US Senator Hillary Clinton will make a campaign stop in Erie, PA on Tuesday, April 1. Although the name of the venue has not been released, doors will open at 5:30 pm with the appearance scheduled for 7:30 pm. In opinion polls on the Pennsylvania election, Clinton is up about 15-20 percent over challenger US [...]

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The Villages is a retirement community in Florida. Population about 8,500. Because there are so many former residents of the northwestern Pennsylvania area they formed a social club called the Erie Club. In the club’s second month in existence, Madge Koscelnik, the group’s leader said 75 people attended a meeting earlier this week. We’re still [...]

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An of campus party in Meadville of mostly Allegheny College students got a little loud and a number of police agencies arrived and broke up the party. Over 100 people wee cited for underage drinking. Hint – if you keep down the noise and have a couple of dozen people, the police won’t come. I [...]

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A small earthquake shook northeast Ohio on Saturday at 7:27 am. This was the fourth and largest quake to hit the area this year. The magnitude 3.1 was centered 5 miles NNW of Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH which is about 60 miles from Erie. There was no damage reported. The Northeast Ohio seismic zone has had moderately [...]

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Soon the City of Erie will begin negotiations with Erie Cablevision for the fee in exchange for the ability to run cable in the city rights of way. The way the city negotiates, we could end up paying Time Warner and paying for their health benefits. The city receives no fees for Internet or digital [...]

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MTR Gaming Group received a takeover offer from two of the company’s executives, in a deal that valued at about $258.4 million. The company’s shares soared $1.84 or 23 percent to close at $9.73 on Friday. MTR Chief Executive Ted Arneault and Executive Vice President Robert Blatt propose paying $9.50 per share in cash for [...]

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The Millcreek School District appealed dozens of property assessments along the lakefront. Frank and Janet Mlakar, one of those whose property was reassessed at a much higher value, spoke last night at the school board meeting. He was upset that his property assessment went from $220,900 to $400,000. The land is valued at $302,000 and [...]

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As expected, the Baylor University Board of Regents named Baylor Distinguished Alumnus and University of Nevada, Reno President Dr John M Lilley as the University’s 13th president. The son of a Louisiana Baptist pastor, Dr Lilley, 66, majored in music at Baylor, earning bachelor’s degrees in 1961 and 1962 and a master of music degree [...]

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