The State Ethics Commission is aware of Erie County Executive Mark DiVecchio having an Erie County employee using Erie County equipment being told to plow his driveway. They are also aware of DiVecchio using county employees to help his sister move and also using county employees to help set up a booth at Celebrate Erie [...]

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Erie County Executive Mark DiVecchio wants a new office on the fifth floor of the courthouse. He might not have to wait for the $3 million renovation and the removal of the jail cells of the old pre-release center. An investigation by Erie County Controller Sue Weber uncovered the following alleged acts: * Erie County [...]

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Erie International Airport Executive Director Kelly Fredericks has resigned. Fredericks offered to resign for a $100,000 buyout of his contract. He signed a 5 year contract in June of 2006. He was being paid about $164,000 a year. Chris Rodgers, Director of Strategic Development at the airport, will take over as interim director. He will [...]

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Unless you have suicidal tendencies, PLEASE stay off the ice dunes at Presque Isle State Park. You could easily step through and drown in freezing cold water. The moderate blood shortage in our area turned critical for type O suddenly with extraordinarily heavy blood use by local patients over the past few days. There has [...]

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Megan and Craig Sundberg recently found out their young 3 year old son Jack has an inoperable brain tumor. Jack has Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), also known as grade 4 astrocytoma, which is the most common and aggressive type of primary brain tumor, accounting for 52 percent of all primary brain tumor cases and 20 percent [...]

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eBizITPA and the Economic Research Institute of Erie (ERIE) released a study EVERYONE in Northwest Pennsylvania needs to read and take to heart. Erie workers are behind most the nation, and even most areas in Pennsylvania, and to catch up we have to embrace technology. The press release: If a region wants to become more [...]

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It was a might bit cold yesterday in Erie. The high temp was 16 degrees and the low was 10. The area didn’t get much snow but what there was blew around like crazy with strong winds. In case you were wondering the coldest part of Winter in Erie is Jan 23 to Feb 3 [...]

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Just because the posted speed limit is 65 mph, doesn’t mean you HAVE to go 65, especially when it’s snowing and the wind is howling. I-90 was shut down for hours between Harborcreek and Wesleyville due to accidents. As soon as that was reopened around 3 pm, I-79 was closed between McKean and Edinboro. It [...]

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Family First Sports Park is now home to a co-ed boarding school called Family First Academy. Family First Academy has grades 8-12. Students attend classes at Erie First Christian Academy. The total enrollment is 245 students. The cost for boarding students is $26,000 at year while day students pay $3,300. GE (NYSE: GE) reported earnings. [...]

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GECAC, the Greater Erie Community Action Committee, is closing down their Drug and Alcohol Services division resulting in the layoffs of 23 people. In days past, GECAC was given money based on the number of people enrolled in their programs. The state, trying to hold agencies more accountable for the huge checks they receive, changed [...]

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Anne Ryan, a Sophomore at Penn, died in September of meningococcal meningitis. Ryan was a graduate of Erie Mercyhurst Prep. The family filed suit yesterday accusing the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania of ignoring signs when it failed to admit her after an ER visit on Sept 6. The suit also claims that an [...]

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The dumbest criminal on the face of the Earth is Ronald N Shubert. Shubert robbed the Country Fair at 12th and Parade on Monday. He was arrested when he returned to the store as a customer and a clerk recognized him. Shubert will spend years in jail possibly working on his own “Unfinished Symphony” that [...]

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Jamison Roth of Erie spent part of his 4 years at California University of Pennsylvania as a member of the California Volunteer Fire Department. The CVFD has a Student Membership Program which allows university students to volunteer while they are away from their home departments. Roth got his start with the West Ridge Fire Department [...]

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Steris officials have to be kicking themselves for how they handled the closing of manufacturing in Erie. First, they gave the workers months of advance warning that they would be laid-off so they could look for other jobs or get retrained in another field. They only had to give a 90 day notice. Now the [...]

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This week Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott cost the taxpayers of Erie hundreds of thousands of dollars to appease the firefighters union with the re-opening of the Marsh Street Garage. Erie Firefighters worked on his campaign and contributed money to his campaign fund. Mayor Rick Filippi consolidated the garages of the police department, fire department and [...]

