LECOM Senior Living Center has been fined $182,160 after an incident Jan. 30 in which a resident attempted suicide after hoarding about 100 muscle-relaxing pills. It comes less than a year after the Pennsylvania Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home was fined $176,348 after two residents suffered second-degree burns when physical therapy staff used an electrical stimulation […]
The NWPA Pride Alliance is giving their Pride on the Bay event a new home. The NWPA Pride Alliance announced that because of growing safety concerns, Erie Pridefest, also called Pride on the Bay, will be moved from downtown Erie to Liberty Park and the Highmark Amphitheater at 726 W. Bayfront Parkway. “It just fit […]
Tuesday’s primary election delivered a predictable result for Erie-area candidates running for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, as each candidate ran unopposed for their party’s nomination and will move forward to November’s general election. Here are the results: 1st Legislative District Incumbent State Rep. Patrick Harkins won the Democratic Party’s nod for the 1st Legislative […]
Jonathan Rodriguez-Santiago doesn’t mind answering questions. Especially when the answers can help bring compassion and context to why he and many others in the Erie region are without permanent homes. Jonathan Rodriguez-Santiago, 34, is currently homeless and works in a local manufacturing shop. He answered questions at the Upper Room daytime homeless shelter, 1024 Peach […]