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With the easing of pandemic restrictions, many big events in Erie are returning after a year’s hiatus. The Barber Beast on the Bay is set for Presque Isle State Park on Sept. 11, and the annual Barber Christmas Ball, a mainstay on Erie’s social calendar for more than 50 years, will make a big comeback on Dec. 11. Former U.S. Rep. Phil English and his wife, Chris, will serve as chair couple for the ball, which was started by Gertrude Barber in 1965. Phil English, who represented northwestern Pennsylvania in Congress from 1995 to 2009, is now a senior government relations advisor and co-cha...

Erie Times-News Fossil fuel industry is dying and it will take us down with it Profits and cash flow for the industry were down even before the pandemic, but Pennsylvania continues to prop up fracking with taxpayer-funded subsidies. It isn’t a jobs savior either. In 2017, the Bureau of Labor Statistics lists 4,900 direct jobs. The Department of Environmental Protection’s 2019 energy report adds 3,000 in electricity by natural gas. Combine state and federal sources for related jobs, and we only reach 26,000-50,000. Society must move toward a circular economy that reuses, not produces more ...