A big gift means great things at Penn State Behrend.

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This weekend, you could ride a classic.

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Just blowin’ in the wind

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I’ll catch up eventually…

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For once, we are speechless. The Manufacturer & Business Association (MBA) Board of Governors announced yesterday a resolution regarding the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) of 2009, or “card check” legislation. You can read the resolution here. An Erie School District administrator was injured after he fell en route to break up a fight at [...]

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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 [...]

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Pennlive.com has compiled a list of 329 establishments (either restaurants, bars or businesses) in the commonweath who have had violations of the state’s smoking ban reported to the Department of Health. Here the ones from Erie: Coney Island Lunch, 3015 Buffalo Road Erie Wastewater Treatment, 68 Port Access Road General Electric Transportation Systems, 2901 E. [...]

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Mother Nature cooperated this year and there is plenty of fresh powder at Peek N Peak and it’s just in time for the annual lift ticket giveaway! The Community Blood Bank wants donors and is enticing them with lift tickets on Tuesday. Peek ‘N Peak Ski Resort has generously donated over $10,000 worth of ski [...]

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If you would like your event considered for posting here on ErieBlogs.com, please send us your information using our online contact form. Make sure you check our daily News & Events for new event listings and events happening that day. This Week’s Events The Erie Playhouse presents The Music of Stephen Schwartz at 7:30 p.m. [...]

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If you would like your event considered for posting here on ErieBlogs.com, please send us your information using our online contact form. Make sure you check our daily News & Events for new event listings and events happening that day. For a complete list of area Halloween and Fall events, see our special coverage. This Week Local [...]

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The Christiana Mall in Delaware has instituted a curfew, banning unaccompanied minors from being in the mall after 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. Officials at the Millcreek Mall say they have no plans for a similar plan. The old smoking pits at the mall = stunned. The Board of Directors for the Center [...]

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19-year-old Damere Talmadge has been charged with assault against his three-month-old son Thameere as well as several other charges. The baby later died of massive head injuries. More here. Last night was the Manufacturer’s Association‘s 103rd Annual Meeting. Musicial and political guests included Chuck Mangione, Republican presidential candidate (and TV district attorney) Fred Thompson, Democratic [...]

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A driver, traveling on Route 8 near Wattsburg, hauling 10,000 gallons of gas lost control of his truck. It rolled over and burst into flames. The smoke could be seen for miles.Holy cow was there a lot of smoke. I’d almost bet you could see it from almost anywhere in Erie County. A couple of [...]

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In a WSEE TV interview with John Kanzius of Erie (not yet posted on their site), Kanzius said that researchers led by Dr Steven Curley at the University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center have found a protein enzyme that will carry metallic nanoparticles exclusively to cancer cells. WSEE will run more of the [...]

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A private meeting is planned for members of Erie’s business community at 2 pm with a press conference at 3:15 pm today announcing that Erie will have a team in the NBA Developmental League for the 2008-09 season. The NBA Development League, or D-League, is the National Basketball Association’s officially sponsored and operated minor league. [...]

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Bars in Erie, especially the Irish bars, will be packed today with people celebrating St Patrick’s Day while they attempt to fill out their brackets for the NCAA basketball tournament. The Center for eBusiness and Advanced IT (eBizITPA) reached a major benchmark in February by awarding its 300th IT implementation grant to The Hite Company [...]

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Tilting at windmills, Erie City Council passed a resolution calling for the City Solicitor Greg Karle to write up an ordinance calling for continuous monitoring at the proposed tires to energy plant. Karle has already told council that any effort to make emissions laws tougher than the current state or federal laws wouldn’t survive a [...]

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John Kanzius and Dr Steven Curley announced yesterday to a packed house at South Fort Myers High School Auditorium that Lee Memorial Health System in Southwest Florida will most likely be one of the six sites for human trials of the Kanzius radio wave cancer treatment. About $8 million is needed to raised for the [...]

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Eriez Magnetics of Erie, PA has built a second 55 ton electromagnet, matching the one that is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s largest. The original magnet was christened “Big Moe”, and the new one is known affectionately as “Big Moe II”. Big Moe II, known officially as the SER700, measures [...]

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The 5th floor of Erie City Hall should love hearing this one. An elected member of Erie City Council emailed me and pointed out with the low voter turnout in last Tuesday’s election, the number of signatures needed to hold a hearing to determine if Erie should be declared a distressed city under Act 47, [...]

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Someone call Meadow Brook Dairy and have justice placed on the side of milk cartons. The preliminary hearing for Teri Rhodes was scheduled for Nov 7 in front of District Judge Joseph LeFaiver at the Erie County Courthouse. Why didn’t it take place? Teri Rhodes gave birth on August 12. The baby only survived 10 [...]

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The Erie Times-News published their endorsements for Erie County Council and Erie City Council. I know we don’t have much of a choice in whom we elect given the people running. (It’s like having to choose how to die. Would you rather be shot or poisoned?) I loved the ringing endorsement they gave to Pat [...]

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Six month old Devlin Peters died in a fire in Columbus, just outside of Corry, PA. Your heart just has to ache for the family. As soon as the 911 call was made neighbors and construction workers doing a project at nearby Columbus Elementary School tried to save the child by using garden hoses and [...]

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  Presque Isle Downs got some great news yesterday when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit opposing licensing the facility. The decision came much sooner than expected. Now the only real hold-up is the vacancy on the PA Gaming Control Board. Gary Sojka was named to fill the seat on January 29. A required [...]

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Pennsylvania Governor Rendell announced his proposed budget for fiscal 2007-08 which includes $1 billion in increased spending and $2 billion in borrowing which all will be paid for with a number of tax hikes. The tax and spend Democrat Rendell wants the sales tax raised from 6 percent to 7 percent, a tax increase in [...]

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The Manufacturers’ Association of Northwest Pennsylvania announced they will file a lawsuit against the Erie County smoking ban. In a letter addressed to Erie County Executive Mark DiVecchio and Council Chairman Fiore Leone, Manufacturers’ Association President Ralph Pontillo announced the Association’s plans to seek legal action, after receiving overwhelming response to a smoking-ban poll that [...]

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There aren’t a lot of employeers that would let you keep your job after you were convicted of a crime and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Being a City of Erie Police officer isn’t among them. Erie Police Detective Ed Dickens was sentenced to 30 days, followed by 90 days probation and ordered to [...]

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National Fuel Gas has some big balls. National Fuel Gas Company announced that they filed a request with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) to increase annual operating revenues by $25,892,000 to cover increases in the cost of providing service to the Utility’s customers in northwestern Pennsylvania. It’s not the fact they asked for an [...]

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Rebecca Hart of Erie is a national champion. Hart riding Nordkap (Noble Roi x Este) won the USEF Para Equestrian Freestyle, scoring 78.519 percent, making a clean sweep of the three rounds in the USEF Para Equestrian National Championship at the USET Foundation Dressage Festival of Champions in Gladstone, New Jersey. Hart’s hat trick included [...]

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