The Peninsula Gateway restaurant will have a new look — and a new name — when it reopens this weekend. Docksider owner Eddie Bayeh is now leasing the property at 2860 W. Sixth St. and has spent the past week working to remodel it in time for a Memorial Day weekend opening. Bayeh said the [...]
So how much of a monthly car payment can you handle — how about $2,972? That’s an estimate of what it would take to get you behind the wheel of the new 2013 SRT Viper for sale at Gary Miller Chrysler Dodge Jeep on Peach Street. The new Viper, the product of a design team [...]
An ad caught our eye as we were putting together our Saturday House to Home section. It is for a home that’s for sale in Fort Worth, Texas, “across highway from GE in a golf course community.” The Realtor involved is no doubt targeting any GE Transportation employees who might be considering a move from [...]
Here is some news that the parents of college students or soon-to-be college students will find interesting: House lawmakers earlier today approved legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets in spite of a veto threat from President Barack Obama. The Republican-backed the bill would allow students to [...]
Verizon is asking its employees and customers to join in assisting the victims of the May 19-20 tornadoes that swept through the Oklahoma City area. Verizon has committed $100,000 in grants to disaster relief in the area, and the Verizon Foundation will provide a 1-to-1 match of employee online donations (from $25 up to $1,000 [...]
So how’s this for investment advice? Take $100,000 of real U.S. dollars and turn them over to a group of college students for safekeeping. It might sound risky, but it worked out just fine for Erie native Vincent Intrieri, senior managing director of Icahn Capital Management and a 1984 graduate of Penn State Behrend. After [...]
A grand re-opening is planned for tonight at Max & Erma’s, the restaurant at 2078 Interchange Road, that underwent renovations two weeks ago. The festivities – including performances by the Fort LeBoeuf High School Jazz Band, the Jon Sedelmyer & Rob Gibson Band and a magician — begin at 5 p.m., with a ribbon cutting [...]
There’s a new, locally owned shoe store coming to the Millcreek Mall. Owners and spouses John and Jessica Fee plan to open Jess’ Choice by early July. The store, a 2,000-square-foot space that will be located next door to Zales jewelry, is desribed by the owners as a store dedicated to fashionable women’s shoes. “My [...]
A union representing employees at GE Transportation has filed an unfair labor practices charge against the company with the National Labor Relations Board. That complaint, filed in Pittsburgh this morning by the United Electrical Radio and Machines Workers of America, claimed that the company improperly removed work from its Erie plant without providing written notice [...]
Time is running out. The deadline is 5 p.m. May 24 to nominate an Erie County employer for the Commitment to Erie Awards, presented for the second time this year by the Erie Times-News and GoErie.com. Erie County employers will once again be honored for their commitment to their customers, employees and the region. Last [...]