Jim Wertz

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Erie at Large: It's Only Rock n' Roll, but ...

by Jim Wertz10/14/2015, 11:00 AM

This isn't a matter of life and death. But it is a matter of dollars and sense.

School Funding Takes Center Stage at Iroquois H.S.

by Jim Wertz10/12/2015, 1:14 PM

Iroquois High School to Host Free One-Night Show on October 14.

When the Wolf Comes to Town

by Jim Wertz10/9/2015, 12:50 PM

Just Announced: Gov. Wolf to Headline JES Global Summit.

Erie's East Bayfront: A Most Defensible Space

by Jim Wertz9/30/2015, 12:00 PM

Bayfront East Side Taskforce breathes new life into a once-fading neighborhood.

Erie at Large: The Hard Costs of Public Education

by Jim Wertz9/30/2015, 9:00 AM

Erie Public Schools Superintendent Jay Badams faces an impossible decision.

A Conversation with Derek Trucks

by Jim Wertz9/16/2015, 11:30 AM

The guitar great opens up about the Allmans, Colbert, and life on the road with wife Susan Tedeschi.

The Road to Dismaland

by Jim Wertz9/16/2015, 10:15 AM

An Edinboro Art Professor Enters the World of Banksy

Erie at Large: Cruel Truths and Comfortable Delusions

by Jim Wertz9/16/2015, 9:00 AM

The public conversation about fracking in Erie County is a quiet one.

Erie At Large: Housing Crisis

by Jim Wertz9/2/2015, 10:45 AM

Show Me A Hero and Erie's housing crisis: What we can learn from Yonkers, N.Y.

Mayor, Chief of Police Announce Plan to Address Gun Violence

by Jim Wertz8/20/2015, 12:53 PM

Police Chief Announces Changes to Address Gun Violence

Food Truck Freakonomics

by Jim Wertz8/19/2015, 8:30 AM

Mobile kitchens are changing Erie's culinary landscape.

Erie at Large: Sen. Casey calls for more COPS

by Jim Wertz8/19/2015, 7:30 AM

In the face of recent violence, Erie struggles for a solution.

Erie At Large: Erie Gives Day

by Jim Wertz8/5/2015, 10:09 AM

An annual day of giving worthy of a fireworks display

West Erie Wonder Years

by Jim Wertz8/5/2015, 9:30 AM

Local developers re-imagine historic plaza.

Movie Night in the East Bayfront Neighborhood

by Jim Wertz7/24/2015, 3:34 PM

United Way and the Bayfront East Side Taskforce team up for movies and books at Nate Levy Park.

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