The PA Department of Labor reported that Erie County’s jobless rate in January was at 7.2% and Crawford County was at 8.1%. It’s almost a half percentage increase compared to January 2008. Speaking of unemployment, FedEx Office (formerly Kinko’s) is offering free resume printing today (up to 25 copies).  There is a FedEx Office location [...]

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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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We blogged yesterday that fired EMTA bus driver David Justka’s union is fighting his firing. He has struck three people in the last few years, killing a local surgeon. He should never drive a bus again. The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency will provide more then a million dollars to a program to develop housing in [...]

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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 ponytail wearing environmentalist hippies held a misrepresentational information meeting on the Erie Renewable Energy proposed tire to energy plant. They would have you believe the plant will cause everything from cancer to autism to children not wanting to do their homework. Energy Products of Idaho, the company that will design the plant in Erie, [...]

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Since a few hundred people a day come to Erie Blogs through search engines, here is some some helpful info and a bunch of smartass, sarcastic answers. mario bagnoni is floating face-down in misery bay Mario Bagnoni passed away on August 5, 2005. He was buried in a grave. The search term is part of [...]

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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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