All this week, media channels in Erie and around the globe have been filled with stories and special programming marking the 10 years since the devastating events of September 11, 2001 in New York City, Washington, DC and Shanksville, PA. For me it is very easy to jump back a decade to that profound sense [...]

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In our poll last week about the media navel-gazing over their Hurricane Irene coverage, the majority of readers of P&T participating in our poll thought that the level of coverage was appropriate. Of course, that whole conversation died down when people saw the video of the real inland flooding damage in places like Middlebury, VT [...]

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We’re traveling for work today so we must be brief. We wouldn’t know Kris Allen from Debbie Allen or Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen, but he won American Idol last night. If you watch Fox 66 over the air or on some cable systems, you missed most of the show’s finale last night due to [...]

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Dale McBrier defeated Mark DiVecchio by 6 votes, 32,168 to 32,162, to win the face for Erie County Executive. Holy cow. The official count will be held on Monday. Other election results: Erie Mayor: Joe Sinnott defeated Jack Anderson by over a 3-1 margin. Proving that shit hasn’t changed, nearly the first thing out Sinnott’s [...]

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