Posts tagged "Erie County"

Erie business school enrollment stable, despite national trends

Penn State Behrend is the only school in Erie County that had enrollment in business programs decline. The school's director of enrollment management, Mary-Ellen Madigan, said that wasn't a surprise. Behrend's numbers peaked in 2008 with 1,067, …
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Erie County unemployment rate drops for third straight month

About 700 of those 2300 jobs are in manufacturing, which is a welcome surprise, said Jim Kurre, a professor of economics at Penn State Behrend and director of the Economic Institute of Erie. "The long-term trend in manufacturing in this region is …
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Erie group to hold 3rd shippers conference

By JIM MARTIN – jim.martin@timesnews.com, Erie Times-News The Third Annual Erie Shippers Conference will be held Thursday from 9 am to 4 pm at Penn State Behrend. The conference, sponsored by the Economic Development Corp. of Erie County, focuses each …
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Casey, Smith expected to square off in November

State officials say snow in parts of western Pennsylvania doesn't appear to be preventing people from getting to the polls for today's primary, but the voter turnout in NWPA is low nonetheless. GoErie.com visited several precincts in Erie County to …
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Police: Two cops on leave after sexting dispute … – Sandusky Register

Sandusky police Lt. John Orzech is handling the internal investigation, while Erie County deputies are also looking into possible criminal charges against both men becuase of alleged statements they made to each other …

Times In-Depth: Erie County to join the long and winding road of the 5th …

Pennsylvania State University students walked to classes on their campus in State College, 228 miles southeast of Erie. And on yet another winter day without snow, dozens of elk roamed a foggy mountain range in the Elk County community of Benezette …
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Man extradited from Florida to face local child … – Sandusky Register

Sandusky. A former Vermilion man who served prison time in Florida for child pornography charges now faces prosecution in an Erie County rape case. Jeffrey Fawdry, 47, was indicted in 2009 on three rape and three gross …