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Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Business
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Millcreek Twp. turns down Sheetz zoning variance request
Millcreek Township turned down a request by Sheetz for a zoning variance to install one of their convenience stores at a busy intersection near the Millcreek Mall. According to Matthew Waldinger, the township's director of planning and development, Sheetz expressed interest in the former Red Lobster site located at the intersection of Interchange Road and Route 99. However, the township's zoning hearing board denied the Altoona-based company the variance they needed to build their planned 6,139-square-foot convenience store that would have included 10 fuel pumps, a drive-through lane and a car wash. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- General
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Local author reads book to children on World Autism Awareness Day
A local author raised awareness of autism by reading to a first-grade class. Allyson Minor visited Mrs. Leeds' first grade class at Belle Valley Elementary, reading her book 'The Bridge to Understanding.' Former Burton School will offer new opportunities for local youth following revitalization The children's book tells the story of a kangaroo understanding and embracing the differences of his new friend, an autistic wallaby. For World Autism Awareness Day, all students in fifth grade through eighth grade received copies of the book. Easter Bunny arrives at Millcreek Mall for 2025 season Minor hoped this will give students a better understanding of their classmates on the spectrum. 'Our son was diagnosed ten years ago, and it's been an uphill battle. So, I think something like this, if I presented to his class when he was in kindergarten or first grade, I think that it would have paved maybe an easier road than he was given,' said Minor. The author chose this school to read to because her kids went to Belle Valley as well. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
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Easter Bunny arrives at Millcreek Mall for 2025 season
It's a clear sign that spring is on its way when a festive friend hops into town. The Easter Bunny has arrived at the Millcreek Mall. S.O.N.S of Lake Erie celebrate start of spring with annual Ice Out Party Those passing through are able to get a photo with him during operation hours until April 19. Saturday, families were able to take part in activities such as photos and coloring with some free snacks. Gymnists stick the landing at PA Gymnastics Championship The mall has several events planned for easter their schedule is available Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Business
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Big 'Erie' sign stands as a bayfront calling card 4 years after unveiling
A unique regional public art project made its debut on Erie's west bayfront four years ago. The 10-foot-wide, 5-foot-high 'Erie' sign sits on the bluff at Bayview Park, overlooking Presque Isle Bay near the foot of Cherry Street. Installed in March 2021, the 500-pound powder coated steel sign sits on a concrete base. It was Inspired by the "Cleveland" script sign that sits along the Cuyahoga River in that city and other public art city signs in other locales. The sign has become 'a cool way to get the name 'Erie' out there in a unique way at a good, scenic location,' said John Oliver, CEO of VisitErie, the region's tourism promotion agency. Oliver said that for example, any time social media influencers or out-of-town journalists contact VisitErie before coming to the area, 'that sign is part of their itinerary. They will go up there and take pictures of that sign. 'And it shows up (frequently) on social media from local residents and visitors,' Oliver said. 'It's difficult to pinpoint how many people have actually visited the sign in that area, but we are seeing a lot of play related to that sign.' The sign has become so popular that people can even purchase miniature replicas online. Andrew Clark, a 31-year-old Erie native and investment wholesaler who now lives in Chicago, bought one as an homage to the city he grew up in. "It was kind of that hometown/small town romanticism and nostalgia that led me to buy it," Clark said in a recent telephone interview. "I love Erie. It's not the most stunningly beautiful city in America but I love that I grew up there and I love the people I grew up with." "I still have a couple of beer glasses that say 'Erie' that I bought once at the Millcreek Mall," Clark said. "The Erie sign purchase was very much in that vein." Benjamin Davis is the operations manager at Gene Davis Sales and Service, 1119 Payne Ave. The company worked with the neighborhood organization Our West Bayfront on the sign project — envisioned as a unique way to welcome visitors to the city's west bayfront. The Erie Western-Pennsylvania Port Authority, which owns the bluff property, gave Our West Bayfront permission to erect the sign there. Davis' metal fabrication company donated the labor and materials for the project to Our West Bayfront at no cost. Another Erie company, Erie's Maya Brothers, installed the sign's concrete foundation. 'The people who know we made the sign bring it up all the time,' Davis said. 'Four years later, it's kind of become a symbol of Erie, like the Bicentennial Tower. 'I think it has gone well and beyond what its intended purpose was because I've seen it on social media, on postcards and all over,' Davis said. 'It's now one of the things that people really associate with Erie.' Davis said the 'Erie' sign underscores how impactful public art can be. 'People like this stuff and it really doesn't take much to make it happen,' Davis said. 'You just need a few motivated individuals. I'd like to be involved in (creating) more of it here in the future.' Contact Kevin Flowers at kflowers@ Follow him on X at @ETNflowers. This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Big 'Erie' sign remains a 'cool' and unique bayfront attraction
