Ben SpeggenBen Speggen

Writer. Reader. Observer. Enemy of inertia.  

Ben Speggen currently serves as a contributing editor at the Erie Reader. He served as the publication's managing editor from March 2011 to Sept. 2015. 

He also hosts the community affairs-based program Weekend All Things Erie on WQLN, which airs Saturday mornings at 7 and is available online.

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