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Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2009-01-13 07:08:55 The PA Department of Environment Protection and US Environmental Protection Agency began a thorough inspection of Erie Coke in Erie, PA as the agencies continue their investigations into chronic emission problems at the facility. An expert hired by EPA is accompanying the inspectors and will investigate the facility’s 58 coke ovens. DEP and EPA have been coordinating efforts to bring Erie Coke i Read more:Tuesday
, January
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Monday, January 12, 2009 2009-01-12 17:46:10 Rehrig Pacific Company closed their manufacturing facility in Raymond, New Hampshire and is moving the operations to their facility in Erie, PA at 1738 West 20th Street. Products made at New Hampshire include plastic milk crates, soda-bottle holders, garbage receptacles and recycling bins. Forty employees were laid-off. Rehrig said the Raymond closure means more jobs will probably be coming to the Read more:January
, Monday
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Sunday, January 11, 2009 2009-01-11 14:43:08 The Erie area spent yesterday digging out of the snow. Representative Kathy Dahlkemper, now in Washington DC, hopefully spent the day learning the names of the other members of Congress - story. US Navy Seaman Alex McKelvey of Erie PA is serving as an aviation ordnanceman on the aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush. McKelvey was mentioned in a Stars and Stripes article on the commissioning ceremony Read more:January
, Sunday
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Saturday, January 10, 2009 2009-01-11 02:19:03 Erie received enough snow that Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott declared a snow emergency lasting until 8 am Monday. The only thing this means is that odd even parking is still in effect over the weekend and the city will ticket or tow cars that are parked illegally.A baby red panda female cub was born at Zoo Boise on July 3 and will be moving to the Erie Zoo in Erie, PA in the Spring. It wasn't named yet a Read more:January
, Saturday
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Friday, January 9, 2009 2009-01-09 06:37:06 Ian at The People Demand It! reported that Richard Gibbons is out as CEO of EmergyCare and that William Haggerty is the new interim leader. EmergyCare is the non-profit ambulance service provider for the City of Erie. They have expanded their coverage are with operating divisions in Meadville, Titusville, Warren, Kane, and has a partnership with Corry Memorial Hospital jointly owning and operatin Read more:January
, Friday
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Thursday, January 8, 2009 2009-01-08 12:00:56 Catholic education in Erie PA in 2009 will soon look more like 1959. There must be enrollment problems at Erie Villa Maria Academy and Erie Cathedral Prep. Villa is going back to being an all girls school with Prep remaining the all boys school. The Sisters of St Joseph and the Diocese of Erie have agreed to form a new Diocesan corporation for Catholic secondary education in Erie, PA. This co-inst Read more:January
, Thursday
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Wednesday, January 7, 2009 2009-01-07 06:50:07 What a bizarre story. Robert Daniels apparently died in the fire he started at the home he lived in on the 1300 block of West 25th Street. Daniels got into a domestic dispute with the women he lived with. The woman went to the police station after being beaten by Daniels. She warned them that Daniels was armed. When police arrived at the home around 4:30 am he opened fire with a hunting rifle. Sho Read more:January
, Wednesday
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Tuesday, January 6, 2009 2009-01-06 18:49:48 A large portion of the westside in Erie PA has been shutdown since 4:30 am this morning when a guy with a rifle went postal. Baur Lane to Brown Ave, 25th to 21st Streets have been barricaded. The suspect fired a number of shots including at police officers. He also has set fire to at least one home and there are reports of up to 3 homes burning. There have been no reports of injuries. The SWAT uni Read more:Tuesday
, January
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Monday, January 5, 2009 2009-01-05 06:35:03 If you were driving across West 12th Street Sunday evening and wondered what the heck was going on with all the police cars, there was a break in at a warehouse. City of Erie Police officers spent hours searching but the criminal got away before police apparently got away before police arrived. WJET-TV reported that a truck was towed from the scene. The Mercyhurst College radio station WMCE has al Read more:January
, Monday
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Sunday, January 4, 2009 2009-01-05 06:05:48 Disturbing story on GoErie.com about Kevin J Feyas, a teacher that resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct with students. Feyas will not be prosecuted as the statute of limitations has expired. Good teams always come through in the clutch, in times of adversity, and when its top players are not at the top of their games. The Gannon men’s basketball team (9-0) is pretty good. Gannon, ranke Read more:January
, Sunday
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Saturday, January 3, 2009 2009-01-03 22:48:59 Brent Carey was the name of the man beaten to death by Jemaine Vaughn near East 38th and Ash Streets in Erie, PA. The two knew each other and were at a party at a Meryhurst College apartment. Neither attended the school - Carey was 27 and Vaughn is 31, and they were believed to have argued about a woman. Vaughn was charged with a couple of lesser offenses (assault, etc) and could be charged with m Read more:January
, Saturday
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Friday, January 2, 2009 2009-01-02 06:33:21 A man was beat to death near East 38th and Ash on New Year's morning. Jermaine Vaughn was arrested for the murder. The name of the victim was not released. Both men were at a Mercyhurst College party and apparently argued over a woman.Mia and Adrian Spracklen of Erie PA are on their way to Ethiopia to bring home the 6 month baby boy they adopted. With 3 children already, their blog is appropriatel Read more:January
, Friday
Gannon Director of Athletics Bill Elias Resigns 2009-01-01 11:47:43 Gannon Director
of Athletics
Bill Elias
