BASF said today it will close plant on East Avenue in Erie next year. Seventy-five jobs will be lost beginning in December. #erielive

There aren't many lines but people are voting in Erie County today, including 200-plus early voters in Millcreek's 4th Dist. and more waiting to vote at Kury Hall at mid-morning. Erie 3rd Ward, 1st Dist. had 20 early voters, where only about 100 usually vote all day. #erievotes

New restaurant is coming to Millcreek. It will replace IHOP on West 12th Street this summer and will have indoor/outdoor dining and a liquor license. More details are expected this spring. IHOP will close March 31. goerie.com/story/news/loc…

A great read for Easter weekend by Dana Massing, about Bibles treasured by generations of Erie area families. goerie.com/story/news/202…

April Fool’s Day in Erie County included a few inches of nuisance snow.

We lost David Matthews to COVID-19 in March, but his musical interpretation of "Jane Eyre" lives on, in online Erie Playhouse performances beginning next Friday, April 9. goerie.com/story/entertai…

Pat Howard died today at 59. One thing I'm hearing in my head, that Pat said after I'd called him on a Saturday to verify a sentence in his Sunday column: Don't ever apologize to me for verifying information. goerie.com/story/news/loc…

General McLane School District will have a new superintendent July 1. He is Fairview High School Principal Matt Lane. bit.ly/32ikk6o

First Erie County election results are in, for mailed ballots. In Millcreek Township, Democrat Kim Clear took 3,020 mail-in votes for supervisor, to 787 for Kirk McCaslin. #erievotes

Kirk McCaslin so far is taking more in-person votes than Kim Clear, in the Millcreek supervisor race. With 55 of 149 county precincts reporting, McCaslin has 1,729 election day votes to 1,482 for Clear. Totals so far, including mail-ins: Clear 4,502, McCaslin 2,516. #erievotes

For Millcreek School Board, with 55 of 149 county precincts tallied, leaders for 4 seats are: Gary Winschel, 4,517 votes; Janis Filbeck, 4,452; Sallie Newsham, 3,983; and Mike Kobylka, 3,855. Chris Busko has 2,695. Not clear how many Millcreek precincts yet to report. #erievotes

Fairview School Board vote totals so far: Kelly Bryant, 2,024; Catherine Fox, 1,962; Mark McManus, 1,756; Frances New, 1,630; Carrie Bowersox, 1,619; Michael Naber, 1,470. Four seats open. Not clear how many Fairview precincts yet to report. #erievotes

Early tallies for North East School Board: Jane Blystone, 340 votes; Joseph Cancilla, 321; Nicholas Mobilia, 295; Carrie Boyd, 293; Elizabeth Sceiford, 264. Four seats are open. Totals so far of 55/149 county precincts tallied; not clear how many North East reported. #erievotes

With 100 of 149 county precincts reporting, Democrat Kim Clear still leads in Millcreek supervisor race with 6,084 votes to 4,475 for Republican Kirk McCaslin. Not known how many of Millcreek's 25 districts are counted. #erievotes

Now with 100 of 149 county precincts reporting, Kim Clear leads Kirk McCaslin in the Millcreek supervisor race, 6,084 votes to 4,475. #erievotes

With just three county precincts yet to report, Kim Clear is the apparent winner for Millcreek supervisor with 8,064 votes to 6,668 for Kirk McCaslin. #erievotes

In Fairview, apparent school board winners are Kelly Bryant, Catherine Fox, Mark McManus and Frances New, in that vote order. That's with all but three Erie County precincts reporting. #erievotes

North East School Board leaders, with 146 of 149 county precincts reporting, are Corrie Boyd, Jane Blystone, Joseph Cancilla and Nicholas Mobilia. #erievotes

In Millcreek School Board race, with 146/149 county precincts reporting, Gary Winschel, Janis Filbeck, Mike Kobylka and Sallie Newsham are the apparent winners of four four-year terms. #erievotes

Harbor Creek School District had a contended two-year school board term. The apparent winner is Paul Chilcott with 3,555 votes to 920 for Frank Grzegorzewski. That's with 146 of 149 county precincts reporting. #erievotes