A woman died in a house fire at 412 Lowry Road in Harborcreek. The fire broke out shortly at 10 pm Sunday night. Her husband escaped but she could not get out. Lowry Road is the first street east of Lawrence Park Golf Club. Todd Ptacek of Erie, Pa won the Flying Pig Half Marathon [...]

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Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy US Academic Decathlon team, the 2008 Pennsylvania state champion, took third place at the National Academic Decathlon competition at Garden Grove, California. The team competed in Division III, the small schools category. Members of the team are: Amy Babay, Stephanie Engel, and Sumner Nichols (Honors); Amal Abukar, Alexa Johnson, and Rebekah [...]

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Handicapping guru Andy Beyer has picked Pyro to win today’s Kentucky Derby. Andy Beyer, a Harvard University graduate from Erie PA, created the Beyer Speed Figures used by bettors that measures how fast a horse runs on any given track. “Synthetic” racing surfaces have replaced the old dirt tracks and made the Beyer Speed Figures [...]

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Erie Management Group has a new video on their site called ‘Erie: A Great Place to Live and Work.’ The link to the popup in on the right side of the site. Unless you have a lot of time on your hands, wait till someone posts it on YouTube. Gannon University has placed a job [...]

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Erie Indemnity Company (Erie Insurance) (Nasdaq: ERIE) announced financial results for the first quarter 2008. Net income per share-diluted decreased to $0.51 per share, compared to $0.88 per share in the comparable quarter in 2007 influenced by net realized losses on investments of $0.27 per share, after tax. Although they sold more policies and their [...]

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The Huntington Bank at Peach and Kuntz Rd was robbed yesterday of $3,000. The robber got away on a bicycle and went into the Grenada Apartment complex. Maybe he’ll use the money to buy a car. US Air Force Second Lieutenant Matthew E Emmons, a native of Corry PA, died recently in a training accident [...]

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The former Hotel Evergreen in Edinboro last night burned down to the ground. The hotel had been vacant, but the 4 story wooden structure still housed a bar and pizza shop. It was better known for hosting bands than a hotel. Steve Marshall took a few pictures and passed them along to WUSA-TV: pic 1, [...]

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Happy Easter! The new Erie visitor guides are in. The perfect resource for Erie tourism information from lodging to restaurants to attractions to shops, maps, background information, handy tips and more, this 80 page full color guide is a must-have! Order your free copy today. Simply send us an email with your complete mailing address [...]

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