North East News

June 17th, 2013 During the last decade, dozens of attractions have created a tourism boon in the Erie region.

Lose the Training Wheels and Easter Seals of Central Pennsylvania run the five-day bike camp for children with disabilities at Susquehanna Sports Center in Lemoyne.

The grassy park in downtown North East is the place to be for the summer's Let it Be Heard! concert series, the North East Firemen's Cherry Festival and the Wine Festival.

Dan Oberrath and his family made their way to civil war day at the Hornby School Education Museum in Greenfield Township, just outside of North East, for a change of pace from what they usually do on this holiday.

As a very young child, I always thought of my father, Robert Kraft, as the great protector.

In a break with the past, Mercyhurst University will begin offering three associate degree programs at its Erie campus this fall.

Ted and Kay McIntyre opened TK's Lake Breeze Tavern in Harborcreek back in 1965.

Erie County Council's first "On The Road" monthly meeting takes place tonight at the North East Borough building, 31 West Main St. The seven-member County Council traditionally hosts meetings throughout the county during the summer months.

Driving railroad spikes can be painstaking when you're not in your prime. It's worse when you're not getting paid.

The only number that matters is 135 -- the number of pounds he wants to lose. He recently surpassed the midway point, 71 pounds in all.

Lisa Benkert stands at her son Jordan Benkert's grave at the Shiloh Lutheran and Shiloh United Church of Christ Cemetery in West Manchester Township Thursday, June 6, 2013.

NAZIS IN NORTH EAST: Fewer than 20 miles away from Erie, more than 200 German prisoners of war were kept at a camp in North East, living in barracks at the Lakeside Hotel and working in nearby canneries.

As part of the Outdoor Concert Series, the blues-rock band the Fabulous Thunderbirds will perform today, 7 p.m., in the racetrack area at Presque Isle Downs & Casino, 8199 Perry Highway.

The invitational show "Teapots!" at Pittsburgh's Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery is extended through June 15. Local ceramic artist Tom Hubert is one of the more than 60 artists represented.

A North East man was held for trial this morning on charges of raping and sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Erie.

Alaina B. Eisenhooth, of Guys Mills, graduated with a bachelor's degree in neuroscience.

Municipal beaches along the Lake Erie shoreline are worse for wear from storms last week, but they're open and expected to attract steady streams of visitors this summer.

The Erie Express lost five fumbles and couldn't score in five trips to the end zone Saturday as they were defeated by the North East Ohio Predators 26-7 at Collinwood Athletic Complex.

Holly Jacobs figures she is better known in her native Erie as Holly Fuhrmann -- wife, mother of four and grandmother.

A plain white wall rose above the altar in the sanctuary at St. Demetrius Serbian Orthodox Church.