A Very Bright Idea

Do you like getting cool things for free? Do you like saving energy and helping the environment? Well the Erie Reader has a deal for you!

by Brian Graham

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January 20, 2011 at 2:07 PM

Do you like getting cool things for free? Do you like saving energy and helping the environment? Well the Erie Reader has a deal for you!

First Energy is giving away $100 Energy Efficiency Kits to any home willing to fill out an online Home Energy Analyzer quiz. They even pay for the shipping!

Each kit contains a variey of energy efficient lightbulbs and a surge protector - enough to outfit a decent-sized home.

Deals like this don't come around every day, so take advantage and watch your electric bill drop.

Runner's Paradise

by Brian Graham5/28/2014, 8:23 AM

With Three Mile Isle and Beast on the Bay returning, running on Presque Isle has never been better.

A Quiet Revolution

by Brian Graham4/30/2014, 8:52 AM

Meditation Master Acharya Kedar is on a Mission in Erie.

Correction: No Army Band Concert Tonight!

by Brian Graham7/2/2012, 10:57 AM

We printed the wrong date for the Army Band concert in the latest issue of the Erie Reader. Please accept our humblest apologies.

Frisbee Golf - It's not just for hippies anymore!

by Brian Graham5/4/2012, 2:55 PM

If you're not familiar with Frisbee golf, or frolf, it's just like golf, only without the frustration of hitting a little white ball, expensive greens fees, or pompous jerks in polo shirts.

Divers Find Remains of Oliver Hazard Perry's Ship

by Brian Graham1/8/2011, 10:14 AM

Local legend and War of 1812 hero Oliver Hazard Perry's ship, "Revenge" was found by divers off the coast of Rhode Island.

Erie's Blasco Library Home to $5 Million Masterpiece

by Brian Graham11/8/2010, 11:26 AM

The most valuable painting in the library's extensive art collection, "Summer Afternoon, Isle of Shoals" by Frederick Childe Hassam, could fetch $5 million.

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A Very Bright Idea

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