Outside Erie

This week’s top comment comes from Mike, who opines about what he thinks is the difficult to break network for leadership positions in Erie.
There is a grain of truth to what Mike says, though the more I think about it, such networks exist in pretty much every community.
That said, there seems to be a recycling […]

When I moved to Erie, I remember people telling me about the imaginary border along State Street. Those on the west side of State Street rarely crossed over to the east side — and vice versa.
I was happy to jump across the border during my time there, since there were plenty of great experiences on […]

The New York Times had a neat piece recently on the fact that Pittsburgh’s death rate exceeds its birth rate.
“What demographers call a natural decrease has been occurring for years in tiny rural towns and in some retirement meccas in the South,” the Times writes. “But the phenomenon is relatively new in metropolitan areas in […]

I got a note today from Laura Schaaf at Mayor Joe Sinnott’s office showing off a huge banner that was on display outside Erie International Airport greeting visitors to the GE Shareholders’ meeting.
It seems GlobalErie reader Richard Dressner, who coined the phrase as part of our “Six Word Motto” campaign, should start putting in his […]

The New York Times travel section does a regular feature called “36 Hours In” and it gives travelers an itinerary for a weekend trip to a specific locale.
It’s usually a fun read and it gives visitors a great way to get a true taste of a community.
With so many visitors expected to trek through Erie […]

The hubbub over the recent negative portrayals of Erie in the Financial Times and the New York Times seems to be getting the local establishment to push everyone from cabbies to bartenders to speak highly of their hometown when the media comes into town this month for the primary and the GE shareholders meeting.
In the […]

There was a great reference to the classic Lou Bizzarro-Roberto Duran fight in a recent thread.
Bizzarro, as many of us know, is the Erie native who stood toe-to-toe with the champ for 14 rounds.
I had spoken to Bizzarro about that fight several years ago and had heard stories about it. But I had never seen […]

I received a poignant note this morning from GlobalErie reader Jamie Lucas, who wanted to draw some attention to the “Pray for Lindsay Graygo” group that has been created on Facebook following her murder in Michigan.
“My friend Angela Nageli set up a “Pray for Lindsay Graygo” page on Facebook and since then, practically half of […]

GlobalErie reader Dan Slupski dropped me a line recently to call attention to his simple and low-key effort to spread the word about his hometown:
There are many ex-pats out there that tune in here periodically and most all still love Erie. My question is, “What do they do to sell Erie if at all?”
Myself, every […]

Sue Palka is as recognizable a face in Washington, D.C., as Amanda Post or Karla Mullenax are in Erie.
The weather forecaster for D.C.’s Fox 5 has won several national awards for her work and has been the calming voice to millions of viewers who worry about the next snowstorm or heat wave.
But in her hometown […]