Burton Neighborhood News

Improvements Continue to Bayfront Parkway in Erie Article Written: January 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM A new Traffic Signal being installed West Bayfront Parkway & Cranberry Street Bayfront Erie, Pennsylvania PennDOT has been continuing their progress on the Bayfront Parkway improvement project, one of their improvements is almost completed which is adding a traffic signal at the intersection of West Bayfront Parkway and Cranberry Street in the Bayfront neighborhood of Erie. The intersection which previously had a pedestrian light that would flash if a pedestrian wanted to cross, PennDOT is hoping the new traffic signal will make the intersection a lot more safer for drivers and pedestrians. "The intersection of West Bayfront Parkway and Cranberry Street had been an issue for many years with pedestrians being unable to cross due to drivers not following the pedestrian light, hopefully this new traffic signal will make it easier for motorists coming off of Cranberry Street and pedestri...

   Article Written: January 30, 2025 7:39 AM 18 year old Kyleshania Pacley of East Erie was arrested. A suspect was recently arrested for being involved in a fatal shooting that killed a 21 year old man. Kyleshania Pacley of East Erie was arrested on charges relating to murder, robbery and unlawful theft. The shooting happened on January 17th in the 1800 block of Fairmount Parkway in the Burton neighborhood of East Erie. Canon McGarvey of East Erie was shot outside of his car and died three days later at UPMC Hamot. It is also known that Kyleshania Pacley is the daughter of Mauris Pacley who was shot and killed in 2021 at Bogey's Tavern, located at 2105 Buffalo Road in the Diehl neighborhood of East Erie. Erie Police are currently looking into why the argument took place which caused the shooting.

 Millcreek Pentecostal Church Plans to Relocate to Harborcreek Article Written: June 2, 2024 6:36 AM One Millcreek Township church plans to relocate and build a brand new bigger building in Harborcreek Township. Grace Slavic Pentecostal Church, located at 5865 Carriage Hill Drive in the Shenandoah Meadows neighborhood of Millcreek, plans on building a brand new bigger church building at 2850 East 38th Street in Harborcreek. The reason for the move is due to the growing population of Ukrainian people in the Erie area who attend the church, which the church has no more room at their current location. The lot where the church is moving to in Harborcreek was previously home to the Saint John Kanty Preparatory School. The land, which has been sitting abandoned since 2012 was last used by NovaCare before they moved to East Erie. The church plans on demolishing the two vacant abandoned buildings on the property and build a brand new bigger church property on the lot.

 Man in Custody for Bayfront Shooting Article Written: May 22, 2024 8:10 AM Erie Police Responding to a Shots Fired Scene West 6th Street & Raspberry Street Bayfront Erie, Pennsylvania One man is in custody after shooting another man twice Monday morning in the 1000 block of West 6th Street near Raspberry Street in the Bayfront neighborhood of Erie. Erie Police said the alleged shooter, a 24 year old man, is currently in custody and being questioned. Police also said the victim is a 37 year old man whose injuries were to the hip and abdomen after being shot twice during the incident. Erie Police are still investigating on what the cause was for the shooting.

 4-Nation Gang Members Indicted from 2023 FBI Investigation Article Written: May 15, 2024 8:07 AM A total of around 50 gang members and more counting have been indicted following the East Erie 4-Nation gang case which was done by the FBI of Pittsburgh in 2023 which collaborated with many fellow Erie area police departments as well as the Pennsylvania State Police and the Buffalo Police Department in Buffalo, New York. A following list of the gang members who were identified has been published by the FBI. Chikuyo Bayete Jr. of Burton Heights, Dajean Williams of Central Eastside, Dajour Woodard of Central Eastside, Damon Grady of Burton, Darian Beasley of Southeast Erie, Davante Jones of East Bayfront, Dazerion Hinton of East Bayfront, Dorrell McLaurin of Bayfront, Eric Jells Jr. of East Bayfront, Jaquon Manning of Central City, Javar Beason Jr. of Franklin Park, Jermaine Phillips Jr. of Central Eastside, John Cooley Jr. of Burton, Kalen Gambill of Southeast Erie, Lamont Warren Jr. o...

 Millcreek Police Investigating Hit & Run Rollover Accident 5/2/2024 8:02 AM Millcreek Police are investigating a hit and run vehicle accident on a busy intersection in Millcreek Township. The crash happened Wednesday around 7:30 PM at the intersection of Zuck Road & Zimmerly Road in Millcreek Township. A black Nissan heading east on Zimmerly Road, ran a red light and crashed into a red SUV turning north onto Zuck Road causing the SUV to rollover. The black Nissan took off on Zimmerly Road towards the Millcreek Mall area. The driver and the passenger of the red SUV were reported to have no major injuries and released from UPMC Hamot in Downtown Erie the following night, Millcreek Police are still searching for a damage black Nissan.