Edinboro woman pitched business to panel of prospective investors

It started as a fundraiser, built on nostalgia for the crunchy snacks her mother used to make. Lauren Hammer and her husband, Robert Hammer, who were both teachers at the Erie Charter School of Excellence, volunteered to sell their snack mix to help fund a senior trip. The fundraiser was a success, raising enough money to help pay for both the senior trip and the prom. Hammer, who is 40, said she and her husband, whom she married in 2023, quickly decided they had bigger plans for her late mother's snack mix, made by seasoning and baking a mixture of pretzels, nuts and breakfast cereal in almost endless variations of flavor. Working mostly from the kitchen of their Edinboro home, they launched a business that would become GramE's Kitchen. They sell bags of their snacks at craft shows, festivals and through retail outlets. Hammer said she's sold them one bag at a time at about 150 events over the past two years. Unique seasoning blends, some created with the help of students, were the key to the venture. They sold her mom's traditional snack mix, but GramE's also offered sweet churro, dill pickle, sweet apple pie, garlic parmesan, lemon lime,

I-79 going back to two lanes, PennDOT offers update on project

(WJET/WFXP)– Interstate 79 will be going back to two lanes in both directions across Erie County, with PennDOT removing the long-term lane closures Thursday until next year as other work continues on the two-year project. PennDOT said the northbound and southbound closures in Washington, Franklin, McKean, and Summit townships were slated for removal Thursday as […]

This Pennsylvania Tavern Serves Goat Balls Inside a Former Bank

A Pennsylvania tavern has a taxidermy skunk on display, an old bank vault used for private dining, and an appetizer called Goat Balls. The Skunk and Goat Tavern sits on Main Street in North East, a small Erie County town near Lake Erie. Its unusual name is only part of the story.

Millcreek Planning Commission Recommends Against Proposed Rezoning

A proposed change could reshape the future of a piece of land in Millcreek Township, but not everyone living nearby is on board. For some Millcreek residents, the possibility of commercial development owned by Scott Enterprises just steps from their backyards is something they don't want to see become reality. A proposed rezoning has sparked strong pushback from neighbors, bringing a packed crowd to tonight's meeting. After hearing from the community, the planning commission recommended against the change.

In North Kingsville, Ohio, You Can Eat Pizza Inside A Real Historic Covered Bridge

Most bridges help you cross a creek. One bridge in North Kingsville, Ohio, helps you cross from hungry to happy. Ashtabula County is famous for its covered bridges, and road trippers spend whole weekends hunting them down one by one. Few of those trips end with a table, a booth,...

Lancers, Ramblers set for D-10 4A football championship, Friday Night Lights game of the week

In local high school football, Cathedral Prep and General McLane are set to take the field Friday night for the District 10 4A football finals. It’s this week’s JET-Action Sports Friday Night Lights game of the week, set to kick off at seven oh clock at Fairview high school’s Keck Field at Bestwick Stadium. General […]

First at 4: Erie County Home Team's Full Plates, Open Doors

Collegiate Academy students sign to play sports at next level

A pair of Collegiate Academy students have made their college choices official at a signing day ceremony Wednesday morning. Taking their next steps towards the future, Ava McMannus has signed to play softball at Edinboro and Elizabeth Borczon will compete in tennis at Shippensburg.

Rock football caps off perfect regular season

The Slippery Rock University football team defeated Edinboro University, 50-17, on Saturday to cap off its perfect regular season. SRU finishes the regular season with a perfect 10-0 record, marking the third time in program history the team has achieved the feat, and the third time since 2019. The Rock also finished atop the PSAC West standings with a perfect 7-0 conference record.