Three days until Thanksgiving.  We can practically taste the stuffing. Please be sure to follow the odd/even regulations regarding parking in the City of Erie. People not following those rules have made it difficult for city crews to get all the side streets plowed. The owners of Molly Brannigans are due in court in South [...]

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  Erie International Airport Executive Director Kelly Fredericks asked Erie County Council for $18 million for the $60-80 million runway extension project. It would be $3 million for 6 years and would come from the county’s share of gaming revenue from Presque Isle Downs and Casino. The airport is currently not in compliance with FAA [...]

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Dennis Beard III was found not guilty of the 1998 murder of Amy Lawrence. There was a boat load of circumstantial evidence but no physical evidence and his former fiancee testified that he admitted the murder to her but it wasn’t enough to convince the jury.   Molly Brannigans announced they are opening a restaurant [...]

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Gannon University and Mercyhurst College were extended an invitation to join the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. (PSAC press release.) Hallelujah. The PSAC might not be the perfect fit but it’s tons better than the GLIAC. The long, expensive travel has hurt Gannon and Mercyhurst athletic departments and athletes, and the unfamiliarity and lack of anything [...]

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I don’t think the people of Erie realize how bad the Buffalo area got hit with snow. There are 390,000 people without power. The Erie hotels are packed with refugees from WNY and cars are streaming down I-90 for food, gas, generators and batteries. On a realated note.. There is now a severe blood shortage [...]

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The US Marshals have added Ralph “Bucky” Phillips, the main suspect in the sniper-style shooting of two NY troopers, to their top 15 list. Police are searching from him in Chautauqua County and Cattaraugus County in NY and Warren County in Pennsylvania. The case will be featured on America’s Most Wanted this Saturday night at [...]

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Erie County Council, the elected group who spend money less responsibly than a crack whore with a welfare check, approved four new positions for the new $14 million 911 dispatch center and public safety suburban campus. The center and operations are paid out of your pocket with a monthly $1.25 tax added on to your [...]

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Ralph “Bucky” Phillips is still on the loose. Phillips was convicted of burglary and drug charges. He broke out of jail in April and has had the help of the fine, outstanding citizens of Western NY in staying one step ahead of law enforecement since then. Phillips is the main suspect in the shootings of [...]

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Erie East High School grad Goran Rahim is now a published author. His book of poems is titled “A Faded Love“. Rahim was was born just miles outside the Kurdish city of Kirkuk, Iraq. He was 5 when Saddam Hussein began killing ethnic Kurds. His family fled to Pakistan. At age 16 his family resettled [...]

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