Just outside Erie, Pennsylvania, in Millcreek Township, a former one-room schoolhouse sits smack in the headlights of “progress.” Located on West Eighth Street near Presque Isle State Park, the structure has a long history that possibly dates back more than …

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More than a dozen citizens spoke on both sides of the contentious Presque Isle Gateway Project in the crowded assembly room at the Millcreek Township Municipal Building on February 28, 2023. The agenda for the Millcreek Township Board of Supervisors …

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2545 West Ridge Road (courtesy Dan Silverthorn)

Out with the old; make way for the new. That was the theme for many years here in Erie County, Pennsylvania, as time-honored buildings were torn down and replaced with contemporary structures.  The 12-story, 1913 Lawrence Hotel, in front of which …

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