Donation to be presented at September 10 Flight 93 Memorial Concert

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This is Roar on the Shore Weekend ladies! Be sure to get out there if you can to support the Flight 93 Memorial Campaign fund, this year’s Roar on the Shore Beneficiary. Let’s Roll!

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Budgets and Contracts. Exciting stuff.

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Roar on the Shore is raising money for the Flight 93 Memorial.

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More than 2,000 students from the Girard School District (GSD) are doing more than just
learning about history – they’re actively participating in it.

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On the weekends of November 6-7 and November 13-14 beginning at 8 a.m., volunteers will be onsite at the Big Backyard, located off East 9th between Holland and German streets in Erie.

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Roar on the Shore funds to help local organization

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My kind of biker.

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What a roarin’ good time! Thousands of people turned out for the recent Roar on the Shore Bike Rally this weekend (yours truly included!) Something you might not know about your “Frugal Fashionista” is that I am also a motorcycle enthusiast. I recentl…

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A Redbox and some red wine, perhaps?

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If you didn’t get out to Roar on the Shore you missed a great time. Just a few people made it out… A few bikes Thanks to mbausa.org for the great pics. Check out a ton more here.

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It’s Friday. We made it. There’s so much going on in town this weekend – Roar on the Shore, the Cherry Festival, Waterford Heritage Days and much more. Get out there and be a part of the community. First one to get a picture of them sharing brograbs with Jani Lane any member of Warrant [...]

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Organizers of the 2009 Roar on the Shore bike rally, set for July 16-18, announced today that American rock-metal band Warrant will perform at Saturday night’s Rock ‘N’ Roar Concert at The Hub at Perry Square Main Stage in downtown Erie. The band, known for such hits as “Cherry Pie” and “Heaven,” will make their [...]

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It was a hot one in Erie yesterday, and Presque Isle was jam packed, as was other events around town, at least before the rain started. There’s a chance for more rain today, which will hopefully start after Mike has had a chance to ride the Ravine Flyer II and chow down on some grub [...]

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The Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority will hold a public meeting 5-7pm today at the HO Hirt Auditorium at the Erie County Blasco Memorial Library, 160 East Front St, to discuss the proposal to ban unaccompanied minors from the 8 Great Tuesday’s concert series. Maybe at the meeting someone will ask what happened to the $700,000 [...]

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The King’s Ship Ontario, aka the HMS Ontario, a British warship that sailed during the American Revolutionary War, has been found in Lake Ontario. It went down on October 31, 1780 with about 130 aboard. Included in this story in the Whig Standard by Ian Elliot is information which must be a reference to the [...]

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Zachary Dunbar of Erie arrived in San Francisco and today will begin a 2 month cross county bike ride to raise money and awareness for the John Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation. You can follow him on his travels on his blog Cycling For A Cure. (It’s about 2,600 miles from San Francisco to Erie.) The [...]

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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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Dan Mulligan didn’t know what to expect when the US Army summoned him from his civilian life as instructor at the Institute for Intelligence Studies at Mercyhurst College to active duty in Iraq last January. He hadn’t fired a weapon since he retired from the military 15 years ago; what’s more, he was 48-years-old. He [...]

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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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BetaJohn has tried and tried to get Erie Times News and GoErie to fix their problem with the employment classified links. The Help Wanted link was recently fixed to reflect their switch over to HotJobs but none of the links for the sub-categories work. Maybe one of the job listings is for help in their [...]

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The Erie area enjoyed another glorious day on Sunday – bright sunshine with a high of 88 degrees. About 80,000 people visited Presque Isle State Park over the weekend. The forecast today calls for a high near 90, the fifth day in a row with temps hitting the mid 80′s. The Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority [...]

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The official high temperature in Erie was 92 degrees on Friday. Temps on Saturday and Sunday might be near 90. There was a great crowd along the bayfront and at Presque Isle State Park. I’m a bit jealous of how Ella, daughter of Holli and Jason, kept cool. Get out of the heat for a [...]

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Scores of people in the Erie area have called off work with symptoms of the flu and other illnesses. Most will head to Presque Isle State Park for ‘treatment.’ The forcast for today is sunny with a high temperature approaching the record of 95 degrees. The Community Blood Bank is air conditioned and can take [...]

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Measuring Up was founded by Tony and Tammy Craig, a husband and wife team with a combined 30 plus years in the rent to own industry. Measuring Up does customer satisfaction surveys, analysis and employee training. The company recently produced a report for the US Congress, documenting the fact that rent-to-own has the highest level [...]

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All around great guy Jack Tirak passed away last night. Jack was a partner at Erie ad firm Engel and Tirak and many of us knew him through his blog, Erie Media Go Round. We’ll fill you in on the funeral details when they become available. Condolences to his family. Casting call for you actor [...]

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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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Jack Sundberg passed away on Sunday morning. Jack had an inoperable brain tumor. As they say on his web site Jack’s Battle, he won his battle and now is in a better place. The Sundberg Family – Craig, Megan and Robin – would appreciate your thoughts and prayers. Hopefully, they can get some peace in [...]

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Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine will hold commencement ceremonies for its largest medical and pharmacy classes, along with the school’s second class of master’s degree candidates. Today at 2 pm at the Louis J Tullio Arena, 218 medical students, 123 pharmacy students and six Master of Science in Medical Education students will receive degrees. [...]

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Lisa Maas was murdered in her Pittsburgh apartment. Maas was a 2006 graduate of Harbor Creek High School near Erie. She was attending school at the Pennsylvania Culinary Institute. Terrence Andrews, who occupied an apartment in the same building as Maas, stabbed her with a pair of scissors. Andrews admitted to police he did it. [...]

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