Erie, PA Events Calendar - Erie Reader
WEBKids/Family. 9/17/2024 from 10 AM to 11 AM. Millcreek Branch Library, 2088 Interchange Rd., Suite 280, Erie, PA 16565. Help your child get ready to read! Our interactive storytimes feature books, music, movement, puppetry, art, and more. All ages welcome! Come join the fun whenever your family's schedule allows.
Erie, PA News, Arts & Entertainment - Erie Reader
WEBWe need your help today. You can't put a price on critical local journalism, that's why the Reader has always been free. Over the past ten years we've been able to grow into Erie's only local source for news, arts, and culture, and the role we play in the community has never been more important as it is today.
The Many Faces of Poverty in Erie
WEBMar 5, 2014 · In 2012, 25.7 percent of city residents were living below the poverty line. In addition, Erie's poverty rate for children younger than 18 also fell from over 47 percent to just under 37 percent. An improving economy has most likely played a role – most recently the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the annual average unemployment rates ...
Recycling in Erie: Where does our trash go? - Erie Reader
WEBJun 8, 2011 · Erie's recyclables are transported and sold to a recycling plant in Cleveland, Galloway said. But due to the rising cost of oil, plastic bottles are now more valuable than ever – either sold separately, or mixed in via single-stream programs. Since more people participate in the single-stream program because it's easier, that makes the ...
A Quiet Revolution - Erie Reader
WEBApr 30, 2014 · A quiet mind is the goal of meditation. In a quiet mind there is peace, contentment, gratitude and with enough practice, even bliss. Acharya Kedar is a meditation master and a spiritual teacher, and a few Thursdays ago, he brought his practice to the Unitarian Universalist congregation of Erie for a night of teaching, chanting, and meditation.
Not Gone, Not Forgotten - Erie Reader
WEBAug 15, 2018 · The story varies by source, but in the 1650s, the Erie were led by their Queen Yagowania (also referred to as Gegosasa) and a warrior chief named Ragnotha. Following a series of conflicts with neighboring nations — kidnappings, murders, and revenge killings — tension was high between the Erie and two other Iroquoian peoples, the Onodaga and ...
'New Americans in Erie County' Report Quantifies Impact of …
WEBAug 4, 2021 · Erie County's New Americans held $192.3 million in spending power in 2019 (3.5 percent of spending power in the county). In the City of Erie, their spending power was $88.3 million. Tax contributions from Erie County's immigrant population totaled $42.7 million federally and $26.4 million toward state and local.
Erie's Cascade Docks: An Unimaginable Transition
WEBJul 23, 2020 · The Erie company (not Warren's United Oil Refinery) hosted tanker ships at the western Cascade Dock through the early 1960s, pumping crude up the hill and into storage tanks (on the site of today's Niagara Pointe and Bluffs Condominiums). Two views of the Whaleback Meteor show the unloading of oil at the western dock in about 1955.
The Ghost Ships of Lake Erie: Our Underwater Museum
WEBJun 16, 2023 · The Dean Richmond was a steamer propeller ship that was built in 1864 and was lost in a violent storm on Oct. 15, 1893 in which the entire crew was lost. The wreck of the ship was discovered in the waters near North East in 1983. This shipwreck is one that would be protected from damage if Lake Erie were to become a …
Sen. Dan Laughlin - Erie Reader
WEBJan 4, 2017 · The inaugural update from Sen. Dan Laughlin. Page of 1. Senator Dan Laughlin serves over Pennsylvania's 49th District. He serves as Vice Chairman of the Senate Aging & Youth Committee, as well as being a member of six other Senate committees. A small business owner, he grew up in Erie and currently resides in Millcreek.
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