Cory Vaillancourt

Happy Birthday, America! Here's a history lesson from Upfront.

Grotesque developments in this ongoing story.

Sudden death of respected local sheriff leaves void quickly filled by criminals.

Nearly doubles previous mark, set by Plymouth Tavern last year.

Last year, I wrote about the city?s selection of Kansas (the band, not the state) as the headliner, and in the process, I believe I coined a new term for this genre of music: Crap Rock.

No, it?s not another one of those columns.

12 pairs of tickets awarded courtesy Perry 200 Commemoration

Also, acronyms running wild.

You can't buy them anymore, but you can win them!

Erie once played host to musical royalty ? royalty like Van Halen, Black Sabbath, KISS, AC/DC with both lead singers, Judas Priest for six days, and Frank Zappa. And, oh yeah, Barry Manilow too.

?When seated, a concertgoer may expect to take in the 80-foot-wide by 40-foot-high stage set on the beach, with the lake just to their right as the sun goes down at about thirty degrees to their left. I think the juxtaposition of the grandeur of the stage placed in this wonderful natural setting near sundown will be quite magical ? certainly a once in a lifetime experience for most.?

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Don?t miss your chance to win this Tuesday night.

My religion demands equality for all; my religion demands peace; my religion demands justice; my religion demands beer drinking and pirate worship.

In the fall of 2011, Bryan got his chance to help out; he would begin to practice the most hazardous profession in the world in the most volatile part of the most dangerous country in the world ? Helmand Province, Afghanistan.