Conneaut Lake News

* 7:30 p.m. Friday on the shores of Brittain Lake at Westminster; free concert by the River City Brass Band followed by fireworks.

Mercer County Master Gardeners will offer free open tours of their gardens at the Mercer County 4-H Park, on Route 19 north of Mercer, from 10 a.m. to noon June 27.

Matthew Severo, 9, of Meadville, takes his 6-year-old sister, Charli, for a spin on the Tubes of Fun ride at Conneaut Lake Park's Kiddeland Saturday afternoon.

PennDOT Secretary Allen D. Biehler, P.E., encourages motorists to drive safely and obey the state's traffic laws during the Memorial Day weekend.

The iconic Conneaut Lake Park made an exciting announcement last month - for the first time since being virtually abandoned several years ago.

A former Pennsylvania man who pretended to be a Cherokee Indian chief and billionaire oil tycoon pleaded guilty in federal court to a multimillion-dollar wire fraud conspiracy on Wednesday.

Sorry this week's episode of Pretty Important Thing of the Week is a tad late - my internet went down yesterday for no good reason .

It was a whirlwind Mother's Day around my house. We ended up visiting two state landmarks, and one that should rank as a third.

The Trustees of Conneaut Lake Park are beginning the replacement of the 650-foot waterfront boardwalk in Conneaut Lake Park.

Audrey M. Raiti, 87, passed away at 11:50 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at Sharon Regional Health System.

Lake Erie: Steelhead fishing is essentially over and the tributaries are loaded with suckers.

Bob Frye covers the outdoors for the Tribune-Review. He can be reached via e-mail . A fair number of anglers were fishing Greenlick Lake earlier this week, but reports of catches were minimal.

Most rides will be operational at Conneaut Lake Park amusement park this summer, but its famed Blue Streak wooden-tracked roller coaster won't be operating until at least 2010.

A debt-ridden amusement park in northwestern Pennsylvania will reopen on Memorial Day weekend after being dormant for the last two summers.

Saturday's results from the District 10 Class AAA wrestling tournament at McDowell Intermediate High School: Team scores: 1. Cathedral Prep 256, 2. Meadville 203, 3. Corry 172, 5. General McLane 155?, 6. ...

On one side of the Conneaut Lake Fire Hall Monday night, the usual after-work crowd whettied their whistles.

"Our intent is in historic preservation of the park and our intent is to cause it to happen," Peter Acker said Friday.

The $152,000 debt of a historic Crawford County amusement park has been bought by a firm that could move to foreclose on the property to get its money.

A service of lessons and carols is set for 11 a.m. Sunday in St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 159 Todd Ave.