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15-05-2025
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Crews replacing century-old water mains along State Street
A $1 million project is taking place downtown to update infrastructure. Erie Water Works is replacing two water mains that are over 100 years old around the 300 block of State Street. Erie DMV hosting REAL ID event with deadline now passed Crews are putting in a new pipe to replace the two and will be finished by the end of July. 'Water systems across the united states face infrastructure challenges and aging infrastructure so really thats one of our core challenges is how do we keep that infrastructure new and in shape so that we can support and fuel economic developement within the city of erie and just quality of life for our customers,' said Craig Palmer, CEO of Erie Water Works. Spring into Swing book sale begins at Blasco Library Palmer said they have installed an above-ground temporary water main to keep customers in that area in service. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
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Erie fire marshal warning against new online challenge with Chromebooks
A new viral social media challenge where students tamper with school laptops is threatening the safety of people in schools around the country. Students are said to be tampering with the charging ports of their devices in hopes of starting a fire. Erie DMV hosting REAL ID event with deadline now passed Beyond the extreme danger of playing with fire, lithium-ion batteries found in laptops bring a slew of additional dangers. 'A lithium ion battery burning is going to produce toxic smoke so if you breathe that smoke in, it could harm you, it could harm other people. If there's a thermal runaway in that battery, people have seen those videos online, the fire happens very quickly, and it's very powerful. It's something you just really don't want to mess with,' said Donald Sauer, chief fire marshal of the Erie Fire Department. Spring into Swing book sale begins at Blasco Library Just a few months ago, two Erie teens were severely injured from another fire-related social media challenge. One of the victims spent months in the burn unit in Pittsburgh because of their injuries. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
