Recognition for Service that makes you Smile!

Read the full post

Budgets and Contracts. Exciting stuff.

Read the full post

A chance to win some ox roast? I’m there.

Read the full post

Used book sale starts this weekend!

Read the full post

Who took the tiger?

Read the full post

I experienced the most amazing Wegmans ever.

Read the full post

Be on your best behavior this week, visitors are in town.

Read the full post

Recognition for service that makes you smile!

Read the full post

Tomorrow’s the PA Primary Election. Get ready to get your vote on.

Read the full post

VisitErie launches program to bring tourists to Erie.

Read the full post

Is it just me, or do the leaves that keep falling to the ground seem to be much more abundant this year?

Read the full post

Everyday Erie County front line employees come in contact with the traveling public and now VisitErie is acknowledging those that go above and beyond their duties. The “Outstanding Customer Service in Erie” Awards were developed to thank/recognize those for their exceptional work in ensuring customer/visitor satisfaction with the traveling public. After receiving over 120 nominations, [...]

Read the full post

VisitErie and the City of Erie are hosts for the Pennsylvania Convention & Visitors Bureau (PACVB) regional fall conference September 19-23. The conference, taking place at the Bayfront Convention Center and Sheraton Erie Bayfront Hotel, is expected to attract 100-125 attendees. The last PACVB conference held in Erie was 1998. PACVB was founded in 1972. [...]

Read the full post

VisitErie President and CEO John Oliver is in Harrisburg today to speak to the House Gaming Oversight Committee in favor of table gaming being allowed in PA casinos. He will also request that part of the proceeds from table gaming be earmarked for the state’s tourism industry, which includes groups like VisitErie. Thanks to VisitErie, [...]

Read the full post

VisitErie has released hotel tax proceeds for March, 2009. This March was the best March since the tax was enacted – raising $39,178 for VisitErie, compared to $37,091 in 2008 and $35,561 in 2007. Click on the image before for a more detailed graph and chart.

Read the full post

The 2009-2010 Erie All Seasons Visitors Guide is now available. Designed and produced by VisitErie, the 72-page, full color visitors guide is VisitErie’s primary promotional brochure for tourism information. This years’ guide includes: Erie Highlights, Entertainment & Arts, Shopping/Dining, Outdoor Adventures Visitor Services Directory (accommodations, churches, businesses, schools, hospitals) 2009 Major Event Calendar Newly updated [...]

Read the full post

Twenty groups have selected Erie as their destination city for their 2009 conventions, tournaments and events*. The recent bookings reflect strong marketing efforts by VisitErie and their tourism partners, including the Erie County Convention Center Authority. From sporting events, fraternal organizations and state associations to hobby enthusiasts, Erie is seeing an increase in booked conventions [...]

Read the full post

The parents of Gregory Jacobs have filed suit against Hamot Medical Center.  Their son, 18, suffered a brain injury while snowboarding at Peek ‘n Peak Ski Resort in New York and believe doctors at Hamot ended Jacobs’ life early and intentionally so they could harvest his organs. They are seeking $5 million for medical bills, [...]

Read the full post

If you see someone walking around today with black soot on their foreheads its because it is Ash Wednesday. Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper released this statement following last night’s address to Congress by President Obama: Just moments ago, I joined my colleagues in the House of Representatives to listen to President Barack Obama’s address to the [...]

Read the full post

Hoping for Spring?  Keeping hoping.  You can blame the groundhog for temperatures that are not supposed to get above 30 degrees today and tomorrow, 45 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday, and back down to the 30′s on Friday. If you’re scoring at home, that’s an error on VisitErie in their new Erie video they promoted [...]

Read the full post

VisitErie has released a new video about Erie. They say “The fast-paced three and a half minute video features a pop-up theme, similar to VH1’s “Pop-Up Videos” highlighting fun and interesting factoids people may or may not know about Erie, Pennsylvania. The goal is to reach a more diverse and Internet savvy audience. ” Despite [...]

Read the full post

Mid-day, the snow machine kicked up and Erie and Crawford Counties got dumped on. I-79 southbound was closed for a few hours yesterday after a truck jack-knifed. At one point last night, we were getting an inch and hour. We’re guessing that we’re going to break the all-time record this year. Teri Rhodes has formally [...]

Read the full post

Erie Insurance reached the milestone of four million policies in force after reaching 3 million policies in force just eight years ago in 2001. Erie Insurance has been in business for 83 years and is a Fortune 500 company.  According to A.M. Best Company, Erie Insurance is the 16th largest automobile insurer and the 21st [...]

Read the full post

In case you missed it yesterday, we’re giving away 3 $25 gift certificates to local restaurants. We’re totally in the holiday spirit. Read more and enter here. Be careful driving today. For the most up-to-date forecast and conditions, check out the WSEE weather box in the column to the right of this post. Congresswoman-elect Kathy [...]

Read the full post

Ken Barnes was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the murder of Brian Wells by placing a collar-bomb on him which eventually exploded. Somehow the length of the sentence seems inadequate due to the total disregard for human life and being such a heinous crime.  Although Barnes claims he was forced to place the [...]

Read the full post

Be careful tonight as Thanksgiving Eve is a popular “bar night.”  Those coming in from out of town are reuniting with old friends, or simply getting a last few drinks in before spending a long day with family.  Some bars claim today rivals St. Patty’s and New Year’s Eve attendance. Weather conditions for the next [...]

Read the full post

In case you missed the big news yesterday, a jury found former Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce guilty on all the counts for bilking insurance companies $440,000 from a 2001 car accident.  Joyce will be sentenced next March on two counts of mail fraud and six counts of money laundering. VisitErie, together with member [...]

Read the full post

Even as President-Elect Barack Obama begins to pick his cabinet and other key positions, two states remain uncalled from Tuesday’s election. At the time we write this, North Carolina and Missouri are neither red nor blue. In North Carolina, Obama leads 50% to 49%, and its flipped in Missouri. Bit of a police blotter today. [...]

Read the full post

David Justka has been a bus driver for EMTA. In 2000, he hit a pedestrian and in 2005, he hit and killed David Sanders, who was on a bicycle at the time. He was fired after that incident yet for some reason an arbitrator awarded him his job back. On Tuesday, he struck a 16-year-old [...]

Read the full post

The US House of Representatives did not pass the bailout bill yesterday afternoon. The already shaky markets responded by closing down 777 points. Ouch, babe. Rep. Phil English voted against the bill yesterday. He released a statement saying, in part: While I support the need for congressional action to stabilize the credit markets, the legislation [...]

Read the full post