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Erie County home listings asked for more money in June – see the current median price here
The median home in Erie County listed for $244,900 in June, slightly up from the previous month's $244,500, an analysis of data from shows. Compared to June 2024, the median home list price decreased 1.4% from $262,400. The statistics in this article only pertain to houses listed for sale in Erie County, not houses that were sold. Information on your local housing market, along with other useful community data, is available at Erie County's median home was 1,587 square feet, listed at $154 per square foot. The price per square foot of homes for sale is up 2.8% from June 2024. Listings in Erie County moved briskly, at a median 35 days listed compared to the June national median of 53 days on the market. In the previous month, homes had a median of 36 days on the market. Around 230 homes were newly listed on the market in June, a 17.3% increase from 196 new listings in June 2024. The median home prices issued by may exclude many, or even most, of a market's homes. The price and volume represent only single-family homes, condominiums or townhomes. They include existing homes, but exclude most new construction as well as pending and contingent sales. In Pennsylvania, median home prices were $329,000, a slight increase from May. The median Pennsylvania home listed for sale had 1,728 square feet, with a price of $195 per square foot. Throughout the United States, the median home price was $440,950, a slight increase from the month prior. The median American home for sale was listed at 1,852 square feet, with a price of $233 per square foot. The median home list price used in this report represents the midway point of all the houses or units listed over the given period of time. Experts say the median offers a more accurate view of what's happening in a market than the average list price, which would mean taking the sum of all listing prices then dividing by the number of homes sold. The average can be skewed by one particularly low or high price. The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Please leave any feedback or corrections for this story here. This story was written by Ozge Terzioglu. Our News Automation and AI team would like to hear from you. Take this survey and share your thoughts with us. This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Erie County home listings asked for more money in June – see the current median price here Solve the daily Crossword
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11-07-2025
- Health
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Swimming restricted for second straight day at two Presque Isle State Park beaches
(This story has been updated to include the most current information.) Swimming restrictions have been extended to a second day at two of Presque Isle State Park's most popular beaches. No swimming is permitted again July 10 at Beaches 6 and 8 due to water samples that contained consistently elevated levels of E. coli, a bacterium that is a strong indicator of sewage or animal waste, according to park officials and the Erie County Department of Health website. Swimming in water that contains high amounts of E. coli can cause skin infections and gastrointestinal illness, especially in children and people with weakened immune systems. E. coli is also a marker for other bacteria. Though water samples taken at both beaches did not exceed the daily limit of 999 E. coli particles per 100 milliliters of lake water, they were high enough at both beaches to exceed the average, or geometric mean, of 126 particles over the previous 30 days of testing. It is the fourth time since July 1 that swimming has been restricted at Beach 8. Swimming advisories issued July 9 for Barracks Beach and Beach 9 have expired. Park visitors can still visit Beaches 6 and 8 for sunbathing and other recreational activities, but they are not permitted to go into Lake Erie at those locations. The water at all four affected beaches will be retested daily. Swimming will be permitted at Beaches 6 and 8 when the geometric mean falls below 126 particles. Contact David Bruce at dbruce@ Follow him on X @ETNBruce. This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: No swimming at Presque Isle State Park's Beaches 6 and 8
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11-07-2025
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'People are not happy': Presque Isle deals with swimming restrictions at Beaches 6 & 8
Presque Isle State Park lifeguards have been posted this week at the entrances of Beaches 6 and 8, more than 100 yards from the Lake Erie shoreline. Their job has been to politely inform visitors that swimming has been restricted at the popular beaches due to consistently high levels of E. coli bacteria. No one has been allowed to swim at Beaches 6 and 8 since July 8. "People are not happy and understandably so," said Matt Greene, the park's operations manager. "These are two of our most popular beaches and people have been going to them for a long time." High E. coli levels are a concern because they indicate a significant amount of sewage or animal waste in the water that can give swimmers gastrointestinal illness or skin infections. Park officials have been working with the Erie County Department of Health to figure out why levels are so high, and what can be done to lower them and once again allow people to swim at Beaches 6 and 8. "Right now, we don't have an explanation," Greene said. "We haven't seen any unusual storms that cause run off from nearby streams, or significant bird activity at those beaches." Though water samples taken at both beaches this week have not exceeded the daily limit of 999 E. coli particles per 100 milliliters of lake water, they have been high enough at both beaches to exceed the average, or geometric mean, of 126 particles