The Victors and Lakers are headed to the state basketball championships this weekend.

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Remember last week when we didn’t need coats?

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There’s plenty to do this weekend, so I don’t want to hear you whining that you’re bored.

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I put my bra in the freezer to help me cool down. The newspaper told me to do it.

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Ten days left in the Pepsi Refresh contest…

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Here comes the Easter Beagle!

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Free food at Starbucks!

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New babies at Erie Zoo!!

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Agosta sets Olympic record

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No more snow?

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Murder, snow, basketball, table games, building collapse, donating blood, gas prices, cell phone ban, fund raising, Otter hockey…

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Still shopping for gifts? We have ideas.

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In case you missed it yesterday, the Peach Street Wegmans is now selling take-out beer. The west side location should follow suit in the next few days. It’s cool because sometimes you don’t want a whole case of beer, you want a few, or maybe you want to try something new. Sure, there are a [...]

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Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong has been found competent to stand trial.  Officials in Texas where Diehl is being held in prison have cleared Diehl as competent and will return her to Pennsylvania where Judge Sean McLaughlin will hold a hearing to make a final decision as to her competency to stand trial. Edinboro University hasn’t publicly released [...]

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And we have snow… and lot’s of it.  Be careful and plan ahead before you travel. Police are still trying to identify the remains of a man beleived to be behind this past Tuesday’s shooting near Brown Ave and 25th Street. Although police are confident the body is that of 42-year-old Robert Daniels, a DNA [...]

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The big news yesterday was the early morning manhunt in Erie around the 26th Street and Brown Avenue area.   Police responded to a call around 4 a.m. only to be confronted with gun shots and a home set on fire.  Robert Daniels, 42, is suspected in causing the mayhem.  Daniels’ remains were found in the [...]

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The weather is pretty much the big story of the week. The southbound lanes of Interstate 79 was closed for several hours yesterday due to an accident. How surprised were you it wasn’t I-90 this time?  Not too much we’d guess, as portions of I-90 from the Pennsylvania border well into New York were closed [...]

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Congresswoman-elect Kathy Dahlkemper at a press conference held at her future office at the Intermodal Transportation Center Rotunda located on the East Bayfront Parkway, announced  plans to provide consitutuent services across the district.  Although the main office will be located in Erie at the Intermodal Transportation Center, a regional representative will travel and set up [...]

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Three days until Thanksgiving.  We can practically taste the stuffing. Please be sure to follow the odd/even regulations regarding parking in the City of Erie. People not following those rules have made it difficult for city crews to get all the side streets plowed. The owners of Molly Brannigans are due in court in South [...]

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In an extremely unfortunate accident, 88-year-old thoroughbred trainer John Wilson was killed at Presque Isle Downs and Casino when a horse he was tending to reared up and kicked him in the head. He was taken by ambulance to Hamot Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead on Saturday night. Cara Milani, who was injured [...]

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It was bound to happen sooner or later. Thomas Brletic of the Gaming Control Board’s Bureau of Investigations and Enforcement, has testified before a grand jury proceeding yesterday that is largely being kept secret. The investigation is focusing primarily on former state House Democratic Whip Mike Veon and back room deals with casinos and the [...]

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MTR Gaming Group alluded that a major announcement may come during its October 31st conference call when it reports third-quarter results next month. Specifically, it was mentioned that the status of work by the board’s Succession Committee would be reported. Chief Executive Officer Ted Arneault has indicated he could step down at year’s end, with [...]

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Today’s blog post is our 1,400th here at ErieBlogs.com. Yay! Thank you so much for reading and for blogging. You keep us motivated, informed, and entertained. Erie Blogger Eden was featured in a BoingBoing blog post yesterday. She is suing Universal after they took down a YouTube video she posted featuring her son dancing while [...]

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While many of us were celebrating the 4th of July with family and friends, the Pennsylvania general assembly was gathered for a final vote on the state budget. The budget was passed by both houses with all of the Erie representatives and senators voting to approve the budget. Highlights of the budget include a 3% [...]

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A driver, traveling on Route 8 near Wattsburg, hauling 10,000 gallons of gas lost control of his truck. It rolled over and burst into flames. The smoke could be seen for miles.Holy cow was there a lot of smoke. I’d almost bet you could see it from almost anywhere in Erie County. A couple of [...]

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The Pennsylvania House and Senate passed a smoking ban. Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell said he would sign it. Hotels must have 75 percent of their rooms non-smoking. Casinos such as Presque Isle Downs and Casino in Erie must have 50 percent of their facility non-smoking. Exempted are bars with less than 20 percent food sales, [...]

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WICU reported that the Erie County Employee Picnic has been canceled due “to too much scrutiny.” The food was going to come from DiVecchio’s Catering, the business owned by Erie County Executive Mark DiVecchio. This is one the numerous reasons Erie County Controller Sue Weber is planning an Ethics Workshop on July 1. The blood [...]

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The deal in which Teri Rhodes was expected to plead guilty on Friday hit a delay and was postponed. Everyone was in court but left without anything being accomplished. Nobody is talking. Rhodes gave birth in her Mercyhurst College apartment on August 12. The baby lived 10 minutes before the newborn girl was suffocated to [...]

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Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong spent another day at a mental competency hearing. It could be months for a judge to decide if she’s competent to stand trial. Of course she’s nut but she’s well enough to know what’s going on. Normal people don’t kill their boyfriend and stick them in a freezer nor are involved in some [...]

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A jubilant celebration will take place on Monday, May 19 beginning at 10:30 am at the corner of Manchester and West Lake Road, where only a pile of dirt presently exists. The celebration will mark the official ground breaking of the newest branch of the Erie County Public Library, the West County Library Branch (WCLB). [...]

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