Burton Neighborhood News

 Authorities Investigating After Body Found in Park in Wesleyville Article Written: October 30, 2022 at 12:04 PM Pennsylvania State Police & Wesleyville Police Investigating after a report of a Body being Found in Fourmile Creek at Hinkler Park 3614 Edison Avenue Wesleyville, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State Police and Wesleyville Police are currently investigating after a body was found in the Fourmile Creek at the Emory Red Hinkler Park in Wesleyville. Erie County Coroner, Lyell Cook was also at the scene to identify the victim. The body was found by a group of hikers on Saturday evening walking along the creek when the body was discovered facing down in the water, police were shortly called there after around 6:30 PM. Lyell Cook told State Police that he believed the victim died from natural causes but are still investigating just to be sure. Hinkler Park in Wesleyville is currently closed at this time until State Police and Wesleyville Police are finished with their investigatio

 Local Residents Help Homeless Couple in Burton Heights Article Written: October 22, 2022 at 11:56 AM Makayla, Salvador and their dog Buddy, sleeping in the parking lot of the former CVS Pharmacy (Photo from Facebook) 1407 Buffalo Road Burton Heights, Erie, Pennsylvania Local Erie Residents are going out of their way to help out a homeless couple who are living in the parking lot of the former CVS Store near Broad Street & Buffalo Road in the Burton Heights neighborhood of East Erie. Makayla & Salavador, who have been married for 3 years, became homeless after their house in the 900 block of East 26th Street in Central Eastside was condemned in July by the City of Erie for sewage issues, forcing the couple with no where else to go. "We used to live at an abandoned house and we had to leave since the City said it was uninhabitable, we moved outside the old Dunn Tire at the Perry Plaza and the owner had kicked us out." says Makayla. The abandoned they were living at for

 Another Dollar General Location to Open in Erie County, Residents Aren't Too Happy Article Written: October 21, 2022 at 1:36 PM Dollar General is planning on opening up a new store in Erie County, this time in Millcreek Township. The store plans on being built in the Caughey Heights neighborhood of Millcreek in the 4200 block of West Ridge Road near McKee Road, right across the street from the Dollar Tree store, most Millcreek residents are not very happy about this. "We already have a Dollar General store about 2.7 miles away from here and about 18 other Dollar General stores in the Erie area, this would make the 19th Store not counting the other 20 around Erie County." says Melissa Yeller, who lives in Caughey Heights in Millcreek. "It would be nice if Millcreek Township would fill the vacant abandoned buildings on 26th & Peninsula (West 26th Street & Peninsula Drive) instead of building new buildings, espically a Dollar General which we already have enoug

 One Dead After Police Chase in Reported Stolen Truck in Erie Article Written: October 16, 2022 at 12:24 PM The Stolen Red Truck Lost Control and Crashed in the 300 block of West 8th Street West Bayfront, Erie, Pennsylvania One man is dead after leading Erie Police on a high speed chase throughout the City of Erie. The pursuit began when an Erie Police officer attempted to pull the vehicle over in the 700 block of West 14th Street in the Little Italy neighborhood of Erie after the pickup truck was reported as stolen. The truck then took off northbound onto Liberty Street into the Bayfront neighborhood and turned right onto West 8th Street into the West Bayfront neighborhood at a high rate of speed. The truck then ran a red light at the intersection of West 8th Street & Chestnut Street where a driver hit the truck on Chestnut causing the truck to rollover multiple times and hit three parked cars along the 300 block of West 8th Street in West Bayfront. The driver was apparently ejcet

 High Speed Chase Ends in Crash in Southeast Erie Article Written: October 15, 2022 at 12:59 PM Erie Police were led on a high speed chase last night in East Erie. The chase started in the 3400 block of Pine Avenue in the South East Hills neighborhood of East Erie when Erie Police attempted to pull over a silver Chevrolet Trax. The Trax then took off northbound on Pine Avenue onto Ash Street in Marvintown onto Florida Street and East 30th Street. The car then got into the Southeast Erie neighborhood and went south onto East Avenue where they crashed into a pole on the corner of East 38th Street and East Avenue in the Southeast Erie neighborhood of East Erie. Erie Police then quickly arrested 20 year old, Zaquon Keyes of East Erie who reportedly stolen the car on Monday from the 700 block of East 22nd Street in Central Eastside.

