VisitErie has released a new video about Erie. They say “The fast-paced three and a half minute video features a pop-up theme, similar to VH1’s “Pop-Up Videos” highlighting fun and interesting factoids people may or may not know about Erie, Pennsylvania. The goal is to reach a more diverse and Internet savvy audience. ”

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Mid-day, the snow machine kicked up and Erie and Crawford Counties got dumped on. I-79 southbound was closed for a few hours yesterday after a truck jack-knifed. At one point last night, we were getting an inch and hour. We’re guessing that we’re going to break the all-time record this year.
Teri Rhodes has formally appealed [...]

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The big news out of Harrisburg is the proposed budget by Governor Rendell for 2009-2010.  The proposed budget is $29 billion dollars –  $26.6 billion plus another expected $2.4 billion in yet to be seen federal funds.  In total, it is a 2.5% increase over last years budget. In his speech before legislators yesterday, Rendell [...]

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The headline news for today has nothing to do with the election.  It’s the weather.  Yesterday, Erie saw it’s first snow fall of the season with more headed this way.  The map above shows Erie is smack-dab in the middle of a Nor’easter heading our way with 3-6 inches of snow fall.  A meteorologist from [...]

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Yesterday was the 93 year anniversary of the the Millcreek flood that devastated the City of Erie. On August 3rd, 1915, a culvert on 26th Street became blocked due to storm water debris, causing a large reservoir of water to form that eventually gave way and flooded the city. 36 people died including [...]

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