Erie Times-News (Erie, PA) articles from March 2001

Erie Times-News (Erie, PA) archives from March 2001

Lack of Jobs Drives Young Professionals from Erie, Pa.
March 5, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Mar. 5--Jeffrey and Leslie Marsden grew up in Erie, went to college in Erie and met in Erie. When they earned their diplomas and were ready to start their careers, they moved to Akron, Ohio. Jeffrey Marsden says...

Hermitage, Pa.-Based Bank Moves Its Headquarters to Naples, Fla.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Jim Carroll Mar. 8--HERMITAGE, Pa.--FNB Corp., the parent company of First National Bank of Pennsylvania, announced Tuesday it has moved its corporate headquarters from Hermitage in Mercer County to Naples, Fla. The relocation...

Hermitage, Pa.-Based Bank Company to Move Headquarters to Naples, Fla.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Jim Carroll Mar. 6--HERMITAGE, Pa.--F.N.B. Corp., the parent company of First National Bank of Pennsylvania, announced Tuesday that it has moved its corporate headquarters from Hermitage in Mercer County to Naples, Fla. The...

Erie Times-News, Pa., People on the Move Column.
March 12, 2001... Mar. 5--ERIC W. ADAMS, formerly of Erie, recently joined Microsoft Corp. as a program manager. He will be the main liaison between Microsoft and the developer of two XBOX titles. XBOX is a gaming system that will have DVD and an Internet...

Used Bookstore in Summit, Pa., Offers Bargains to Area Shoppers.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Jim Martin Mar. 5--If your idea of a bookstore includes all the latest titles, comfy chairs, hot coffee and soft music, the Book Market may not be your kind of place. But if finances are a factor and your reading list is...

Economic Advisor to Speak to Former Professors at Behrend, Pa., University.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Jim Martin Mar. 5--Nine years after Geoffrey Gradler graduated from Penn State Behrend, he's still a bit daunted by the prospect of lecturing his old professors. Gradler, a financial economist on the staff of U.S. Sen. Phil...

Purchase, N.Y.-Based International Paper Close to Sale of Erie, Pa., Mill.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Mar. 5--The search for a new owner for International Paper's Erie mill remains open, but officials say the company is getting closer to reaching an agreement with a buyer. The Purchase, N.Y., paper company has...

Erie, Pa., Conference to Focus on Plastics.
March 12, 2001... Mar. 9--Erie's plastics manufacturing industry will be on display later this month when the Canada-United States Plastics Alliance hosts its summit at the Bel-Aire Hotel. The forum, which will be held March 28 and March 29, pulls together...

East Erie, Pa., Corridor Is Reborn as `Brown Fields' Are Redeveloped.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Jim Martin Mar. 9--Industrial development might be viewed as a contest of the old vs. the new, the green field vs. the brown. With its mix of cavernous brick buildings and vacant fields, some contaminated by former industrial...

Erie, Pa., Steakhouse Owner to Open Franchise Restaurant in Arlington, Va.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Mar. 6--Robert Bolan takes a literal angle on his Red River Roadhouse restaurant's "roadhouse" concept. Twice a week, the restaurateur makes a five-hour, round-trip drive from his home in Canton, Ohio, to...

Despite New Federal Law, Few Financial Firms Offer Insurance Services.
March 14, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Mar. 13--Bankers once salivated at the prospect of being able to offer their customers everything. Instead of watching their mortgage customers walk out of their offices to buy homeowners insurance from an...

Erie, Pa., May Amend Zoning Laws to Allow Alternative-Design Cellular Towers.
March 14, 2001... Byline: John Guerriero Mar. 12--Cellular towers could be coming to a city of Erie neighborhood near you, but they won't look anything like the steel structures along the interstates that rise 100 feet to 200 feet into the sky. In...

Erie, Pa., Airport Experiences Blackout of Lights on Runway.
March 21, 2001... Byline: Jim Carroll Mar. 20--Runway lights at Erie International Airport went dark for the third time in four months Sunday night, forcing cancellation of a late-night flight from Detroit and another from Pittsburgh. A transformer blew...

