My husband came home from running the half-marathon at the Erie Marathon at Presque Isle on Sun., Sept. 18 and told me about an Erie runner who boldly stood at the start line, talking at length about how he did not pay to race. Yet, there he stood, at the start line, ready to run [...]

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Winning!   Pictured after the Race for Recovery on Sunday are: Me (Heather Cass), kneeling — first master & 4th woman overall in the Race for Recovery 15K…woohoo!); In back from left, Pat Krott, ( 2nd overall in the Beat Beethoven 5K on Saturday with a 19.41 AND 4th overall in the Race for Recovery 15K [...]

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  The Pennsylvania State Police are urging motorists to buckle up and drive safely during the Thanksgiving holiday driving period. State Police Commissioner Jeffrey B Miller said he has directed troopers to adopt a “zero-tolerance policy” toward violations of the state’s seatbelt and child passenger restraint laws. “If a driver is stopped for a traffic [...]

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The Erie Redevelopment Authority received a $950,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency for the Mercantile Building revitalization project. Plans call for retail space on the first floor, offices on the second and third floors and residential condos on the top 2 floors. The Erie Redevelopment Authority took over the building earlier this year [...]

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The best argument against democracy is five minutes of an average Erie City Council meeting. However, they did pretty well last night electing Joseph Schember to fill the counicl seat caused by the resignation of Dr Lonnie Gatlin. Gatlin resigned for ‘health reasons’ which was a polite way of saying the actual reason which everyone [...]

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Erie City Council yesterday held a meeting to talk about the city amusement tax. The tax raised about $36,000 for the four month period of June through September. Council had thought the tax would raise $500,000. It would have raised that amount if there were 56 months in a year. There are in fact 12 [...]

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The Eloise Woodsbey lawsuit again A and M Homes, Regal Financial and other reached court yesterday. It’s being handled in US Bankruptcy Court since it’s part of her bankruptcy filings. Judge Warren W Bentz urged both sides to reach a settlement which is what apparea will happen. Woodsbey will most likely keep her home and [...]

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Pennsylvania State Police released the name of the man shot and killed on Saturday in the parking lot of Lazer Tag at Splash Lagoon. The man was indetified as Jesus Mancilla aka Edward Pina, an illegal immigrant living in Ashtabula, Ohio. The usupect in the shooting is 17 year old Donnie Swift of Highland, Michigan. [...]

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Erie East High School grad Goran Rahim is now a published author. His book of poems is titled “A Faded Love“. Rahim was was born just miles outside the Kurdish city of Kirkuk, Iraq. He was 5 when Saddam Hussein began killing ethnic Kurds. His family fled to Pakistan. At age 16 his family resettled [...]

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A bomb threat cleared out the Erie County Courthouse for 2 hours yesterday morning. A search turned up nothing. Greater Erie Youth Symphony Orchestra Music Director Eduardo Espinel is amoung four finalists to become conductor and music director of the Amarillo TX Symphony. Espinel will conduct the Oct. 27-28 concerts. Born in Venezuela, Espinel studied [...]

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Erby Conley of Erie is a leading candidate to become the police commissioner of Easton, PA. Conley was Commander of Troop E of the Pennsylvania State Police in Erie and also served as Public Safety Director for the City of Erie. Penelec has filed for a rate increase of $157 million to $206 million. Rates [...]

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A microbrewery is being planned for the old Porter`s Restaurant in Union Station. I’m guessing they will be buying a Price-Schonstrom system. Chris Sirianni said they are planning to be open by July. The BrewErie At Union Station will be a brew-on-premises (BOP) brewpub. That I believe. The talk of a number of a number [...]

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In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Black Knight wanted to continue to fight even though he had lost both arms and legs. King Arthur said “What are you gonna do, bleed on me”? This sounds like what’s happening in Erie with members of United Auto Workers Local 832 and Steris Corporation. Steris is [...]

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Orson Welles cause near paic with a radio broadcast of ‘War of the Worlds’ in 1938 when people thought it was a real alien invasion. The Northwestern Pennsylvania Emergency Response Group 2 terorism drill yesterday in Franklin was halted when a citizen called 911 in Erie to report a bombing. It resumed later when it [...]

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Erie Police Chief Charles E ‘Chuck’ Bowers announced that he will be retiring. He will have served for 36 years as a City of Erie Police officer. Bowers is exactly the kind of guy you want on your police force. Hard charging, non nonsense, ain’t going to take no crap from no criminal kind of [...]

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You can’t pick your family. The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat reported this unusual story today. Chuck Cummings was murdered on Dec 23 in Portage PA. Three days later his wife and step son were charged with the murder. Merry Christmas. Daughter Shannon Sweeney took over duties as head of household for the three small kids aged 5 [...]

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Erie City Council will vote to pass the budget for 2006 at their meeting tonight. Mayor Rick Filippi said he won’t veto it because council has enough votes to override any veto. It includes a property tax increase, an earned income tax increase, a sewer rate increase, a garbage rate increase and an amusement tax [...]

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Mayor Rick Filippi presented his proposed 2006 budget to Erie City Council yesterday. It calls for 63 layoffs and a number of increases in fees. The budget is currently about $7 million from being balanced. Fees would increase about $2.7 million and cuts would be about $4.3 million. Council has until December 31 to figure [...]

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