The Ophelia Project has announced a $50,000 challenge grant. Donations made now through October 1, 2009 will be matched 100 percent. The challenge grant is made possible by an anonymous gift of $50,000. Money raised by this grant will be restricted to local and regional programming, specifically school-based relational aggression programs, young women’s leadership programs [...]

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The weather today should be just about perfect–head out to Waldameer one last time to ride the Ravine Flyer II. They close tomorrow for the season. It will also be a great day to hit Presque Isle, or the German Festival. Strong Vincent won their season opener last night at Veterans Stadium, beating General McClane [...]

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Mike Crotty was killed in the line of duty while fighting a fire at Port Erie Plastics. Crotty was serving with the Lawrence Park Township Volunteer Fire Department where he was Deputy Chief. Crotty served as a volunteer with the department for six years. Crotty was also a paid firefighter with the Erie Fire Department. [...]

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A group of 10 port authority and municipal government officials met in Mentor, Ohio to discuss ferry service across Lake Erie. Nobody from the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority in Erie, PA attended. Ferry service between Fairport Harbor, Ohio to Port Burwell, Ontario and Cleveland, Ohio to Port Stanley, Ontario is in the planning stages. Ferry [...]

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Erie broke a record high yesterday when it reached 67 degrees. Then the cold front went through. Winds gusts reaching 65 mph have knocked down branches and trees everywhere. Penelec crews are working at restoring power. The Fort LeBoeuf School District is closed today and others such as General McLane are on delays because of [...]

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  The Nina, a hand built replica of Christopher Columbus’ ship, arrived in Erie yesterday. It will be in Erie until Sunday June 10. It will be open for tours with a cost of $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $3 for students.   A fight inside Peccadillos spilled out onto the streets. Police [...]

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  Please take a few moments today to remember our troops currenty serving and the millions that have gone before them.   Gotta love waking up and finding a bizarre story about Erie making national news and printed in most newspapers (144 and counting) around the country. Erie police got permission from a judge to [...]

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Dan Galena filed suit in United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against the 7 members of Erie County Council saying council violated county rules, the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act and Galena’s First Amendment rights. Council thinks they are above the law and run the county like their own kingdom. Galena called them [...]

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James Skindell has resigned as head of security as Presque Isle Downs. Cripe, he didn’t even make it to opening day. No reason was given and I haven’t even heard a rumor as to why he quit. Presque Isle Downs slots casino will open on February 28. Skindell retired as deputy chief of the City [...]

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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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On Monday, the Holyoke (Massachusets) Redevelopment Committee will get an update on negotiations between the city and Mandalay Sports Entertainment of Los Angeles. The company has proposed relocating its Double-A baseball team from Erie, Pa and investing $110 million to build a 6,500-seat stadium, housing, offices and retail space. Mandalay, owner of the Erie SeaWolves, [...]

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Erie International Airport, Tom Ridge Field held an emergency drill yesterday. Might have been nice if they would have announced this before they did it. It was only dumb luck nobody got killed on Powell Ave or 12th Street trying to see what was going on. The drill went well except they found that the [...]

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The Economic Research Institute of Erie held its fifth annual conference at Penn State Behrend. Most of the experts thought that the proposed racetrack and casino would be a positive for the greater Erie, PA area. On the positive side there will be over a thousand jobs, the local economy will be more diversified and [...]

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