From the Editors

For better or for worse, Erie has spent nearly a decade with Mayor Joe Sinnott.

From the outside, Roar on the Shore looks like a hulking success.

Thanks to everyone who signed the petition. The addition of your voice to this conversation makes it louder and harder to ignore.

We have a sincere offer to help revamp Celebrate Erie

What is the genius of our place?

Just as stories must be read beyond their headlines, so must studies like the NBER's "Unhappy Cities."

The Erie Reader is happy to announce 40 people with the will-do attitude we all need to embrace in our latest 40 Under 40 list.

There's an electricity in the air — or at least there should be.

From The Editors 3.18.15

We welcome you to the Industry, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Issue, what will become a perennial look at the climate of industry in Erie.

Headlines — aside from saying a lot with a little — generate conversation because they entice and provoke us to read onward. 

Whether we agree or disagree with the publication's expression, we -- if we truly believe that the freedom of press and freedom and speech are essential and vital to the progress of civilization -- must be willing to defend the right to such communication to the very ends of our being.

In short, we need more action, period. Otherwise, like 2014, 2015 will be The Year Of The Gun all over again and calling for bold leadership won't be old hat, it'll be no hat because we've worn thin the brim that's pulled down to shade the eyes of those throughout the city willing to settle for complacency.

A look back at 2014 and a look forward to 2015