $10 million a year in taxes from the racino. A public hearing was held yesterday to figure out how to spend the windfall. The money will be put into 2 accounts – [...]

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  Port Dover is out for the destination for ferry service across Lake Erie from Erie to Ontario, Canada. Norfolk County Mayor Dennis Travale said Port Dover Recreational Harbour Marina is now out. I’m not sure if anyone in Erie knows this. The Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority commissioned a 65 foot boat which will be [...]

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  Bishop Michael J Murphy, the former bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie passed away on Tuesday. He was 91. He became head of the Erie Diocese in 1978 succeeded retiring Bishop Alfred M Watson. Murphy served as Erie’s Catholic bishop until his retirement in July 1990.   Erie Cathedral Prep has a [...]

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Robin Hecker, the former 10th grade English teacher at Northwestern High School, entered into a plea deal with the DA’s office. She faces a max of 5 years in prison for having a sexual relationship with a 16 year old male student. Erie County Common Pleas Judge Elizabeth Kelly ruled that Danielle Bimber does not [...]

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Dennis Vickery, a teacher at Erie Villa Maria Academy, is in jail after being charged with possession of child porn. Police found over 100,000 images of children as young as 12 months old on his computer. This is the third member of the Villa Maria Academy arrested this school year for perverted actions involving kids. [...]

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Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Heedless and irresponsible behavior in the midst of a crisis continues today as Erie City Council comes together for their weekly meeting. The city is over $2 million dollars over budget with a strong possibilty of not being able to meet payroll later in the year and a state takeover [...]

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There was an interesting story in the New York Times on Saturday about homeless people living in their cars. One of the people mentioned in the story lived in his car for 5 months in Erie. Larry Chaney lost his trucking business and was evicted from his apartment. He “moved” to Erie to be near [...]

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Erie City Council and Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott announced they have reached an agreement to cut spending and reduce taxes. Yes, you guessed it. April Fools! Congrats go out to Erie Blogger Bobbo for breaking the story about the theft of the student newspaper, The Gannon Knight. Last weekend Miles D Rish of North East, [...]

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How do you tell if someone with the City of Erie government is lying? Their lips are moving. The ANNA Shelter received a $100,000 contract to take in Erie stray animals. The property isn’t zoned for that use. They are breaking the law. When Erie City Council approved the contract Jon Whaley, assistant to Mayor [...]

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  The Presque Isle Downs website is now live. Not bad for a businesss that is little more than 270 acres of mud. The restaurant will be called La Bonne Vie (the good life) Steakhouse. Presque Isle Downs is progressing with the land development work and construction of the Erie racino. The Company still expects [...]

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