has announced his resignation effective January 9 to accept a coaching position at NCAA Division I Miami (Ohio) University. He becomes part of the football coaching staff under recently hired head coach Mike Haywood, who served on the same coaching staff as Elias at NCAA Division I Louisiana State University (LSU) from 1994-99.Elias has been a member of the
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Thursday, January 1, 2009 2009-01-01 06:10:30 GE Transportation, the Erie PA based unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), and Tulomsas have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a strategic relationship in which GE Transportation and Tulomsas have agreed to collaborate to supply the market with GE's PowerHaul locomotives. Under the terms of the agreement, GE will supply Tulomsas with the necessary technology a Read more:January
, Thursday
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, New Years Eve 2009, Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2008-12-31 14:17:26 New Years
Eve, aka Amateurs' Night Out. Enjoy but don't drink and drive. The major events, activities and things to do are listed below after the Erie sports news. Please note that there is no "First Night Erie." According to Pennsylvania tradition, pork and sauerkraut will bring good luck to you and your family in the year ahead, if it´s your first meal of the year. Many bars and clubs still abi Read more:Wednesday
, December
, New Years
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2008-12-30 21:43:27 Two Erie area businesses, Troyer Farms and Erie Shipbuilding, began laying-off workers. Bickels Snack Foods recently purchased Troyer Farms and will layoff a handful of employees. Erie Shipbuilding is letting around 30 workers go. The layoffs at Erie Shipbuilding appear to be seasonal. As Jeff pointed out on Erie Shipping News, the company is building a new 840 ft barge with a price tag of $50-60 Read more:Tuesday
, December
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Monday, December 29, 2008 2008-12-29 14:12:19 Winds with gusts of 70 mph on Sunday battered Erie and the entire Great Lakes region. It was surprising there wasn't more damage and power outages than the few that were reported. The beaches of Presque Isle State Park were pounded. Tons of sand and a number of trees were washed away. The worst train disaster in American history occurred on this date 132 years ago when The Lake Shore and Michigan Read more:Monday
, December
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Sunday, December 28, 2008 2008-12-29 06:29:53 Erie had a record high of 67 degrees Saturday. Yep, 67 in Erie, PA in December
. The snow melted and Presque Isle Bay resembles a Slush Puppie without the flavoring. It takes a locomotive a lot of train track to come to a complete stop. A brand new GE Transportation locomotive went 50 feet beyond the end of the test track on Saturday and was buried to the axles in the mud. A crane had to brought in Read more:Sunday
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Saturday, December 27, 2008 2008-12-27 16:16:48 Get a new 'puter for Christmas and wondering what to do with the old one plus other old electronics? Computer or television displays (CRTs) contain an average of 6 pounds of lead each. The Erie County Recycling Program announced that in early 2009 they will have a permanent site for collection of electronic waste and household hazardous waste. To start it will be open a minimum of one Saturday
a m Read more:December
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today Boxing Day, Friday, December 26, 2008 2008-12-26 17:47:53 The Erie City Mission, 1017-23 French Street in Erie PA, which normally serves a hot lunch to 200 people was closed on Christmas Day. A sign on the door directed people to try the Emmaus Ministries Soup Kitchen a couple of blocks away at 218 East 11th Street. (Donate online to the Erie City Mission.) Why were they closed? Do they have such severe money problems that they didn't have $250 (they spe Read more:Friday
, December
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24, 2008 2008-12-26 01:34:33 A near head-on collision between two trucks closed down I-90 eastbound for almost 4 hours. About 5 pm a tractor-trailer heading west on I-90 near the I-86 interchange lost control, travelled across the median and slammed into an eastbound tractor-trailer. Amazingly, neither driver was hurt. The interstate was re-opened at about 8:30 pm. It wasn't until 10 pm that traffic flow was back to normal in Read more:Wednesday
, December
, Christmas
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus 2008-12-25 04:00:01 Eight year old Virginia
O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Sun in 1897. The editorial reply by Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history's most reprinted newspaper editorial."DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old."Some of my little friends say there is no SantaClaus
."Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.'"Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus
?"Virginia O'Han
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Tuesday, December 23, 2008 2008-12-23 19:47:09 With not much going on around Christmas the main subject of conversation is the weather which has been pretty horrible, even by Erie standards. Sounds like the worst is over and we'll have a chance to dig out and warm up. It's even supposed to rain on Wednesday - Christmas Eve. Christmas week is here and the blood bank is urging people to come donate in preparation for the holiday weekend. The "Se Read more:Tuesday
, December
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Monday, December 22, 2008 2008-12-22 11:54:46 Thanks to Time Warner Cable being out in (at least my section of the City of Erie) for at least 6 hours, my sidewalk got thoroughly shoveled, not that anyone would notice 15 minutes later with the blowing snow. A man's frozen body was found in the woods near Sam's Club in Summit Township. Authorities believe they know the man's identity but can't be confirmed until they thaw out the body. Yuck.Sco Read more:Monday
, December
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Sunday, December 21, 2008 2008-12-21 07:35:41 Heard a rumor that Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs could be making a contribution to The Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation. The foundation is raising funds for human trials. The early successes of the Kanzius cancer treatment have been with colon and pancreatic cancer. Jobs had surgery four years ago for pancreatic cancer. Attention Steelers fans - WSEE will not be showing the Pittsburgh Steeler Read more:Sunday
, December
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