It’s Friday and it’s snowing.

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584 Words of amazement await you inside this post.

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Will casino gambling, now approved by voters in Ohio, have a negative impact on gaming in our area?

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Everyday Erie County front line employees come in contact with the traveling public and now VisitErie is acknowledging those that go above and beyond their duties.
The “Outstanding Customer Service in Erie” Awards were developed to thank/recognize those for their exceptional work in ensuring customer/visitor satisfaction with the traveling public.
After receiving over 120 [...]

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I spent about 15 hours (seriously) this weekend outside replacing a storm door and putting in a new screen door. It was a comedy of fails. I can’t feel my toes, so I’m going to be brief today.

The candidates for Erie County executive will square off in a debate which will be broadcast [...]

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Second Lieutenant Edward French, missing in action since 1943, was finally laid to rest here in Erie this weekend. He was lost when his B-24 crashed in New Guinea. Welcome home.
Ed Palattella had a good story in yesterday’s paper about Greg Rubino and his Tecnica Development Corporation. A state grand jury is looking into [...]

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Believe it or not, today is the first day of fall. Funny, I thought fall started back in late July.
John Guerriero has a good look at the state budget proposal in the Erie Times-News. While we won’t face an income or sales tax hike, other taxes will go up (shocker.)
The tax on cigarettes will rise [...]

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We hope you had a nice weekend – the weather was pretty great though we felt a twinge of sadness as we drove past Waldameer on our way to Presque Isle and the parking lot was empty and no rides were spinning and no fun was being had.
Welcome hom to the Stryker Brigade, who [...]

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VisitErie President and CEO John Oliver is in Harrisburg today to speak to the House Gaming Oversight Committee in favor of table gaming being allowed in PA casinos. He will also request that part of the proceeds from table gaming be earmarked for the state’s tourism industry, which includes groups like VisitErie.
Thanks to VisitErie, [...]

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Tomorrow is the Manufacturers and Business Association’s Annual Meeting with featured keynote speaker President George Bush. Will you be attending this event? What do you expect from this event?
This was the first time in many years that the blood supply was
safe half way through June as a result of an excellent year at the Community [...]

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We still haven’t come down yet from Friday’s NHL Stanley Cup Finals Game 7. Everywhere around Erie on Saturday people were talking about it – I even talked with a group of teenagers outside Tops on 38th for 10 minutes about the game. Hockey fans were pumped. There’s a victory parade in Pittsburgh starting [...]

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Congrats to local bloggers Adam and Camille on the birth this week of their son Henry.
If you haven’t taken a moment to enter our $25 gift certificate giveaway for Sluggers Sports Bar and Grill, you can do it right here.
President Obama gave a speech yesterday in Iowa, talking about Earth Day and energy. [...]

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