Several legal stories today.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint today on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection against Erie Coke Corporation for Clean Air Act violations at its coke foundry. The company has been fined several times for high levels of air pollution. Is [...]

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We received a few emails from people affected by impending GE layoffs, here’s one person’s feelings:
Corporate wife of one laid off. What goes around comes around. For all those under 40 years of age making a good living – traveling all over the world – not being there for special events with your sons, daughters [...]

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Actor Patrick Swayze passed away yesterday after a battle with cancer. We’re thinking of watching Road House today in his honor.
Erie gets a mention in this USA Today story about testing for toxic substances at schools. You may remember that the paper ran tests of air quality near schools. They report:
The EPA also [...]

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We were in Cleveland seeing my Dad for father’s day, and while the weather was beautiful, we got reports that it pretty much didn’t stop raining on Saturday. My square foot garden = stunned. My corn is blowing up.
Sad news, Erie was not named an All-American City this past Friday. Your winners this year include [...]

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Penn State Erie, The Behrend College has confirmed that 10,868 Social Security numbers in historical data on a computer at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, could have been breached. The data belonged mostly to alumni. It’s not clear if the data was downloaded by anyone, but the school is being careful and notifying people. [...]

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William “Bill” Hirt, board chairman of the Erie Indemnity Company and retired president and chief executive officer of Erie Insurance, passed away on July 13, 2007, at the age of 82. During his tenure as CEO (1976-1990), Erie Insurance grew 15 times in assets and nine times in premiums, making it larger than 99 percent [...]

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For those of you that didn’t do well in science, ice melts at 32 degrees.
Yesterday, a women (name withheld to protect the stupid) was on the ice dunes at Presque Isle State Park when a chunk broke off. Amazingly, she had her cell phone on her, called 911 and was rescued by members of the [...]

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