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Congrats to local bloggers Adam and Camille on the birth this week of their son Henry.
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President Obama gave a speech yesterday in Iowa, talking about Earth Day and energy. [...]

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The state budget woes are affecting everyone, including the PA Historical and Museum Commission. They are considering closing 6 historic sites and/or museums, including the Flagship Niagara here in Erie. The ship would stop sailing, but remain as a museum. The commission will hold public meetings at each affected area. We’ll let you know when. [...]

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Hoping for Spring?  Keeping hoping.  You can blame the groundhog for temperatures that are not supposed to get above 30 degrees today and tomorrow, 45 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday, and back down to the 30’s on Friday.
If you’re scoring at home, that’s an error on VisitErie in their new Erie video they promoted on [...]

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A quick heads-up if you have not yet picked up an digital TV receiver – WSEE will turn off its analog signal tomorrow. This will only affect you if you get TV signals with an antenna, either rabbit-ears style or an external antenna. Satellite and cable customers will not see any change. Despite Congress changing [...]

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Today is Presidents Day. Presidents Day was originally designated in honor of George Washington’s birthday and is still legally called “Washington’s Birthday.” Banks, the post office, the courts, state and county offices and, depending on how your valentine’s weekend went, liquor stores will all be closed today.
Speaking of Presidents, Barack Obama will sign into law [...]

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This week, we’ve started adding even more content to our Twitter feed for ErieBlogs.com. If you haven’t started following us, now’s the time. As Rich and I find interesting Erie blog posts, stories, interviews and news posts from around the world, we’ll tweet them.
Over the last few weeks, we have been adding more and [...]

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Ok, seriously, it’s not funny anymore. We’re getting a little tired of the snow and cold. Just think, we’ve only got about 6 more months of it. Fail. Several schools in the area are closed, have delays or are “parents discretion.” Seriously? My mom would have sent me to school in a heartbeat, despite my [...]

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