Erie Management Group has a new video on their site called ‘Erie: A Great Place to Live and Work.’ The link to the popup in on the right side of the site. Unless you have a lot of time on your hands, wait till someone posts it on YouTube. Gannon University has placed a job [...]

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Erie Indemnity Company (Erie Insurance) (Nasdaq: ERIE) announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year end 2007. Net operating income per share (excluding net realized gains or losses on investments and related taxes) was $0.69 in each of the fourth quarters of 2007 and 2006. Net income was $32.6 million for the fourth quarter [...]

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The Erie area raised more than $237,000 locally for the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, more than $5,000 more than last year. WJET-TV has hosted the local portion of the show for the past 35 years. YourErie.com story.   Labor Day usually means the end of the swimming season at Presque Isle State Park but Beaches [...]

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The Harbor Creek School District fired David Sidelinger for refusing a photo ID badge. Sidelinger sued the district wearing saying a photo badge was against his religious beliefs. The case was pretty much over when an attorney for the district wondered why it wasn’t against his religious beliefs to have his photo plastered on a [...]

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Carpet bombing of the city wouldn’t have caused as much damage as Erie City Council manged to do yesterday. Council passed a $59.88 million budget for the City of Erie for 2007. Council did zero work to cut any costs. The budget proposed by the mayor was just rubber stamped by council. This could be [...]

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A man was shot and killed Saturday afternoon outside the Lazer Tag at Splash Lagoon. The victim and the suspect, who is till on the run, were not from this area. I’m guessing drugs. Erie received 1.3 inches of snow on Saturday. WTF. It was October 14 for cripes sakes. The low temperature was 33 [...]

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The conversations around Erie centered on Chytoria Graham and what she did to her baby. Graham used her 1 month old baby to strike her boyfriend. The baby is in a Pittsburgh hospital in a drug induced coma with brain damage. There were reports that she confessed to police. What a despicable crime. Tom Vinca, [...]

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Erie Traffic Court manager Deborah Steff was sentenced to 11½ to 23 months for stealing more than $272,000. She was also ordered to pay full restitution for the money she embezzled. If you paid a traffic fine or a parking ticket in cash between 2002 and 2005, there is a very good possibility it went [...]

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Erie City Council member Lonny Gatlin resigned effective immediately. He also has has taken a leave of absence from his job as a dentist at Community Health Net:. The reason stated was a medical condition. That is an extremely polite way of putting it, at least if the word around the water coolers are true. [...]

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RentWay (NYSE: RWY) reported financial results for the quarter. For the third quarter, the Company reported revenues of $135.4 million versus $128.3 million in the same quarter last year. Revenues from the Company’s core rental business (which excludes the Company’s dPi Teleconnect unit) were $131.5 million versus $124.2 million in the same quarter last year, [...]

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Nice job by Laura Gray of WJET-TV updating the progress at the East Erie Turners (no website). Dave Stevens of the Dave Stevens Big Band (website expired) and his business partner purchased the building and are modernizing the decor. It looked pretty good. I was under the impression that it would be open to the [...]

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Three more guys from Erie could be playing in the NFL next year. None of the three were chosen in the NFL Draft but have signed free agent contracts. CB Jovon Johnson signed a deal with the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, WR Ed Hinkel has signed with the Baltimore Ravens and Wisconsin CB Levonne [...]

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Thomas Giusti was arrested for the murder of Stacy Watral. Watral was found stabbed to death in Greene Township on Friday. Poilce attempted to interview Giusti on Saturday. He agreed to drive to the State Police barracks but as he was going there with the troopers following him, he jumped out of his vehicle at [...]

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There is a possibility that Randy Brewer’s name could be returning to the ballot for the Spring primary for the1st Legislative District seat in the Pennsylvania State Assembly. Approximately 40 names on his nominating petition were challenged and he is appealing. Even his own signature was challenged. He signed his name Randy Brewer. The name [...]

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Former Erie Mayor Rick Filippi, his former campaign manager, Eric Purchase; and law partner, Rolf Patberg were found not guilty of all charges in their public corruption case. The case did what it intended to do. It got Filippi out of office. The charges were filed two months before the primary in which Filippi finished [...]

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Gilbert “Griz” Zimmermann, Gannon University Athletic Director, has abruptly resigned. No reason was announced. If anyone knows why Griz left, leave a comment. Gannon head football coach Bill Elias was named interim athletic director. Zimmermann took over as Gannon AD in January of 2004 succeeding the late Michael Corbett. I think there have been 8 [...]

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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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Mayor Rick Filippi presented his proposed 2006 budget to Erie City Council yesterday. It calls for 63 layoffs and a number of increases in fees. The budget is currently about $7 million from being balanced. Fees would increase about $2.7 million and cuts would be about $4.3 million. Council has until December 31 to figure [...]

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Gregory (Greg) P Zuba of Erie PA was killed in a hit and run near Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Zuba pulled over to a truck stop to talk to a mechanic to help him repair his semi when he was struck by another semi. A one year old Amish boy was killed when a horse [...]

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