over the previous 30 days of testing. Beach 6's geometric mean was 146 on July 11, while Beach 8's was 127.8, Greene said. "One good (testing) day could bring them down and allow us to lift the restrictions," Greene said. The issue most days has been that one of the three daily samples taken at each beach has been high, which increases the beach's average. After a storm passes, the amount of E. coli in all three samples is usually elevated. Some days a sample taken from the edge of a beach's swimming section is high, while other times it's a sample taken from the middle, Greene said. Park officials are "crunching the numbers" to determine a reason for the high levels, Greene said. They are looking at several possible causes, including infrastructure problems and testing anomalies. More: Swimming restricted for second straight day at two Presque Isle State Park beaches Though swimming is currently not allowed at the park's two most popular beaches, park officials do have alternatives. They have opened Beaches 1, 3, 7 and 10 for swimming in recent days, along with Beach 11, which is usually open for swimming. They might even open Beach 9 on weekends, Greene said. "The bathrooms at those beaches are already open, so we just make sure the lifeguard operations are ready at those beaches," Greene said. "Beaches 6 and 8 are centrally located, though, and they are where we have put in so much infrastructure. We don't like having restrictions at all, but certainly not at those two beaches." Contact David Bruce at dbruce@ Follow him on X @ETNBruce. This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: No swimming at Presque Isle beaches still due to E. coli
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07-07-2025
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Body found in Erie County identified as missing Cleveland man: I-Team
ERIE COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) – The Fox 8 I-Team has learned that a body recovered from a marshy area in the Huron River in May has been identified as a 32-year-old man from Cleveland who was reported missing in November. Erie County Sheriff Paul Sigsworth tells the I-Team that investigators determined 'the body has been identified as that of George A. Cox, Jr.' Local teen accused of raping mother and daughter The sheriff said Cox was reported missing on November 8. He was also featured as part of FOX 8's Missing with Amanda Berry in December and again on May 20. His body was discovered by a kayaker. The sheriff said the body was badly decomposed. An autopsy was conducted at the Lucas County Coroner's Office in Toledo, which helped lead to the victim's identity, in addition to missing person information files and DNA. Man dead after fishing boat capsizes near Avon Lake boat ramp 'Based upon the missing person report to that agency, CPD is now the lead agency in this investigation,' a release from the Erie County Sheriff's Office states. Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact CPD Missing Persons Liaison Detective Kevin Callahan, #133, at 216-623-7697. The I-Team has reached out to the Cleveland Division of Police for more details. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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05-07-2025
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DEC and EPA radiological survey hits the road on Monday
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be conducting a vehicle-based radiological survey of Erie and Niagara counties starting Monday. The ground-level survey will supplement data collected during the first phase of the radiological survey that took place in late 2023 and the summer of 2024, as well as historic surveys from the 1970s and1980s. Information collected will be used by state and federal experts to guide any necessary follow-up with on-the-ground surveys and sampling later this year. DEC, the New York State Department of Health (DOH), and EPA are coordinating this effort and will continue to keep the community informed as this evaluation progresses. In the first phase of the radiological survey, DEC and EPA did not identify any areas of immediate concern. Phase II of the survey will be conducted by an EPA truck equipped with a suite of sensors for measuring potential radiation sources. The truck will have four sensors to measure radiological energy emissions from four separate directions, as well as a mobile GPS unit. The survey is expected to take approximately four weeks, with the unmarked EPA pickup truck traveling 180 to 240 miles per day on selected roadways in Niagara and Erie counties. The vehicle will travel slowly — typically 20 miles per hour — on the shoulder of roads with hazard flashers. Detection equipment will include the same suite of sensors that measured potential radiation sources from the air as part of Phase I of the survey, which was conducted by a single-engine, low-flying plane called the Airborne Spectral Photometric Environmental Collection Technology (ASPECT). The various sensors on the pickup truck work together to generate data that will supplement data captured from Phase I to evaluate radiological activity at ground level and ascertain whether the source of the activity is naturally occurring or from a man-made source. Phase 3, which will involve on-the-ground surveys by DEC and EPA staff of selected areas using data captured in Phases 1 and 2, is scheduled to start later in 2025. Western New York was a hub for the manufacturing of atomic weapon components during World War II and other industries using or producing radiologic materials. This survey is being performed out of an abundance of caution to provide the most current and scientific information to complement a similar aerial radiological survey of the region that was previously conducted in 1984 that assessed the extent of potential use and distribution of biproducts and waste material containing radiological material.
