Good news, iPhone owners. It looks like AT&T has finally turned on 3G coverage in the area. Though, according to Steve Platz, the new speeds leave a bit to be desired. From Twitter: Brand new AT&T 3G speeds are terrible. 298 Kbps average = .19 times faster than Edge. Let’s hope the slow speeds are [...]

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The big news out of Harrisburg is the proposed budget by Governor Rendell for 2009-2010.  The proposed budget is $29 billion dollars –  $26.6 billion plus another expected $2.4 billion in yet to be seen federal funds.  In total, it is a 2.5% increase over last years budget. In his speech before legislators yesterday, Rendell [...]

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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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REthink Erie invites individuals and businesses in Erie, Crawford and Warren Counties to participate in the REthink Erie/Workforce Development Survey. The purpose of the study is to gather important workforce development information and regional perspectives regarding a prospective community college to serve northwest PA. The survey is available on the front page of the REthink [...]

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From reading the local blogs yesterday, it seems a lot of people had trouble getting their cars going in the sub-zero temperatures. Ron struggled, and Michael managed to get his car going but he locked himself out of his running car. We broke the story yesterday that Lord Corporation has laid off 46 employees. The [...]

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