Outside Erie

During my visit this week to Erie, I had a chance to sit down with Press & Tower author Joel Natalie to record a podcast about Global Erie, philanthropy, social media, and more.
You can check it out here on Joel’s blog.
I’d love to hear what you think.

… to our own Bob Martin, who had a stay in the hospital this week.
Bob records a weekly podcast “Inside the Mind of Bob Patrick” for GlobalErie.
Unfortunately, he was too ill to produce a new episode for tomorrow.
I — and his listeners — hope Bob will be well enough to be back next week.
In the […]

Welcome GlobalErie first-timers.
I know there are a lot of you this week with the publication of my column in the premiere issue of Lake Erie LifeStyle magazine — and I hope you feel at home.
I also hope you take some time to click around the site and check out some of what we have to […]

Happy Monday everyone.
We have another busy week of great stuff lined up here at GlobalErie.
But while you were out enjoying the weekend, there were some new additions that you might enjoy.
Bob Martin is back with his latest installment of “Inside the Mind of Bob Patrick” — his weekly podcast about life in Erie.
Jim Berlin was […]

Bob Martin — the Erie radio veteran who posts a weekly podcast on this site — has a rather pointed comment about those who are calling for more information about the ouster of Don Gunter, Gannon University’s Director of Police and Safety.
News of Gunter’s retirement has irked those who believe there is more to the […]

A lot of people dream of leaving Erie for the bright lights of New York City.

Ashley Weber has the opposite dream.
The 24-year-old Erie native recently made the move to the Big Apple – but she’d rather be tasting ox roast and pierogies than sampling the pleasures of the City That Never Sleeps.
It’s not that Ashley […]

What happened to personality radio in Erie?
Radio veteran Bob Martin believes it went away with the advent of iPods, satellite radio, and the loss of local ownership of most of Erie’s top stations.
But Martin — known by his radio handle Bob Patrick — is doing his part to keep the genre alive online.
Today marks the […]