Matthew Stone, 45, is the suspected gunman in a mass shooting in Erie, Pennsylvaniathat left nine people dead, including his wife, children and grandchildren and he himself. Police have not yet revealed why the shooting happened. Erie shooting update (Gofundme) Who is Matthew Stone and why did he do it? Matthew Stone, who is 45, … Read more
Two GoFundMes have been launched for Lora Roberts and Twila Tanner, two of the victims of a horrific mass murder-suicide in Pennsylvania. Around 5 pm on Friday night, October 9, police responded to reports of a shooting at a home in the city of Erie. They discovered two women fatally shot in the road outside … Read more
As many as nine people were killed, including two children and a pregnant woman, when a gunman opened fire in a suspected murder-suicide at a Pennsylvania home on Friday night, October 9, officials said. Around 5 pm on the day of the tragedy, police responded to reports of a shooting at a home in the … Read more
Image: Schaefer Family Page A Pennsylvania man named Richard Schaefer began turning discarded car parts into sculptures in 1988, and his roadside front yard in Erie has since grown into one of the region’s most unusual local attractions. Visitors driving along Hershey Road will spot a two-headed dinosaur, a rocket ship, a bumblebee, a spider … Read more
A private seven-acre island in Lake Erie once owned by former US President Rutherford B. Hayes has had a major price cut. The asking price for the property has dropped to $3.8 million from its original $5 million listing price. Mouse Island is located about 1,500 feet off the coast of the Catawba Island peninsula … Read more
Buffalo turned a 264-acre industrial dump into a nature preserve; 50 years later, its 75-acre marsh is Erie County’s largest remnant wetland (Image Credit: Tifft Nature Preserve) A former industrial site and municipal landfill on Buffalo’s Outer Harbor has spent the past five decades becoming something very different: a 264-acre urban nature preserve supporting wetlands, … Read more
Cleaveland council passes satiric resolution to rename Lake Erie to ‘Gulf of Cleaveland’. (Photo: Cleaveland.com/TV20) Inspired by President Donald Trump renaming Lake Ontario and Lake America, a city council has even passed the resolution to rename Lake Erie as the “Gulf of Cleaveland”. There was simmering tension over Lake Erie as Pennsylvania state Rep David … Read more
President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” has now been followed by a similar proposal involving another Great Lake. A Republican lawmaker in Pennsylvania is preparing a resolution seeking to rename Lake Erie as “Lake Pennsylvania”.State Representative David Maloney argues that the state has a strong economic and cultural connection with … Read more
After a 25-acre Lake Erie wetland was reconnected A restored 25-acre coastal wetland on the southern shore of western Lake Erie was used continuously by millions of aquatic animals after it was reconnected to nearby waterways, according to a four-year acoustic monitoring study led by researchers at the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The scientific … Read more