July 4th weekend, we also took our niece, Bryce, and our nephew, Bowen, to the Erie Zoo! My parents had a zoo membership (and came with us), but did you know that the zoo is only $8 for adults (I think it’s funny they say “adults 13 and over” though . …

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Santa Claus is at the mall. You know what that means? 24 hours of A Christmas Story is right around the corner.

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You’re only making it worse for yourself.

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Have you seen this little girl?

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Beautiful! Gorgeous! Wish you were here!

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What animals live in the sky above us?

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I am so glad that it’s Friday. Was it just me or was this week completely brutal? Dasa, an orangutan at the Erie Zoo, gave birth to a baby boy last week. The new arrival does not yet have a name. Mercyhurst College and the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) have announced a [...]

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We can’t think of many things that are more fun then a ride around the zoo on the train. It’s not a full ride, but it’ll have to do until you get a chance to get the Erie Zoo this year.

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A man was pulled out of Lake Chautauqua and taken to Erie for treatment. We took a ride around the Peninsula Saturday and saw lots of spots where the ice was gone. It’s getting warmer now, so if you’re out there on the ice please be careful. If you’re keeping track at home, we’re about [...]

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Vincent Davis was arraigned yesterday for the death of his 5 month old daughter Savonnia Davis. The “father” admitted to shaking his daughter because she was crying.  And if you’re still not sure what kind of guy Vincent Davis is, in addition to being charged with homicide he is also being charged with cruelty to [...]

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Reader Ed Kindle, professional photographer and former Erieite, alerted us to his very cool collection of old Erie postcards on Flickr. There are over 170 photos and depictions of Erie in days gone by, with interesting views of the peninsula and downtown. The set also includes scenes from Waldameer of rides long gone and the [...]

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Today is the first day of deer hunting. If you’re going out, please be careful and don’t shoot the animals with the orange vests. Unfortunately, the weather doesn’t look that great for hunting–snow isn’t expected to start falling until later in the day. Congratulations you survived Black Friday.  Today for internet retailers is their Black [...]

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Federal prosecutors in the child pornography case against Jeremy Noyes are appealing a courts decision to allow him to remain free until his trial. Prosecutors argue that Noyes of Erie is a danger to the community and could establish a colony of sex slaves at any time. In an interesting twist, Noyes voluntarily reported to [...]

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A fundraising event for the Lindsay Graygo Empowerment Scholarship Fund will be held tonight, August 13, from 5-8 p.m. at Molly Brannigans. Celebrity bartenders will serve up your favorite drinks and a Chinese auction will be held. Bartender tips and auction proceeds will go to directly to the fund. If you would like to make [...]

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What did the five fingers say to the face of Erie County Government? SLAP! Judge Michael ruled yesterday that Erie County government will not get its way with half of the tax revenue generated from Presque Isle Downs & Casino. Instead Summit Township along with Millcreek, McKean, and Greene townships and McKean Borough get to [...]

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Roar on the Shore motorcycle rally begins today at noon and runs through Sunday. Today’s highlights include a bike parade beginning at Presque Isle Downs in Summit Township and ending at Perry Square in downtown Erie. Peter Fonda will lead the parade and afterward, will be available for autographs. Live music begins at 4 p.m. [...]

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The Erie Zoo reopens today after being closed for the Winter. Hours are 10 am everyday until 5pm. During the summer months, the zoo is open until 6 pm on Sundays. The Zoo is closed December, January and February. Admission prices are $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens, $4 for children 2-11, children under [...]

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The Greater Erie Board of Realtors released the January 2008 property transfer figures for Erie County PA. The reports shows that 243 properties were sold for $41,202,807. This compares to January 2007 when 280 properties sold for $44,849,368 and January 2006 when 254 changed hands for $26,951,813. The figures include residential, commercial, investment properties as [...]

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For this week’s Erie YouTube of the Week, we head to the Erie Zoo. Now that I’ve got two little ones, we try to go to the zoo as often as possible. It’s a great zoo for a city our size, and the recent improvements and additions they’ve recently completed have made it even nicer. [...]

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The Pennsylvania House and Senate approved a $27.2 billion budget, a 4.4 percent increase from last year. The Pennsylvania Senate stuck to their guns and defeated 7 tax increases proposed by Governor Rendell while the state had a $650 million surplus.   The 1933 Barbara Stanwyck film “Baby Face,” whose racy content inspired the Hays [...]

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James J Jackson, who slashed the face of a 15 month baby girl when he tried to stab Marcus Gray, turned himself in to Erie Police on Friday. Jackson must have been in a hurry to go to jail because he didn’t bother to put a shirt on. Marcus Gray was in the backseat of [...]

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  Judge Anthony Vardaro shot down the sale of 3 acres in Conneaut Lake Park. The $1.7 million would have been used to pay down debt and allow the park to have funds to open this year. Headdesk for everyone involved. The judge only seemed to disagree with the sale because he has given so [...]

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  For those of you that didn’t do well in science, ice melts at 32 degrees. Yesterday, a women (name withheld to protect the stupid) was on the ice dunes at Presque Isle State Park when a chunk broke off. Amazingly, she had her cell phone on her, called 911 and was rescued by members [...]

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  Presque Isle Downs and Casino opened yesterday to huge crowds. They estimated that 10,000 visited on opening day. I think that number is being very conservative. I think it was closer to 15,000. It seemed that about 60 percent of the cars in the lot had Pennsylvania tags. There were a ton of people [...]

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  Erie Pa based American Resort Management announced an April groundbreaking for the Volcano Island Resort in Fairmont, WV. The first phase of the resort will be an $87 million indoor/ outdoor waterpark, along with a hotel and conference center. Also in the plans are a 20 screen movie theater, a variety of retail stores, [...]

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A Jeep driven by Maurice Bort of Erie going West on I-90 drove over median and struck another Jeep head-on which was travelling East on 90. Both drivers were killed. Traffic was tied up for nearly 3 hours. Drivers from out of town that exited the thruway trying to find a way around the accident [...]

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Developer Brad Fairfield announced he received funding to begin construction of Koehler Brewery Square. Hallelujah. National City Bank has joined Sky Bank in providing the financing. Construction is expected to start by the end of November and the building for Cornerstone Healthcare Group should be move in ready by the end of 2007. Fairfield has [...]

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Brad Fairfield, developer of the Koehler Brewery Square Project, has a press conference scheduled for 10:30 am this morning. He was still looking for over $3 million in financing last I heard and if he got it you would think he’d let the world know immediately. The Seattle Post Intelligencer ran a good story that [...]

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Presque Isle Downs received a slot machine operating license from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. Let’s see if I can write about this without getting a phone call at work like I did at the end of September because of this post. It took me a week to get over the apprehension of starting my [...]

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