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Anthony Mills robbed the Erie Community Credit Union at 12th and State yesterday afternoon. Police had him in custody in less than 15 minutes. He was wearing a bright yellow jacket when he robbed the place and had the jacket on his arm when police picked him up 5 blocks away. At its regularly scheduled [...]

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It looks like the new Erie County public safety building will be built near the Erie County Vo-Tech School. The county is buying 60 acres of land from the school districts which run Vo-Tech. One football field is about an acre. Why they need 60 acres is beyond me. The building will cost $14 million. [...]

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The Erie County Public Defender’s office is a mess. Now I don’t want some slick lawyer getting criminals off but I don’t want to see innocent people behind bars. Ian Murray was re-hired to be an assistant in the office he was fired from nearly 12 years ago. Now, Chief Public Defender Tony Logue was [...]

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Cleo Hartwig of Erie Pa wasn’t a well known sculpture during her lifetime but her work is now being more widely recognized. Hartwig passed away in 1998. Olivia Smith was granted exclusive world rights to reproduce works of Hartwig, some of which can be found in museums throughout the country. Smith has some of the [...]

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Saturday was the 2006 MECA United Cerebral Palsy Barstool Open. The event packed downtown Erie bars with 1,200 participants and raised $30,000 for a great cause. Good job by the Erie Times-News on the story about the taxpayer rip-off by Bac Consulting doing computer work for the Erie County Office of Children and Youth. After [...]

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Thomas J Gamble, PhD, president-elect of Mercyhurst College, released changes within his new administration that will take effect March 1 when he assumes the presidency. Nothing big expect someone of the pay raises. They are still seem to be puppets of Garvey and Mosco. A restructure of the Office of the President has resulted in [...]

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This could be the first tax I have ever agreed with. State Representative John Pallone (D-New Kensington) introduced House Bill 2454 which will levy a $100 fee on every resident in communities with 9,000 or more people that require state police because they are too cheap to have their own police force. My state taxes [...]

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Connoisseur Media is buying the six Next Media radio stations in Erie: Rocket 101, WRKT FM 100.9; Star 104, WRTS FM 103.7; Froggy 94, WFGO FM 94.7; Sports Radio 1330, the Fan, WFNN AM 1330; Jet Radio, WJET AM 1400; and US 93, WUSE FM 93.9. A radio station used to be worth something, not [...]

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So you’re a high school punk that doesn’t want to say ‘Want fries with that?’ or ‘Thanks for shopping at Wal-Mart’ for the next 50 years. The answer is to get an education. There is a good article in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette today on how to get into the college of your choice. The [...]

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On Friday the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority said things are smelling like roses and on Monday Wall Street said the smell is in fact manure. Fitch Ratings affirmed the ‘BB+’ rating on approximately $5.0 million Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority revenue bonds.Their Rating Outlook is Negative. BB+ is only one step above junk bond status.The port [...]

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The Greater Erie Unity Committee (no website as it is still about 1994 for most people in Erie County) announced that they now have enough signatures to place the question or weather or not to form a study commission to consider a merger between the City of Erie and Millcreek Township. The study will likely [...]

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The Erie newspaper is running a story tomorrow on Mike O’Brien and his song “Erie PA” which can be found on his website. The song has become a bit of a sensation. I’m guessing a couple of thousand of people have heard it. It’s got going to win any award from the chamber of commerce [...]

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You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to be speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government [...]

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The Koehler Brewery building’s 155-foot smokestack fell at 11:15 am Thursday morning. This photograph was taken from Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy’s promenade. Photo courtesy Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy. It’s taken nearly 20 years in the planning but they finally had the groundbreaking for the Dementia and Alzheimer’s Unit at the Pennsylvania Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home [...]

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A quote from Erie City Councilman Pat Cappabianca during last nights council meeting “We (the city) don’t have enough income to meet our expenses.” Only pre-teens and politicans could say something like that. The pre-teen would ask for an increase in their allowance from their parents. A normal parent would say to stop spending so [...]

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