Erie County, Pa. (WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com) — Funeral arrangements have been announced for Trooper Jacques Rougeau Jr. who was killed in the line of duty this past weekend. Services will be held on Monday, June 26 and Tuesday, June 27 at the Bayfront Convention Center on Erie’s Bayfront. Public viewing is scheduled for two sessions on Monday, […]
Erie County is renewing its efforts to have the waters of Lake Erie classified as a national marine sanctuary, a designation that would protect 76.6 miles of shoreline, 759 square miles of the lake s central basin, and more than 100 shipwreck sites. It would also expand tourism, draw more divers and researchers to the area, and parlay additional resources from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Erie s federal marine sanctuary proposal: http://bit.ly/3aA6PUD Monday marks five years since NOAA accepted the county s proposal into its inventory of sites to be considered for the formal designation. Applicants, however, are required to resubmit their proposals after five years have elapsed.