Splash Lagoon Indoor Water Park Resort revealed their planned $6 million, 22,000 sq ft expansion. It will be a wave pool on the SE section of the property attached to the main building. It will still be open every day during construction. They are holding a contest to name the pool and pick a new [...]

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Scott Enterprises has a news conference scheduled for this morning to announce a 20,000 square foot, $6 million expansion to Splash Lagoon Indoor Water Park Resort. Back in September, Scott Enterprises obtained $81 million as they mortgaged 10 properties. They used $49 million to refi existing debt, built two new hotels, and will use the [...]

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Emmanuel was not born in Erie. He was born in a small village in Cameroon, in West Africa. His parents were poor, hardworking and uneducated, in the school sense. For that reason they wanted to be sure their children were educated and educated well. They wanted more for their kids than working on a farm [...]

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Scott Enterprises has obtained $81 million as they mortgaged 10 properties. They will use $6 million to expand Splash Lagoon Indoor Water Park. I think this will be the third expansion of the park that draws huge numbers of people. In a very smart move they will use $49 million to refi existing debt. A [...]

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The local TV stations including WSEE ran this story about the large increase in visitor spending in the Erie area. The state tourism office has a study that says visitor spending went up 41 percent from 2001 to 2004 to $654 million, up $191 million from 2001. Presque Isle State Park and the bayfront are [...]

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The Erie School Board passed a no tax hike budget. Wow. Maybe the directors are finally learning. The high school taxes have chased families to the suburbs and have kept down property values. Up to 60 staff and teachers could be let go due to budget cuts. The district is teaching fewer kids with the [...]

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Nick Scott is quoted in todays Cleveland Plain Dealer saying that plans are in the works for another expansion of Splash Lagoon Indoor Water Park in Erie. Why? To keep the large crowds coming back they want to keep the place fresh. Just last year two new slides, another hot tub, another restaurant and more [...]

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The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, which has an office in Erie, is a building a $23.5 million performing arts center in Midland, PA. Students who attend cyber schools take classes via computer. Midland doesn’t even have a high school of its own. This little tidbit comes from a PittsburghTribune-Review article titled State-funded cyber school draws [...]

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It’s election day. Vote. The county announced that that the public saftey building housing the Erie County Hazardous Materials Response Team and the Erie County 911 Center will be built on property located on the former Hammermill/ IP plant property. Steelers fans and Browns fans can go head to head this week to compete for [...]

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The auditing firm hired by Erie City Council found that the city needs to find $5.7 million to continue operating for 2005. The mayor asked an accounting firm to look at the finances. Last week they announced a nearly identical figure. It looks like they’ll take $700,000 from the sewer reserve fund and $5 million [...]

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MTR Gaming is now asking for $29 million from the Summit Township Development Authority, down from the previous amount of $37.5 million, from intrastructure improvements for the building of Presque Isle Downs. If it means MTR build build more buildings to add to th tax base and hire more people worth $29 million, give them [...]

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A man was hit and killed by a train last evening. He apparently was trying to cross the track by Cherry Street when he saw an eastbound train coming. He ran out of the way of that train and was hit by a westbound train approaching on the next track. Today is the last day [...]

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The LifeStar helecopter that disappeared late Friday night was found on Sunday afternoon in rural Bradford County. Emergycare put out a press release saying that the pilot, Heinz Schulz of Erie, was killed upon impact. WJET-TV reported that the copter was found 5 miles southeast of the Bradford Regional Airport in a heavily wooded area. [...]

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