Burger King is rolling out new onion rings and is giving you a chance to try them today for free. You can get one value-size onion ring per person per visit today and no purchase is required, according to the chain’s website and Facebook page. The freebie is available while supplies last at participating Burger [...]

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I stopped by the new Valu King in the West Erie Plaza on Sunday and spotted a berry bargain just inside the front door. The store had 6-ounce containers of blackberries, blueberries and raspberries for just $1 each. If you’ve been to the discount grocery chain’s new site, or are a regular shopper at the [...]

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  Former city employee Dan Borgia, a Mario Bagnoni Democrat who must feel like he hasn’t done enough damage to the city, was on WJET-TV yesterday saying he wants the city to adopt a system for real estate taxes in the city of Erie which would have a much higher rate for land and a [...]

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The state is returning $1.5 million in tax money to Erie County. Here is the complete press release. The highlights – GE Transportation Systems in Erie received $500,000 to implement lean manufacturing techniques at its rail plants in Erie and Grove City, Mercer County, a project that is expected to cost $12.8 million. GE has [...]

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The curfew in the City of Erie for children under 18 went into effect last night. Kids will have to be home 10 pm to 6 am Sunday through Thursday and midnight to 6 am Friday and Saturday. During school breaks kids will have to be home midnight to 6 am. Exceptions are made for [...]

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  Timothy Flanagan was going to take a job as a probation officer in Erie PA when his faculty advisor, Gannon Univeristy anthropology professor Jude Kirkpatrick, told him to go to grad school. After graduating from Gannon he earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in criminal justice at the State University of New York at [...]

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On Friday I spoke with Mike Foreman of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Center for Local Government Services in Pittsburgh about starting a citizen based petition drive to have a public hearing to see if the City of Erie should be declared a Distressed City under Act 47. I’ll have to gather [...]

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  John Deasy went to Mercyhurst College in Erie PA on a golf scholarship and graduated with a BA in History and Communications. An Irish Fine Gael politician and a member of Parliament from Waterford, Deasy could be a candidate to become leader of his party. Deasy said that party leader Enda Kenny should resign [...]

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While Erie City Council was raising taxes including a change to the 3 percent amusement tax to cover all ballgames, concerts and other events that cost less than $5 in Erie, the Pittsburgh City Council cut it’s 5 percent amusement tax to 1.25 percent. Pittsburgh found that a high amusement tax caused concert tours and [...]

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When we are infants, we don’t think. Infants act without thinking and such acts are completely honest. As we grow into adults, we become more and more adept at thinking before we act. So either the elected officials of Erie County are not yet adults or they are exceptions to the rule. Erie County Executive [...]

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  Hugh Ogden, a native of Erie PA, drowned on Sunday when he fell through the ice on a Maine lake. Ogden was crossing Rangeley Lake on cross-country skis to get to the mainland from his camp when the ice gave way. He joined the faculty of Trinity College in Hartford Connecticut as Professor of [...]

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Happy New Year. It was 52 degrees at midnight as 2007 arrived. The El Nino effect rocks. Temperatures are expected to be in the 40′s for the next 10 days. For those of you that like snow, on average the coldest part of Winter is Jan 13 to Feb 4. We’ll still get our fair [...]

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Ohio Supreme Court Justice Alice Robie Resnick, who was born in Erie PA, did not to seek re-election in 2006. Resnick steps down on Monday after spending 18 years on the bench. Her husband, former appellate Judge Melvin Resnick, has been in poor health and during her last term she was convicted of a DUI. [...]

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County Executive Mark DiVecchio is scarring me. Maybe he isn’t the bumbling goof he was thought to be. He again sounded reasonable and wants to save the taxpayers of Erie County a possible lawsuit by delaying the smoking ban until May 1 saying the delay would give the state legislature time to fix the law. [...]

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Erie County Council appointed Charles Augustine to the seat formerly held by Joy Greco. Augustine spent years working as a pharmacist and part of the management team at the county owned Pleasant Ridge Nursing Home so he has a good understanding of how council operates. An official vote will take place today and then he [...]

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  Erie County Executive Mark DiVecchio, showing a bit of common sense for once, vetoed a proposed ordinance to take away the arrest powers of the Erie County Sheriff’s Office. The deputies are not a police force but should be able to arrest criminals, otherwise they are just mall security.     Railpower Technologies (TSX: [...]

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Drew Astorino of General McLane was named PIAA Class AAA Football Player of the Year. The Kent State recruit led his team, General McLane, to the state championship. Linebacker Brad Callan and specialist Dan Skelton of GM joined Astorino on the first team. RB Donte Harden and DB Maurice Williams of Erie Strong Vincent, which [...]

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