Erie Times-News (Erie, PA) articles from December 2000

Erie Times-News (Erie, PA) archives from December 2000

Erie, Pa.-Area Firms End Year of Mixed Stock Performance.
December 31, 2000... Byline: Peter Panepento Dec. 31--Those who hold shares of Rent-Way Inc. stock can look to HealthSouth Corp. for solace. HealthSouth, a Birmingham, Ala.-based health care company, had been at the bottom of the year-end stock list in...

Erie, Pa.-Area Airport Closes after Jet Gets Stuck in Snow.
December 29, 2000... Byline: Jim Carroll Dec. 29--More than 150 passengers were delayed for almost two hours Thursday when a charter Lear Jet skidded off the runway at Erie International Airport and got stuck in the snow. There were no injuries in the...

Economists Say Recession Is Not on the Way; New Year to See Modest Growth.
December 29, 2000... Byline: Peter Panepento Dec. 29--An economy that looked like it would keep partying like 1999 at the beginning of the year is heading into 2001 with a hangover. Stocks that had defied gravity in 1999 came crashing back to terra firma...

Memorable Stories to Help Change Erie, Pa.'s Economy.
December 29, 2000... Byline: Peter Panepento Dec. 29--While Erie's economy is dependent, in part, on national trends, several local events, proposals and developments that grabbed headlines in 2000 will alter the budgets and priorities of local residents and...

Pennsylvania Governor Reveals $30 Million Research Center Plan.
December 29, 2000... Byline: Peter Panepento Dec. 29--The wooing season is under way for business owners like Erie Plastics president and CEO Paul C. "Hoop" Roche. Roche relies heavily on tech-savvy young workers to help bring new ideas and applications...

Erie Times-News, Pa., People on the Move Column.
December 21, 2000... Dec. 21--ROBERT J. WILL has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer at the Dr. Gertrude A. Barber Center. Will has served as deputy administrator since the mid-1980s, with overall responsibility for finance, general...

Snow Has Ups, Downs for Sixty Yellow Cab Drivers on Erie, Pa., Streets.
December 21, 2000... Byline: John Guerriero Dec. 21--The rear window defroster in Bob Majeroni's yellow Ford Crown Victoria LX isn't working. And that's a problem, because Majeroni's Crown Vic is a taxicab. So Majeroni cracks the front driver's and...

Erie, Pa., Candle Club Pins Hopes on 'The Price is Right'.
December 21, 2000... Byline: Jim Martin Dec. 21--Losing contestants on the Feb. 5 edition of "The Price is Right" will have more than a supply of instant rice or fried chicken to show for their efforts. As consolation prizes, three contestants will walk...

Erie, Pa., Air Traffic Controller Retires.
December 16, 2000... Byline: Jim Carroll Dec. 16--The terminal at Erie International Airport was brand new when Don Morgan went to work there. At the time -- nearly 40 years ago -- the airport had three runways and no radar. And propeller-driven Douglas...

$9 Million in Capital Projects Planned for Erie, Pa., Airport.
December 16, 2000... Byline: Jim Carroll Dec. 16--Construction of a new building to house car rental agencies at Erie International Airport and parking lot redesign and repaving are two of the big ticket items in a $9 million capital budget for 2001 that is...

Erie Times-News, Pa., People on the Move Column.
December 15, 2000... Dec. 15--DAVID L. COSTA, a certified financial planner with PaineWebber's Erie office, has been named to the Captain's Club with PLANCO, a Philadelphia-based wholesaler of financial products. Costa earned the distinction by producing more...

Erie, Pa., Honda Insight Owner Likes Hybrid Car and Its Gas Savings.
December 15, 2000... Byline: John Bartlett Dec. 15--The gas stations pass by in a blur on Bruce Arkwright's daily commute from his West Fourth Street home to his job at Hytech Tool and Design in Edinboro. Pump prices are prominently displayed -- a penny...

Erie, Pa., Dealers Search for Details After General Motors Nixes Oldsmobile.
December 15, 2000... Byline: Peter Panepento Dec. 15--George Lyons knows cars and he knows the car business. But Lyons, like many of his fellow automobile dealers, was as surprised as anyone this week by General Motors' announcement that it is discontinuing...

Accounting Scandal Grows at Erie, Pa.-Based Rent-to-Own Chain.
December 13, 2000... Byline: Peter Panepento Dec. 13--The accounting scandal that rocked Rent-Way Inc. six weeks ago is considerably worse than originally projected, the company announced Tuesday. An internal investigation into Rent-Way's accounting...

General Electric Executive Shifts Feature Many from Erie, Pa.
December 10, 2000... Byline: Peter Panepento Dec. 10--General Electric Co.'s decision to name Jeffrey Immelt as its new chairman and chief executive officer two weeks ago created fast and far-reaching ripples through the company, and three high-level execs...

Erie Times-News, Pa., Business Briefs Column.
December 8, 2000... Dec. 8--WARREN FIRM'S EFFORT FALL SHORT: United Refining Co. of Warren's attempt to outbid a Russian oil company to buy Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. has been rejected. Getty Petroleum Marketing's board of directors has announced it's...

Erie Times-News, Pa., People on the Move Column.
December 8, 2000... Dec. 8--TOM NECASTRO was awarded Realtor of the Year Award for 2000 by the Greater Erie Board of Realtors on Friday at a luncheon at Lake Shore Country Club. He is an associate broker with Coldwell Banker, Select, Realtors, 2100 W. ...

Erie, Pa.-Area Meat Processors Help Hunters Reap Rewards of Trophies.
December 8, 2000... Byline: Jim Carroll Dec. 8--Bill Arrowsmith saves his vacation days for the start of deer season, but you won't find him out in the woods. While orange-clad hunters march out to bag a deer, Arrowsmith is at Summit Farms' processing...