Pennsylvania Victims Approach Deadline to Claim Refund from Investment Scheme.
March 21, 2001... Byline: Jim Carroll Mar. 20--Some Erie area investors might be among the 5,000 Pennsylvania residents caught up in a fraudulent securities scheme operated by Greater Ministries International Inc. of Tampa, Fla., according to state...

Erie, Pa.-Area Stocks Weather Market Downturn.
March 21, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Mar. 20--While the bear market has generated grizzly results for many investors since the markets' peak last spring, many companies with Erie ties have actually seen their stock values rise in the past 12 months....

Erie, Pa., Firms Feeling Pinch of Telecom Downturn.
March 22, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Mar. 22--Troubled times for telecommunications behemoths like Lucent Technologies and AT&T are reverberating in the ledgers of some local companies that specialize in producing systems and products for the...

Erie Times-News, Pa., People on the Move Column.
March 25, 2001... Mar. 23--TWO NEW MEMBERS HAVE BEEN named to the board of trustees at St. Mary's Home in Erie. The new trustees are Gary Lunger and the Rev. Thomas Brooks. Lunger is president of Erie Press Systems, where he has worked since 1973. He...

Erie Times-News, Pa., People on the Move Column.
March 26, 2001... Mar. 16--JEFFREY A. LUDROF, an executive vice president at Erie Insurance Group, has been named chairman of the Erie American Red Cross March Community Campaign 2001. This is the largest fundraiser of the year for the Greater Erie County...

Behrend, Pa., Officials Look to Bolster City's Tech Influence.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Mar. 14--Efforts to develop Knowledge Park at Penn State Behrend into a high-tech business and education center were bolstered with ISIT.com's decision to move its corporate headquarters to the park, regional...

Erie, Pa., Investor to Invest $175 Million in E-Commerce.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Mar. 15--An Erie old-economy stalwart plans to invest as much as $175 million during the next five years to upgrade its e-commerce efforts. Erie Insurance Group unveiled an e-commerce initiative Thursday,...

Erie, Pa., Farm Owners Begin to Feel Pinch of High Gas Prices.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Jim Martin Mar. 15--The heating season is coming to a close, but local farmers haven't yet begun to feel the sting of higher natural gas prices. Nitrogen, one of the three common types of agricultural fertilizer, is made from...

Cambridge Springs, Pa., Mill Continues Family Farming Tradition.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Jim Martin Mar. 15--CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, Pa.--The sweet smell of molasses hangs in the air at Turner's Mill, mixes with dust and settles in the wispy cobwebs that cling to the ceiling. The plank floors at the Cambridge Springs...

Erie, Pa., Businesses Look Forward to Impact from Foreign-Trade Designation.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Jim Carroll Mar. 16--Roy Knapp predicts that it won't take long for a foreign trade zone to have an impact in Erie. "I think you will see activity in the first year," said Knapp, the consultant who has been working with...

Erie, Pa.-Area Farmers Brace for Bigger Impact of High Natural-Gas Prices.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Jim Martin Mar. 16--The heating season is coming to a close, but local farmers haven't yet begun to feel the sting of higher natural gas prices. Nitrogen, one of the three common types of agricultural fertilizer, is made from...

New York Firm Lead Plaintiff in Suit against Erie, Pa., Rent-to-Own Company.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Mar. 14--A federal judge has named a New York financial services firm as lead plaintiff in a high-stakes shareholder lawsuit filed against Erie-based Rent-Way Inc. and two of its former executives. The firm,...

Utility Looks to Drop Natural Gas Rates By 14.3 Percent in Erie, Pa.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Jim Martin Mar. 27--Natural gas prices are in the news again, but for the first time in months the news could be good for consumers. After rising nearly 60 percent since September, the prices National Fuel Gas Distribution...

Congressman from Erie, Pa., Area Takes On Leadership Role for Steel Industry.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Jim Martin Mar. 23--U.S. Rep. Phil English of Erie has been named chairman of the Congressional Steel Caucus, a bipartisan group of House members who look after the interests of steel makers. The role is not entirely new to...

CEO of Erie, Pa.-Based Rental Firm Responds to Message Board Comments.
March 31, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Mar. 31--Rent-Way Inc. CEO William Morgenstern posted a message on a popular Internet bulletin board Friday, blasting an angry investor for blaming the company's new chief financial officer for Rent-Way's accounting...