Erie Ale Works delivers!

Without further ado, yourIdiotville feel-good story of the week: https://www.goerie.com/story/entertainment/dining/2020/10/22/erie-ale-works-has-some-big-things-going-other-places-toughing-out/3712481001/?fbclid=IwAR0iU5VT-2YXLnakoJUNLR89AUQ681AFYe35dt7nYN8UtigvalPtZoVV2Jg If you’ve ever listened to Idiotville Podcast (or set foot in Erie, PA generally), you know we love our beer. We’re spoiled in that our town has many great breweries, but Erie Ale Works just upped the ante. Beer delivery! Thanks to the Erie Times-News’ […]

Otters’ Drysdale goes 6th overall in NHL Draft – Something good happened in Erie, 10/9/2020

Without further ado, your Idiotville feel-good story of the week: https://www.goerie.com/story/sports/2020/10/06/erie-otters-defenseman-drysdale-taken-sixth-overall-nhl-draft/5904491002/?fbclid=IwAR3fZEjm6ty7SLL-I_O4aViRE7Y1a187RnPSWRQVhhlNzNEJ7RvebejO2SY It is rare that losing great talent counts as a good news story for a city, but this is an obvious exception: Jamie Drysdale of our Erie Otters was selected by the Anaheim Ducks with the 6th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Draft. […]

Federal Hill wins PA’s Best Barbecue – Something good happened in Erie, 9/25/2020

Without further ado, your Idiotville feel-good story of the week: https://www.foodandwine.com/travel/best-bbq-restaurants?fbclid=IwAR1ME7IsUj4A2_gNdXF9Qz_1QtXPn8xUdD-Sz0vohNcJaUtybmFjrMiW0NM You know that game people play where they ask, “If you could eat just one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?” Turns out, foodandwine.com’s David Landsel chose barbecue. When I first saw his article, I couldn’t believe one guy […]

High School Football – Something good happened in Erie, 9/11/2020

Without further ado, your Idiotville feel-good story of the week: https://www.goerie.com/sports/20200910/erie-times-news-our-call-football-predictions-sept-11-12?fbclid=IwAR0gNhJg3mPYQI_YTQhWVv22fcYhSiXUDfIw8rPwG8G3WKj4V88h_AkBVH0 Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve got football. Don’t ask me if it’s a good idea; I don’t know. Maybe football is the random spring of water as we wind our way through the desert without a camel, or maybe it’s the ice cream for dinner […]

Roundabouts save lives – Something good happened in Erie, 9/4/2020

This week’s good news is something most people don’t think about, but should – if you’ve traveled through an Erie County roundabout anytime recently, that roundabout may already have saved your life. Here’s the story: https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/42581961/penndot-roundabouts-are-reducing-fatalities-injuries-crashes?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Erie_News_Now So, PennDOT studied 22 recently installed roundabouts to find out whether they really are safer. They looked at three […]