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Conversations with Candidates: Christina Hartman

by Jim Wertz3/25/2020, 10:00 AM

Jim Wertz talks to the candidate for Pennsylvania Auditor General

Why Erie's Downtown is a Proxy for the Nation

by Bruce Katz and Ben Speggen3/24/2020, 4:00 PM

The future of main street businesses amidst the COVID-19 crisis

Conversations with Candidates: Tracie Fountain

by Jim Wertz3/24/2020, 1:44 PM

Jim Wertz talks with the candidate for Pennsylvania Auditor General

It's a Different Day in the Neighborhood

by Liz Allen3/24/2020, 11:25 AM

Through the haze of COVID-19 closures, local businesses still tie communities together

Enrichment activities now available during school closure

by Chloe Forbes3/24/2020, 9:00 AM

Erie's Public Schools are facing multiple challenges and working out solutions

Trump COVID-19 Conferences: Let There Be Fact-checkers!

by Ben Speggen3/23/2020, 1:19 PM

As some officials like Fauci, radiate calmness, Trump falters without large crowds

What We're Binging: Local History Books

by Jonathan Burdick3/23/2020, 12:23 PM

Ten books by local authors worth diving into

Looking for the Helpers: Turn to the Scientists

by Ben Speggen3/20/2020, 12:16 PM

Answering the question: "What is the best public policy to counter the health risk from the Coronavirus, COVID-19?"

Coping In A Social Recession

by Rebecca Styn3/20/2020, 11:45 AM

Learning to stay sane while social distancing

Governor Tom Wolf Orders all non-life sustaining businesses to shut down

by Nick Warren3/19/2020, 6:10 PM

In order to halt the spread of COVID-19 dramatically widens the scope of business closures.

Erie Arts & Culture Offers Artists Emergency Financial Assistance Fund

by Nick Warren3/19/2020, 3:49 PM

A Q&A with Executive Director Patrick Fisher regarding their local stimulus effort

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic, Trump, and Social Distancing

by Jonathan Burdick3/19/2020, 1:37 PM

How lessons from Philadelphia's "Spanish Flu" are useful in the Coronavirus outbreak today

An Official Statement from the Erie Reader

by Brian Graham and Adam Welsh, Editors-in-Chief3/18/2020, 3:01 PM

A note from our publishers

COVID-19: Where Do We Go From Here?

by Ben Speggen3/18/2020, 10:59 AM

Keeping up in this quickly changing world

Local Facebook Group Helps Organize Food Takeout and Deliveries

by Nick Warren3/17/2020, 12:18 PM

"Erie PA Take Out/Delivery 2020" helps members still utilize their favorite local eateries

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Corry Satellite: The French Expeditions To Lake Erie: An American Legacy 

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May. 13th

Idlestar Productions Presents Wolves At The Gate

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