Correction: While we still believe Erie is in need of a frequent event such as a Farmers’ Market in Old Town, officials were never contacted by any organization offering to bring one here as we reported below. We reported this story based on one source and never verified it with anyone from the Town of Erie.

It’s sad when a town that needs more people to visit its Old Town misses out on a prime opportunity to lure more folks to the business district. Recently, a local group asked the owner of Old Town Coffee if they could use the café’s front for a regular farmers’ market. (more…)

June 2008

We were devastated when Lui closed up his Chinese restaurant in Old Town Erie last year. There was an ugly dispute that we don’t want to rehash. But it left us without Chinese food nearby, and we like to eat Chinese food a whole lot. (more…)

May 2008

We don’t care much for losing, which is why disappointment was the first emotion to hit when we found out we didn’t take home a Maggie this year. Maggies, given out by the Western Publications Association, honor the best in the magazine business west of the Mississippi. (more…)

May 2008

by Nickey Hernadez

Score another win for Big Dental, the mysterious lobby that has force fed America fluoride since the 1940s. High-grade, pro-fluoride propaganda has gotten most Americans to swallow cavity-fighting tap water.

Erie officials stood up to the pressure and flushed away a chance to bring fluoride to local taps years ago. But all that changed on April Fool’s Day. That’s when local voters backed citywide fluoridation by 51.5 percent. Dental experts have long lauded the use of fluoride to reduce cavities. Still, 1,481 Erie voters love the freedom of letting their teeth rot.

May 2008

There’s a whole lot of bustling development nearby, but we have a soft spot in our heart for Old Town. In honor of the May 17 Erie Town Fair, we explored the teeny yet ever-so-charming historic Briggs Street. (more…)

May 2008