Discarded tires, rusted shopping carts and mounds of trash can be signs that a neighborhood is in decline. But the opposite conclusion can also be drawn, when Erie neighborhood associations are working together to gather all of that junk and get rid of it, to create healthier surroundings. The Neighborhood...
ED PALATTELLA | ERIE, Pa. Over the weekend, a $1,000 grant spurred creation of a temporary marker at East 14th and Reed streets. The 40 tires piled curbside signaled the neighborhood’s attempt to combat crime with cleanliness. Nearly 20 volunteers helped the Snoops Neighborhood Watch Association collect the tires and...
April 9th, 2015 – Community partners, elected officials and members of the organization’s steering committee gathered this morning for the unveiling at the organization’s new location at St. John School on East 27th Street in Erie. The new N.R.O. logo was designed by the students at Perseus House Charter School for...
By Ed Palattella | 814-870-1813 | ETNpalattella The Neighborhood Resource Organization, a nonprofit formed a year ago to help neighborhood groups throughout the city and county, has reached a new stage. It has moved into the neighborhood. The NRO has relocated to the ground floor of the former St. John...
By Justin Carter They are images plastered in the headlines: tension between law enforcement and the citizen. “Any city can be one incident away from all the attention,” Erie Police Chief Randy Bowers says. That is why Chief Bowers, Millcreek Chief Mike Tesore, District Attorney Jack Daneri and several other...
Erie Times News | Published: January 2, 2015 | By Tim Hahn Gun Violence in Erie 2014 was not yet three hours old when Erie police were summoned to an eastside tavern on a report of a fight and found one man shot in the buttocks and another man shot in the calf....
How safe is Erie City? Watch the Special Report video from WJET featuring Dave Deter, Executive Director of the NRO and Rose Graham of the Sisters of St. Joseph Neighborhood Network. Do you think our community is safe? What suggestions do you have? Let us know
Erie Times News | Published: June 14. 2015 12:40AM Discarded tires, rusted shopping carts and mounds of trash can be signs that a neighborhood is in decline. But the opposite conclusion can also be drawn, when Erie neighborhood associations are working together to gather all of that junk and get...