Good Neighbor Awards

ERIE, Pa. — Mary Krysiak helped save neighbors from a burning house in Erie’s Land Lighthouse neighborhood. Gary McEnery restored a home in the Little Italy neighborhood and taught teens to garden. Laura Reed, of the southwest Erie neighborhood, cared for a critically ill neighbor. When Dave Deter took on...

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Grants help clean up Erie neighborhoods

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...

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Academy Neighborhood Association gets $1,000 grant

Erie Times News | Published: April 10, 2015 | By Ed Palattella NRO Grant Recipient: Academy Neighborhood Association Since he helped found the Academy Neighborhood Association in 2012, Bob Hand has been looking for ways to fund its initiatives. Hand is getting a boost from the Neighborhood Resource Organization. The Academy Neighborhood Association is...

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Academy Neighborhood Association

The Academy Neighborhood Association (ANA) was formed in 2012 to promote, protect and improve the proud, historical inner city neighborhood bounded by State Street to Old French Road and East 27th to East 33rd Streets. The first meetings were held in space donated by the Jefferson Educational Society and neighbors...

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