Marc Brown is in town, and I’m proud to say I lived right across the street from his former elementary school. My kids attended the same middle school that he did at Westlake,  and there were plenty of inspirations in those schools that appeared in his books. Lakewood Elementary, Brown’s grade school, was one of [...]

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Sunday morning, several men were fishing in a local creek when one of the fisherman cast out and snagged his hook on the body of Dennis Merritt, who lived nearby the creek. The coroner has ruled Merritt’s death accidental. OMG. If you haven’t had a chance to watch Sunday’s 60 Minutes segment about John Kanzius, [...]

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Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong has been found competent to stand trial.  Officials in Texas where Diehl is being held in prison have cleared Diehl as competent and will return her to Pennsylvania where Judge Sean McLaughlin will hold a hearing to make a final decision as to her competency to stand trial. Edinboro University hasn’t publicly released [...]

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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 [...]

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Robert Spaulding has been named as Director of Economic Development for Erie County. He retired after 30 years from Penelec. Spaulding has no background in economic development nor a college degree. His salary will be over $60,000 a year. Erie native Marc Brown will be in Cleveland today. Brown is the creator of Arthur the [...]

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Erie County Executive Mark DiVecchio announced that he has appointed Larry Meredith as Erie County Personnel Director to lead the Erie County Human Resources department. Meredith was a former Erie City Solicitor and Erie City Council member. He’s a smart guy that everyone seems to like. Condolences to Jenson and her family of the loss [...]

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The Rhode Island Supreme Court rejected an adopted man’s claim that he’s entitled to learn the identity of his biological parents based on the teachings of Mormonism. The case involves Philip J Sabatino who was born in 1971 at a hospital in Providence, RI. He later moved to Erie, PA with his adoptive mother. Sabatino [...]

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