Are you ready to be counted?

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Summer is just around the bend…. isn’t it?!

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It’s time once again for a summer of great music. The Sprint Summer Music Series at Presque Isle’s Beach 1 is back for another go-around, the line-up sounds great.
June 10: Duke Sherman Blues Band and Tri This
June 17: Abbey Road and Sam Hyman
June 24: Crosstown Rhythm & Blues Band and The Heliotropes
July 1: Tennessee Back [...]

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It’s really spring now, folks. Sara’s is open at Presque Isle, and Hank’s is up and running again in Conneaut Lake. Make time this weekend to stop for some ice cream or custard, even if the weather isn’t as great as it was yesterday.
Yesterday was perfect for a walk at the beach though, [...]

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Well, I think at this point we can call the Christmas holiday over – bad news for the local economy is flying left and right.
Troyer Farms recently sold to Bickel’s Snack Foods (Hanover Foods) and promised the sale would not result in layoffs. Someone had their fingers crossed behind their back because yesterday the company [...]

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Dr. Paul W. Heberle has had nine additional counts added to previous charges of trading prescriptions for painkillers for other drugs, such as crack cocaine. Heberle has been in Erie County Prison since November.
Yesterday we asked our readers to come up with a clever nickname for the serial bank robber who has hit the Erie [...]

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Presque Isle is amazing because there are so many things you can do. You can swim, boat, fish, catch some rays, hike, hunt, live, walk, rollerblade, bike, run and so on. I love that you can also find a quiet stretch of beach and do some Tai Chi.

That looks so relaxing.

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I think it’s safe to say it’s finally summer in Erie. It’s hot and muggy and really, nothing takes the edge off like some ice cream. Here are five three choices to get you cooled off.
Connie’s
Connie’s has some of the best handmade ice cream I’ve ever had. They moved from their Upper Peach location, which [...]

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In my daily YouTube browsing, I found this news report by Brian Sheridan, about the UFO sighting at Presque Isle’s Beach 6 in 1966. UFOinfo.com describes the incident this way:
The witnesses, a young man & 2 young women were in a car stuck in the sand and at a picnic beach when a luminous object [...]

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This week’s YouTube of the week is an interview with Captain Tom, captain of the Lady Kate, which gives boat tours of Presque Isle.
The Lady Kate is a very stable, diesel powered, 65-foot Great Lakes Vessel certified by the USCG to carry up to 110 passengers. She is equipped with all necessary safety devices [...]

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I love old movies about Erie. We’ve featured them a few times in our weekly YouTube of the week, and this week is no exception.
Doug Boldt sends us this 5 minute clip of the Erie Yacht Club in the 1950’s. according to Doug, many current members appear in the video as kids, including Jack Shultz, [...]

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Back in high school, I played in a band. We played some shows around Erie, usually at bars. It was a lot of fun…well maybe not the time we got jumped by a bum outside the old Rathskeller on State St., but I digress.
It should come as no surprise that since I like playing the [...]

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For this week’s Erie YouTube of the week, we take a tour of Erie and it’s water-themed attractions. Great video – though all the pretty beach shots make me yearn for warmer weather.
I took places like Presque Isle for granted until I moved away for a few years. Now, it’s such a great place to [...]

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As we dig out of the snow that’s fallen the last few days, this week’s Erie YouTube of the week will hopefully make you think of happier, warmer times in Erie.
I took a drive around Presque Isle this weekend and was surprised how much progress is being made on Waldameer’s new Ravine Flyer II roller [...]

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Incumbent Republican state Representative John Evans will face a challenge in the May primary election from Erie County Council member Carol Loll for the 5th District seat. The district covers western Erie and northwestern Crawford County. Evans was one of those that voted for the legislative pay raise last July.
The new CD by Train, For [...]

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