For a list of Erie Halloween events for 2009, please see this year’s Erie Halloween post Trick or Treat! Yes it’s that time of year when kids and adults alike look forward to dressing up in costumes, visit pumpkin farms and cornfields, and haunted houses. We’ve provided you a list of area attractions and events [...]

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The estate of Brittany Legler is suing the Erie County Office of Children and Youth alleging that actions and inactions by the agency contributed to her death. They’ve got a good case. Brittany Legler died from continual beatings by her adoptive mother Lisa Iarussi. Iarussi was sentenced to 7-14 years. It’s the job of the [...]

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Herbert Fiss of IFP North America (Innovative Fruit Processing) held a press conference in Erie yesterday to unveil the company logo. Groundbreaking for the $65-80 million plant on East 12th Street could be held in January. Now the company needs to sign contracts with outlets (grocery stores, drug stores, etc) to get the loans to [...]

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The City of Erie completed the layoffs of 15 police officers on Friday. The layoffs of 12 firefighters has been delayed until next Friday. The City faces a budget deficit of $7-10 million for 2006. For years the city pension plan went unfunded or underfunded. They money that was there wasn’t properly invested. The estimated [...]

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