State Represenative Linda Bebko-Jones of Erie introduced a bill that would provide health insurance for all state residents. It would be funded with a 10 percent payroll tax on businesses and a 3 percent personal income tax. Bebko-Jones didnot run for reelection as representative for the 1st District. The City of Easton paid $3,559 to [...]

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Yesterday marked the first direct flight from Erie International Airport Tom Ridge Field to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Delta is offering one daily flight to and from Atlanta. While this is great for the pleasure traveller, this is huge for the business community. The Erie Art Museum announced a $9 million expansion and a renovation [...]

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The Invest Erie Community Development Corporation was founded for one mission. To build a grocery store at 19th and Parade Streets. So far they have failed and wasted over $400,000 in your tax dollars doing so. They also have a stack of unpaid bills. In a more perfect world, this would be illegal and those [...]

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Congrats to Jenny and Mike on the birth of their son Grady Matthew. Grady was 7 pounds, 9 ounces. Both mother and son are healthy and doing great. Me: When is the Erie Management Group going to start the move to the former Hammermill/ IP plant and have their groundbreaking? Boss man: They have already [...]

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An Erie man drowned in Presque Isle Bay in an apparent suicide. Gerald Michalski of West 8th Street, walked into the water near the foot of Virginia Ave and Ravine Drive near the Erie Yacht Club. Witnesses at Ferncliff Beach said he left some personal items on shore and simply walked in over his head. [...]

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Two kids from Harborcreek Youth Services carjacked a van from their counselor on Saturday. Police caught them shortly afterwards. The pair faces of long list of charges. The Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has named Kasandra Botti, DO, an emergency physician at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, as [...]

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In the late 1990′s, Norfolk Southern removed their circa 1882 line through the center of Erie known at the 19th Street tracks. The land was given to the City of Erie. It wasn’t very valuable, NS would have had to pay taxes on the property and they received a nice tax break for doing so. [...]

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