To be considered safe for swimming, the E. coli counts must be below 300 per 100 milliliters. Samples are takes 1 foot below the surface (between 3 and 6 feet in depth) and sent to a laboratory for ...

Serving on Erie County Council is no small task. As the legislative body of county government, council is responsible for passing the county budget; serving as a liaison between county departments ...

Voters in Erie County will hit the polls May 20. Poll hours across the state are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. There is no-excuse mail-in voting allowed in the state, but the deadline to register to vote was ...

Looking to explore the farmers markets in Erie County? Erie Grown has made it easy, with a handy dandy map (PDF), as well as ...

Erie County has dozens of volunteer committees and boards that receive little to no public interest. The advisory board for the Erie County jails is a different matter. So many people have applied ...

Three candidates, Jeremy Lightner, Emily Mosco Merski, and Leigh Ann Orton, are competing for Erie County judge, and are self-funding their campaigns to different degrees. Merski's campaign raised ...

Economic development. Emergency medical services. Child care. Erie County's executive will face a number of issues in the next four years. And on May 20, voters will decide which two candidates ...

Democrat Perry Wood, who hopes to unseat Erie County Executive Brenton Davis in November, has outraised his Democratic opponent Christina Vogel by nearly $80,000 in the run-up to the May 20 ...