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Township officials counter that the focus of the new zoning ordinance is on mixed-used development and reusing vacant retail space.

“The path will provide a safer way for people who may prefer walking or biking to the dog park by giving them the option to be off the street to the east side of the dog park,” Public Works Director Joe Schroeder said of the path. 

As the Vancouver Farmers Market gets ready to wrap up its regular season and heads into its Fall Farmers Market, things appear to be bouncing back from the pandemic’s blow to one of the city’s biggest attractions.

The festival, this year’s rescheduled Red Poppy Festival, kicks off at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, and runs through 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3.

SHELDON—The Sheldon Fire Co. is seeing red when it comes to finding a replacement for its 1994 Spartan aerial fire truck.

The Perkins restaurant building is closed, as are the Arbys and Joe Roots restaurants. Additionally, vacant undeveloped lots sit on both the north and south sides of the street. Turn north on Peninsula Drive and the diamond in the rough theory gets tested harshly. Indeed, the Sheetz on the northwest corner of West Sixth and Peninsula is now the one and only business in the entire stretch to the Tom Ridge Environmental Center and Waldameer Park & Water World. This all seems like a very unsubstan...

Staff report Millcreek Township supervisors are asking the public to support its request for $6.2 million from the states Redevelopment Assistance Program to improve West Eighth Street from Pittsburgh Avenue to Peninsula Drive. The township plans to relocate power lines and install sidewalks, street trees, decorative light poles and other amenities to create a “main street” feel in the Presque Isle gateway district. West Eighth Street in the city of Erie is already being improved. The s...

Photo: Vancouver Parks and Recreation Vancouver Parks and Recreation is seeking public input on a new, inclusive playground it plans to build at Esther Short Park (West Eighth and Columbia streets) in spring 2022. Installed in 1998, the playground equipment at Esther Short Community Park has reached the end of its lifecycle and needs to be replaced. This a strategic opportunity to increase equitable access to play at one of the most popular destinations in the city’s parks system. The new pl...

Photo: Vancouver Parks and Recreation Vancouver Parks and Recreation is seeking public input on a new, inclusive playground it plans to build at Esther Short Park (West Eighth and Columbia streets) in spring 2022. Installed in 1998, the playground equipment at Esther Short Community Park has reached the end of its lifecycle and needs to be replaced. This a strategic opportunity to increase equitable access to play at one of the most popular destinations in the city’s parks system. The new pl...

Photo: Vancouver Parks and Recreation Vancouver Parks and Recreation is seeking public input on a new, inclusive playground it plans to build at Esther Short Park (West Eighth and Columbia streets) in spring 2022. Installed in 1998, the playground equipment at Esther Short Community Park has reached the end of its lifecycle and needs to be replaced. This a strategic opportunity to increase equitable access to play at one of the most popular destinations in the city’s parks system. The new pl...