A blog post in which I posit the Bump ride was incredbile.

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In case you missed it, here’s text and video of President Obama’s Inaugural Address from yesterday. Moments after the speech was complete and the President and Vice-President were sworn in, they launched their new Whitehouse.gov website. That, folks, is how you do a website. XHTML transitional compliant, designed with accessibility in mind, CSS sprites, it [...]

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The Warren Times Observer reported that a fire in a vacuum tower occurred at the United Refining Company refinery in Warren. The crude oil unit will be down for a few days, although production at the refinery will continue, but at a reduced rate. The refinery processes a max of 70,000 barrels of oil per [...]

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  Today is the final day of the season at Waldameer Amusement Park and Water World. Good weather means good crowds and Erie has had good Summer weather. Construction work continues on the Ravine Flyer II, a wooden and steel roller coaster. The coaster will traverse Peninsula Drive (State Route 832). The ride will open [...]

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Erie Golf Course is attracting a good number of golfers. The City of Erie spent about $2 million in renovations on the course. Only one slight problem. The city closed the course saying they lost too much money operating it. Golfers are playing for free. The idea of a lodge at Erie Bluffs State Park [...]

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  Waldameer Amusement Park and Water World held the official ground breaking for the Ravine Flyer II. The Ravine Flyer II will be a wooden roller coaster. The coaster will traverse Peninsula Drive (State Route 832) and have great views of Lake Erie. It is expected to open in 2008.     Erie Bank held [...]

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There are two stories by Kevin Flowers and Ed Palattella, Woman claims housing fraud drove her to financial ruin and FBI probes housing deals, in todays Erie newspaper about the FBI investigating housing and mortgage fraud in Erie. As a real estate agent in Erie, I wanted to stand up and applaud the news. If [...]

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