We blogged back on Sep. 27 that former mayor of New York City and presidential candidate Rudy Guliani will be in town to campaign with Rep. Phil English. We now have a date: October 20 at a $100 per ticket fundraiser at the Manufacturer & Business Association.  We’ll post other appearances when they become available. Presque [...]

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Some local companies will be announcing third quarter earnings soon. Erie Insurance will release its earnings on November 6 while GE will announce their numbers today. GE has said profits for this quarter will be lower due to issues not only in the market but within the GE Capital section of their business. Erie has [...]

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The PA smoking ban is just a few weeks old and there still seems to be a good amount of confusion over what is exempt from the ban, the process, and enforcement. Kelly Kidd, the program manager for the NWPA Tobacco Control Program will hopefully shed some light on the ban, enforcement and other areas [...]

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As reported here yesterday on ErieBlogs, General Electric Transportation landed a huge 99 million dollar contract with Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram which provides public transportation for the City of Rotterdam, Netherlands. GE Transportation’s Global Signaling business, headquartered in Paris, France, will be modernizing Rotterdams signaling and communications system. Work is expected to begin spring 2009. Pennsylvania [...]

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