Happy New Year. It was 52 degrees at midnight as 2007 arrived. The El Nino effect rocks. Temperatures are expected to be in the 40′s for the next 10 days. For those of you that like snow, on average the coldest part of Winter is Jan 13 to Feb 4. We’ll still get our fair [...]

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Ohio Supreme Court Justice Alice Robie Resnick, who was born in Erie PA, did not to seek re-election in 2006. Resnick steps down on Monday after spending 18 years on the bench. Her husband, former appellate Judge Melvin Resnick, has been in poor health and during her last term she was convicted of a DUI. [...]

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County Executive Mark DiVecchio is scarring me. Maybe he isn’t the bumbling goof he was thought to be. He again sounded reasonable and wants to save the taxpayers of Erie County a possible lawsuit by delaying the smoking ban until May 1 saying the delay would give the state legislature time to fix the law. [...]

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Erie County Council appointed Charles Augustine to the seat formerly held by Joy Greco. Augustine spent years working as a pharmacist and part of the management team at the county owned Pleasant Ridge Nursing Home so he has a good understanding of how council operates. An official vote will take place today and then he [...]

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  Erie County Executive Mark DiVecchio, showing a bit of common sense for once, vetoed a proposed ordinance to take away the arrest powers of the Erie County Sheriff’s Office. The deputies are not a police force but should be able to arrest criminals, otherwise they are just mall security.     Railpower Technologies (TSX: [...]

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Drew Astorino of General McLane was named PIAA Class AAA Football Player of the Year. The Kent State recruit led his team, General McLane, to the state championship. Linebacker Brad Callan and specialist Dan Skelton of GM joined Astorino on the first team. RB Donte Harden and DB Maurice Williams of Erie Strong Vincent, which [...]

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Daniel Parry of Erie PA, an EMT and technical systems installer in Chicago, died in a Christmas morning in a automobile accident in Humboldt Park, IL. Parry was ejected from the backseat of the 1997 Totoya he and three friends were riding in was hit by a speeding pickup. He was wearing a seatbelt. Parry [...]

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