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Businesses were opened, babies were born, dreams took shape. But in many ways, it felt like a chapter in our lives had been interrupted as circumstances forced us to refashion our goals and expectations. Perhaps the disappointments of 2020 enhance our collective sense of anticipation as we look forward to 2021. Some of that anticipation is rooted in the hope — with the help of vaccines — that the pandemic's hold on our lives will fade as the year continues. In other ways, our sense of expectation for the new year is hard-wired, a part of human nature. In that spirit, in no particular o...

The Erie Bureau of Police dealt with challenges throughout 2020. Some were new, like keeping a law enforcement agency running and continuing to serve the public as COVID-19 posed a threat to the officers and the people they encountered. Others were familiar, like a new spike in gun violence that approached levels not seen in the city in several years. One was unexpected, as a night of violence that erupted following a peaceful protest in the city's downtown in late May led to allegations of brutality against members of the community and against the police. The year 2020 featured a lot of ch...

"It doesn't require liquor, after all, to assure the success of a New Year's celebration, as thousands of Erieites proved Friday night." The pronouncement by the Erie Dispatch Herald — on Jan. 1, 1921, after the first New Year's Eve of Prohibition — seemed half-hearted. But for Erieites in that new year, the continuing prohibition against alcohol was one of just a few clouds on the horizon. The city was in the midst of a building boom. Women had voted for the first time in the November presidential election, helping to elect Warren Harding. Army aviators had flown 9,000 miles from ...

USA TODAY Network - Pennsylvania photojournalists Published 5:22 pm UTC Dec. 27, 2020 No one can deny that 2020 was a year to remember, even if we sometimes want to forget it. But how will it be remembered in the Erie region? Allow us to give a glimpse through the best photos of the year taken by the Erie Times-News photojournalists. You'll find here images of the topics and issues we're all too familiar with, but also those moments of people, places and events you might have missed. Over the past year, they tell the story and weave the community fabric of northwestern Pennsylvania.

The sprawling new Erie Insurance building at the eastern end of Perry Square Square — projected to cost $135 million and enclose 346,000 square feet — is finished.  CEO Tim NeCastro said the building is home to a stunning new water feature and some of the best views in the city. An occupancy permit has been issued that gives the company permission to move in. And new furniture that will serve employees when they return is already being set up. But with COVID-19 cases soaring, that day won't arrive for more than half a year — at the earliest. In an interview with the Erie Times-News,...