Truck Company, 4th Marine Division, the USMC Reserve Unit based in Erie will be coming home on Monday March 31. Welcome Home Marines! Funeral services for Erie PA native the Rev Dr James R Bailey, Jr will be held on Friday in Erie. Rev Bailey was murdered in Dayton, Ohio on Saturday March 22. He was ...

100 days ago · Erie Blogs · erieblogs.com by Dennis 7 references

Candidate for Congress Kathy Dahlkemper was to speak today at Gannon University. The engagement was canceled. An official with the school said that they didn't want an individual candidate to speak as it might appear that they were supporting one candidate over another. Sounded reasonable. You still ...

101 days ago · Erie Blogs · erieblogs.com by Dennis 7 references

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 emai ...

104 days ago · Erie Blogs · erieblogs.com by Dennis 7 references

The ice might be melting from the lake but not fast enough. Great story by Jeff on Erie Shipping News. The 647 feet long, 70 feet wide Cason J Callaway left the Port of Erie on Friday to begin her shipping season. It got two miles into Lake Erie before it got stuck in the ice and had to call for a t ...

105 days ago · Erie Blogs · erieblogs.com by Dennis 7 references

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 ...

106 days ago · Erie Blogs · erieblogs.com by Dennis 7 references

There are reports of an explosion at the United Refining Company in Warren, PA. The company operates an oil refinery in Warren that can process 70,000 barrels of oil into gasoline, diesel fuel and other petroleum distillates per day. Any problems at the refinery could mean a spike in gas prices in N ...

107 days ago · Erie Blogs · erieblogs.com by Dennis 7 references

Erie, Pennsylvania has been awarded an NBA Development League franchise, it was announced yesterday at a press conference at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie. The team will join Reno, NV - which was awarded a D-League franchise on Feb. 29 - for their inaugural seasons in 2008-09. "When we deci ...

108 days ago · Erie Blogs · erieblogs.com by Dennis 7 references

A private meeting is planned for members of Erie's business community at 2 pm with a press conference at 3:15 pm today announcing that Erie will have a team in the NBA Developmental League for the 2008-09 season. The NBA Development League, or D-League, is the National Basketball Association's offic ...

109 days ago · Erie Blogs · erieblogs.com by Dennis 7 references

Bars in Erie, especially the Irish bars, will be packed today with people celebrating St Patrick's Day while they attempt to fill out their brackets for the NCAA basketball tournament. The Center for eBusiness and Advanced IT (eBizITPA) reached a major benchmark in February by awarding its 300th IT ...

110 days ago · Erie Blogs · erieblogs.com by Dennis 7 references

Good job by the Erie Times-News breaking the story that Ron Sertz will be part of the National Basketball Development League franchise in Erie. Sertz will be President. With his involvement with the basketball team and being one of the owners of the Erie Otters, scheduling at the Tullio Arena where ...

112 days ago · Erie Blogs · erieblogs.com by Dennis 7 references