The Erie Playhouse, in cooperation with the Erie Port Authority, will conduct tours of the historic Erie Land Lighthouse, located at the foot of Lighthouse St. in James N. Thompson Lighthouse Park, August 27, 28, Sept. 3, 4, 5.

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Erie County Executive Mark DiVecchio using county employees on county time as his own personal labor force was the topic all weekend. DiVecchio, one more than one occasion, used a county employee on county time with a county vehicle to have his home driveway plowed. He also used county employees on county time for his [...]

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  The Erie County Department of Health released their 2007 Erie County Health Assessment. in 2000-04, 41.4 percent of children born in Erie County PA were bastards, born to single mothers. In 2004, the pregnancy rate for underage teenage girls (ages 15-17) in Erie County was 18.9 percent per 1000 girls. Over 60 percent of [...]

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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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Trina Orlando will be the new morning anchor for WJET-TV beginning on Monday. She will also appear on WFXP. Orlando is a 2002 graduate of Mt Pleasant Junior/Senior High School which is about 40 miles Southeast of Pittsburgh. She attended the University of Southern California doble majoring in broadcast journalism and political science. The exotic [...]

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There was a house fire at 25th and State Streets. The family of 6 got out safe but they lost everything. Keep your ears open to see which local bank will set up an account for the family and donate a buck or two. Every fire around town brings out the tears from our firemen. [...]

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He doesn’t want to race the truck but he does want to get into a race. Pat Harkins announced he will run against Linda Bebko Jones for the Democratic nomination for the 1st District seat in the state House of Representatives. Harkins is a driver for UPS. During his announcement he cited that Jones voted [...]

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The US Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center reported that Northeast Ohio received their second earthquake in a week. The latest quake happened on Friday at 10:32:17 am. The Magnitude 2.4 micro earthquake was centered in the Cleveland suburb of Eastlake, OH which is about 73 miles SW of Erie PA. It happened at a [...]

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David Gonzalez, director of Latino services for the Hispanic American Council of Erie, was elected to fill the position on Erie City Council when Joe Sinnott resigned to become mayor. The voting done by council members took ten ballots. Saint Andrew Elementary School, 606 Raspberry Street, could be closing next year as enrollment continues to [...]

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Former Villa Maria Academy English teacher Megan Fecko was arrested for having relations with a female student of hers. The charges included involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and indecent assault. Cost zero, the buzz it’s created priceless. Tom Kennedy, president of Professional Development Associates of Erie and Prudential Advantage Realty, has placed the former Franklin Hospital [...]

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Brad Fairfield of Koehler Brewery Square, LLC today is holding a press conference and signing ceremony with Cornerstone Healthcare Group. Cornerstone will sign a lease to occupy the top two floors with a long term care facility of the soon to be built main building. Cornerstone will employ about 150 healthcare workers. Yesterday was the [...]

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