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New Community College Connects Erie, Philly Education should be accessible for all by Liz Allen Contributed photos Brady Bunch's Alice vs. Rocky. Philadelphia and Erie don't just have distinct cultural touchstones. We're also separated by geography — Perry Square is almost 400 miles from Independence Hall in Philadelphia. But despite those differences, and in a happy outcome by decision-makers, the leader of the new Erie County Community College comes from the Community College of Philadelphia, founded by a one-time...

Members of Erie's Burmese community attend vigil to protest Myanmar military coup Erie Times-News Members of Erie's Burmese community attended a vigil Saturday morning at Perry Square in downtown Erie to protest a recent military coup in Myanmar and to support the democratically elected government there.  Erie resident Gloria Lourdes, 26, a Burma native, organized Saturday's rally, which was co-hosted by the Benedictines for Peace of Erie. About 30 people, many holding Burmese flags, attended the half-hour vigil.  "I feel for my family because I still have a few family members who live in B...

When he was sentenced to prison on Aug. 17, 1999, Carl Anthony Knight had every reason to believe he would die an inmate. Knight was convicted under the federal kingpin statute for leading the largest crack cocaine ring to operate in Erie up to that time. He and his associates were accused of smuggling crack weighing a total of 458 pounds — 208 kilograms — from New York City to Erie from 1993 to 1997. The total value of the drugs at the time: $20.8 million. Knight was the first person in Erie to be found guilty as a drug kingpin. A jury at the federal courthouse on Perry Square con...

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 ...

USA Today Washington D.C., accustomed to mass protests, is gearing up for especially intense ones on over what should be the most mundane of political events: the counting of Electoral College votes during a special joint session of Congress. At the urging of President Donald Trump, however, die-hard supporters are descending on the nation's capital on Wednesday to pressure Republican lawmakers into aligning themselves with the doomed effort to overturn Joe Biden's electoral victory.