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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Folks, we know it stinks, but please, when you brush the snow off your car, get all the windows, especially the back one. Here’s a photo and post from CambridgeSprings.net yesterday.
Joe Sinnott has announced he will seek a second term as mayor of the city of Erie.
Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper voted in favor of the American [...]

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Judge William Cunningham has upheld his sentencing of Teri Rhodes. Rhodes pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of her newborn baby. Judge Cunningham sentenced Rhodes last fall to 9 to 18 years in prison. There will be a hearing on February 4 to determine if Rhodes can be released on bail pending her appeal. [...]

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We had snow and very cold temperates last night and into this morning. Many activities and sporting events were cancelled. Good for ice fishers, not as good for the rest of us. Speaking of ice – we’re starting to get ice dunes at Presque Isle. For the love of all that’s holy, stay off the [...]

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US Airways is dropping the Erie to Pittsburgh route on January 6 but service to Philadelphia will continue. With decisions like this it’s no wonder US Despair is losing money. The airline also dropped Pittsburgh service to Toronto, Louisville, Nashville, Chicago, Denver, Charleston, and Norfolk.
Congratulations to Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott turning down the proposal from [...]

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This week Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott cost the taxpayers of Erie hundreds of thousands of dollars to appease the firefighters union with the re-opening of the Marsh Street Garage. Erie Firefighters worked on his campaign and contributed money to his campaign fund.
Mayor Rick Filippi consolidated the garages of the police department, fire department and streets [...]

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Erie City Council and Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott announced they have reached an agreement to cut spending and reduce taxes.
Yes, you guessed it. April Fools!
Congrats go out to Erie Blogger Bobbo for breaking the story about the theft of the student newspaper, The Gannon Knight.
Last weekend Miles D Rish of North East, PA, a freshman [...]

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The main water cooler topic yesterday in Erie was Mayor Joe Sinnott going over to the studios of radio station Rocket 101 and breaking their boards. OK, it was wooden boards and not equipment. Sinnott showed off his martial arts skills to publicize the 30th Anniversary of the King Cobra Open which will be held [...]

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Erie County Executive-elect Mark DiVecchio and Erie Mayor-elect Joe Sinnott both take their oaths of office today. Sinnott will be sworn in to office in a ceremony at noon at Erie City Hall while DiVecchio will have his afternoon ceremony held in Old Main at Gannon University. Curtis Jones Jr and Dr Lonnie Gatlin will [...]

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Current Erie City Councilman and Mayor-elect Joe Sinnott met with union represenative asking that their members pay 10 to 15 percent of their health care costs. After the laughter died down, they agreed to ask their members to vote on the measure. There might have been a chance of the unions agreeing to it if [...]

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Mayor Rick Filippi will present his proposed 2006 budget to Erie City Council this morning at 9 am. Most of the budget work is the responsibility of council. The mayor proposes numbers, council decides on the budget. By state law, council must pass a balanced budget by December 31. The estimated city revenue for 2006 [...]

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