 Erie Housing Authority Properties Article Written: October 13, 2022 at 11:48 AM Erie Housing Authority Rental Properties: Housing Projects: Franklin Terrace Apartments - 2110 East 10th Street (Franklin Park) C. Ted Dombrowski Apartments - 556 East 15th Street (East Erie) Lake City Dwellings Apartments - 315 East 16th Street (East Erie) Better Housing Apartments - 226 East 17th Street (East Erie) Harbor Homes Apartments - 1819 East 18th Street (Burton) Eastbrook Apartments - 1407 East 19th Street (East Erie) Bird Drive Apartments - 1712 Bird Drive (Diehl) Westbrook Apartments - 2420 Baur Avenue (Brabender Park) Erie Heights Apartments - 4020 Garden Avenue (Erie Heights) Pineview Apartments - 4502 Schaper Avenue (Pineview) Houses: 626 East 15th Street (East Erie) 710 East 15th Street (East Erie) 105 East 16th Street (East Erie) 111 East 16th Street (East Erie) 115 East 16th Street (East Erie) 121 East 16th Street (East Erie) 125 East 16th Street (East Erie) 131 East 16th Street (East Er

 Summit Township Sam's Club Employee Dies Following Work Accident Article Written: October 12, 2022 at 11:11 AM The Sam's Club store where the accident took place. 7200 Peach Street Summit Township, Pennsylvania An employee at the Sam's Club store in Summit Township died after being hit by a loading dock door. 20 year old, Benjamin Knight Jr. of East Erie died at UPMC Hamot on October 7th caused by blunt force trauma from a hit to the head. The incident happened inside the door near the loading dock on September 30th when Benjamin was bring stock into the store from a truck, a spring broke in a rolling overhead door, causing it to fall on Knight during store hours, fellow employees called 911 and EmergyCare arrived to the store and quickly took Benjamin to UPMC Hamot in Downtown Erie where he died. Walmart, the parent company of Sam's Club, released the following statement: "Mr. Knight was a valued member of our family at club 6675, and we are mourning his loss. Th

 Fire Breaks Out in Burton Apartment Complex Leaving One Person Injured Article Written: October 11, 2022 at 4:01 PM Erie Fire Department responding to a Residential Fire call at the Harbor Homes Apartments 1902C Buffalo Road Burton, Erie, Pennsylvania One person was injured in a residential fire this morning. Calls came in for a large fire in the 1900 block of Buffalo Road near Thompson Street at the Harbor Homes Apartments in the Burton neighborhood of East Erie. Erie Fire Department is still investigating the cause of the fire and told us they saw heavy smoke and fire coming out of the building. One resident was injured from the flames and was taken to UPMC Hamot in Downtown Erie. The fire was only in one apartment building and didn't spread to the other apartments in the 1902C building but other residents were evacuated safely just in case. Erie Fire Department is still currently investigating.

 Urban Exploring: A Different Hobby Article Written: October 11, 2022 at 3:25 PM Inside of the Abandoned NovaCare Rehabilitation Center in Harborcreek. Photo was taken by Justin Vickers of Millcreek Township. Urban Exploring, what is it you might ask? Urban Exploring is considered a hobby, it's when a group of people or one person explore a building that has been sitting abandoned for a very long time and is documented by using photographs or video, one local urban explorer has been doing this such thing in the Erie area since 2017. 18 year old, Justin Vickers of Millcreek Township recently recorded a YouTube video on his channel "The Explorers" of him exploring an abandoned NovaCare Rehabilitation Center in Harborcreek that had been closed since 2012. "I just love exploring abandoned places, ever since i've been watching "This Is Dan Bell" on YouTube in 2015, I have started to gain an interest for dead malls as well as abandoned buildings and since Eri

 We Love Diehl: Community Members Helping a Small Struggling Eastside Neighborhood Article Written: October 1, 2022 at 12:51 PM "We Love Diehl" sign outside a house in the 2100 block of Fairmount Parkway Diehl Erie, Pennsylvania Neighbors in the Diehl neighborhood of East Erie have been putting "We Love Diehl" signs outside their homes. The signs are to support the Diehl neighborhood as well as the Diehl Elementary School, with the back of the sign saying "We Love Erie Public Schools". These signs were given out for free last Wednesday at the Diehl Elementary School at 2327 Fairmount Parkway in Diehl, to receive the sign you had to be a resident of the Diehl neighborhood. Local community members are also working on fixing the Diehl neighborhood, a small neighborhood in East Erie located near Burton, Eastlawn Hills and Wesleyville. "The signs are just the start, we've been working with the City of Erie for years to help cut down the dead trees alon