2019

Without further ado, your Idiotville feel-good story of the week: https://www.yourerie.com/closings-and-delays There is something very on-brand about the Polar Vortex again selecting Idiotville among its targets. This week we’re celebrating a couple of things that we need the cold in order to achieve. Some things guaranteed to put a smile on your face, and halfway […]

S*** the President Says – 1/28/2019

Ladies and gentlemen, s*** the president said during the previous week: “Greatest Witch Hunt in the History of our Country! NO COLLUSION! Border Coyotes, Drug Dealers and Human Traffickers are treated better. Who alerted CNN to be there?” 1/25/2019 Trump tweet. As we’ve mentioned here before, ours is the country that had the actual witch […]

Melissa Bahle is a “guerrilla” – Something good happened in Erie, 1/24/2019

Melissa Bahle’s kindness is making the world a better place. | Photo from Christopher Millette, Erie Times-News Without further ado, your Idiotville feel-good story of the week: https://www.goerie.com/news/20190121/coat-drive-blessing-boxes-part-of-womans-guerrilla-generosity This week’s feature starts out with something good about the internet, which seems like a rare story these days. Melissa Bahle happened to be perusing around online […]

S*** the President Says – 1/21/2019

Ladies and gentlemen, s*** the president said during the past week: “Great being with the National Champion Clemson Tigers last night at the White House. Because of the Shutdown I served them massive amounts of Fast Food (I paid), over 1000 hamburgers etc. Within one hour, it was all gone. Great guys and big eaters!” […]

$3.5 million from ECF to non-profits – Something good happened in Erie, 1/17/2019

Photo from YourErie.com Without further ado, your Idiotville feel-good story of the week: https://www.yourerie.com/amp/news/local-news/erie-community-foundation-announces-more-than-35-million-in-quarterly-grants/1703543271 The Erie Community Foundation (ECF) is awarding some serious money. ECF is a collection of over 700 individual endowments all pooled together, so it operates like one single charity. Every quarter, they award grants to various non-profits around Idiotville to help […]