“It’s the end of public education as we know it and I feel awful.”

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Cuts cuts and more cuts.

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What’s the best way for the Erie Schools to overcome a 26 million dollar deficit?

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Looking for a job?

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Mel Gibson’s next film to be released is: The Beaver. Yes. Really.

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Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies.
– Tommy Chong

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The madness is over…

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Have you seen a red balloon?

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GE Transportation announced yesterday it was laying off 1,550 people with 350 of them being permanent cuts.  GE is the region’s largest employer.  We’re not sure how to take the news in light of GE Transportation’s announcement that it started brand spankin’ new operations in North Las Vegas.  One reader commented that her father who [...]

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Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong has been found competent to stand trial.  Officials in Texas where Diehl is being held in prison have cleared Diehl as competent and will return her to Pennsylvania where Judge Sean McLaughlin will hold a hearing to make a final decision as to her competency to stand trial. Edinboro University hasn’t publicly released [...]

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This week’s blog post of the week comes to us from Your Boro: Edinboro News blog, which is a newcomer to ErieBlogs and deals mainly with news and events in the Edinboro area. On Tuesday, Your Boro wrote about General McLane refusing to play games at Erie City Schools following the shooting at East High [...]

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Erie Insurance reached the milestone of four million policies in force after reaching 3 million policies in force just eight years ago in 2001. Erie Insurance has been in business for 83 years and is a Fortune 500 company.  According to A.M. Best Company, Erie Insurance is the 16th largest automobile insurer and the 21st [...]

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And we have snow… and lot’s of it.  Be careful and plan ahead before you travel. Police are still trying to identify the remains of a man beleived to be behind this past Tuesday’s shooting near Brown Ave and 25th Street. Although police are confident the body is that of 42-year-old Robert Daniels, a DNA [...]

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Pennsylvania Lietenant Governer Catherine Baker Knoll has passed away at the age of 78. She was battling cancer. She was also state treasurer before becoming the state’s first female Lt. Governor. She had three sons, Albert Knoll, Dr. Kim Eric Knoll, and Charles Knoll, Esq., and a daughter Mina Baker Knoll, C.P.A.. Her Husband Charles, [...]

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The PA Supreme Court has ruled that Steven Porter will not be on the ballot this November.  Porter had appealed a lower court’s ruling that 1,500 of the signatures on his nominating petitions were invalid.  Despite having campaigned numerous times, Porter violated PA election law by completing information for voters.  Porter says he will run [...]

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There will be only two candidates on the ballot this fall for the 3rd Congressional District. Judge James R. Kelley ruled that over 1,500 signatures that independent candidate Steve Porter weren’t valid. Without those signatures, he didn’t have enough to get himself on the ballot. That leaves incumbent Phil English and challenger Kathy Dahlkemper. Lucas [...]

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The Erie SeaWolves completed their 2008 season yesterday at Jerry Uht Park. The Wolves fell 4-1 to the Akron Aeros. The SeaWolves finished the season with a 68-74 record. They came on strong in the second half of the season, and expect a few players to be called up to Detroit when major league rosters [...]

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The 8 Great Tuesdays concert series continues tonight with entertainment by Bernard Allison. The event runs from 6:30 – 9:30 at the Liberty Park, Pepsi Amphitheater. You can sample some music by Bernard at his MySpace page. More information on 8 Great Tuesdays including shuttle pick-up locations. It came up in discussion this past weekend [...]

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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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Burhenn’s Pharmacy, 861 East 38th St, was robbed yesterday evening. In an unusual twist, the robbers held up the drive-thru. The two suspects then entered the back of the store and tied up an employee. OxyContin (Oxycodone), and not money is what they were after. OxyContin is a time-release painkiller which can provide pain relief [...]

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Two Erie School District teachers were reportly suspended for having downloaded porn onto district owned computers. Note to other Erie teachers – after deleting the images you have downloaded, empty the recycle bin. The District blocks sites such as Xanga and MySpace but teachers can download porn. Sounds about right. Former Erie mayor Rick Filippi [...]

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GE Infrastructure Rail said yesterday that it received a contract worth more than $450 million to supply 300 locomotives to the Chinese Ministry of Railways. Most of the locomotive kits, which include engines, alternators, motors and other machinery, will be manufactured at the Erie GE plant. Last year, China awarded over $300 million in contracts [...]

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The Erie School District Board of Directors wants to spend $153 million in the next 20 years to renovate schools. They are much better at spending money than actually educating children. There was an electrical fire last night at the Smokey Bones Restaurant on upper Peach Street. The restaurant will be closed for a few [...]

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