TGIF

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Espresso yourself.

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Can they make iPads out of the tires they burn in Crawford County?

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Peter at GlobalErie.com posted a documentary yesterday by Andrew Condon who breaks down the tires-to-energy plant. Here’s part one of the documentary: Tires and Wine 01 from Andrew Condon on Vimeo. We’ll post part two after the jump.

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Are you following us at Twitter? You should. It’s cool. Last evening, Erie City Council passed a resolution saying, basically, they they oppose the building of the tires to energy plant. We don’t think that has any legal or binding power though. Congrats to Erie blogger emeritus Eden on having her manuscript move on to [...]

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If you see someone walking around today with black soot on their foreheads its because it is Ash Wednesday. Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper released this statement following last night’s address to Congress by President Obama: Just moments ago, I joined my colleagues in the House of Representatives to listen to President Barack Obama’s address to the [...]

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Yesterday was both the first day of winter as well as the first day of Hanukkah. Happy Hanukkah to everyone. By the way, we own at dreidel. As for winter, don’t get us started. Winter pretty much started right after Halloween this year. We’ve got to be on track for some kind of snow fall [...]

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Pennsylvania State Police strongly believe they have the persons responsible for setting fire to the Gudgeonville bridge back in November. Joshua Bell of Albion and Jeffrey Gleason of Conneautville, both in their early 20′s, are not only suspected for the arson of the historic covered bridge but also for taking part in a larger crime [...]

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Erie Renewable Energy has submitted a new emissions plan to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Don’t expect a permit from the DEP for many months as they review all the information. There is considerable resistance to the plant locally. The US House of Representatives passed the “Bailout Bill” yesterday. The plan was signed by [...]

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The weather today should be just about perfect–head out to Waldameer one last time to ride the Ravine Flyer II. They close tomorrow for the season. It will also be a great day to hit Presque Isle, or the German Festival. Strong Vincent won their season opener last night at Veterans Stadium, beating General McClane [...]

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Industrial employment in Pennsylvania dropped 1.2% over the last year according to the 2009 Pennsylvania Manufacturers Register published annually by Manufacturers’ News, Inc. Pennsylvania lost 10,684 industrial jobs from May 2007 to May 2008, which continues the decline of industrial jobs since 2001. Northwest Pennsylvania is down 1% on average while Erie is down 4.8% [...]

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Erie Renewable Energy yesterday held a press conference at the Erie Labor Temple to announce a $1.5 million diversity program to recruit and train minority workers to build the proposed tire to energy plant which will be called Port Erie Power. Agreements were signed with the Booker T Washington Center, Great Lakes Building and Construction [...]

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  Port Erie Boat Works has gone out of business. Just recently their web site stated that “Port Erie Boat Works has been sold to an elite group of boat builders and investors.” Now it says they’re gone.   The Erie International Airport received a $5.1 million check from the FAA to acquire a few [...]

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The last time I wrote about Keeping Erie’s Environment Protected (KEEP). I received harassing phone calls and home and work, and a harassing email. The group is opposed to the Erie Renewable Energy proposed tire to energy plant. They held a meeting at the library which was attended by around 100 people. They would have [...]

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The ponytail wearing environmentalist hippies held a misrepresentational information meeting on the Erie Renewable Energy proposed tire to energy plant. They would have you believe the plant will cause everything from cancer to autism to children not wanting to do their homework. Energy Products of Idaho, the company that will design the plant in Erie, [...]

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  Erie School District Superintendent James Barker had his contract extended for 5 years by the Erie School Board. He`ll get a 3 percent salary increase each year plus cost of living adjustments. He’ll be making about a quarter million dollars a year by the end of the contract. Barker doesn’t live in Erie so [...]

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