The PA Department of Labor reported that Erie County’s jobless rate in January was at 7.2% and Crawford County was at 8.1%. It’s almost a half percentage increase compared to January 2008.
Speaking of unemployment, FedEx Office (formerly Kinko’s) is offering free resume printing today (up to 25 copies).  There is a FedEx Office location at [...]

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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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The weather is pretty much the big story of the week.
The southbound lanes of Interstate 79 was closed for several hours yesterday due to an accident. How surprised were you it wasn’t I-90 this time?  Not too much we’d guess, as portions of I-90 from the Pennsylvania border well into New York were closed due [...]

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In case you lost track of time, today is October 1st. Where did this year go?
Shana Tova! Rosh Hashanah concludes today. Happy New Year to our Jewish readers!
This past weekend we mentioned that there hasn’t been a poll conducted for the Dahlkemper-English race for Congress for a few months now. Roll Call [...]

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For the month of March, wagers at Presque Isle Downs and Casino totaled $206,071,163.08. Payouts were $186,914,595.44. Erie County will received about $10 million a year in taxes from the racino. A public hearing was held yesterday to figure out how to spend the windfall. The money will be put into 2 accounts – one [...]

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