News Releases

2020

• Erie County sees no new confirmed positive cases of COVID-19; Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership offers resources
• Erie County Council Finance & Personnel Committee Meetings Scheduled for April 2
• Voting Machine Demonstrations Previously Scheduled for April – CANCELLED
• County Executive reports one new confirmed positive case of COVID-19 in Erie County for total of 16
• County Executive announces two new confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Erie County
• County Executive announces five new confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Erie County
• Erie County announces no new confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 and outlines priorities
• County Executive announces three more confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Erie County, business resources and volunteer opportunities
• United Way, ServErie and Erie County launch COVID-19 Response Volunteer Effort
• Erie County Courthouse extends closure to public to April 6
• County Executive announces COVID-19 Rumor Hotline for Erie County
• County Executive reports no new confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Erie County and announces available resources
• County Executive issues stay-at-home order and announces fifth confirmed positive case of COVID-19 in Erie County
• Governor Wolf and Health Secretary Expand ‘Stay at Home’ Order to Erie County to Mitigate Spread of COVID-19
• County Executive announces fourth confirmed positive case of COVID-19 in Erie County
• County Executive announces third positive case of COVID-19 in Erie County
• Erie County to enforce order set forth by Governor Wolf to close all non-life-sustaining businesses
• County Executive announces second positive case of COVID-19 in Erie County
• Erie County Council Holds ‘Special Meeting’ via Teleconference
• County poll worker training canceled
• Erie County Courthouse closes to public
• Dahlkemper confirms first positive case of COVID-19 in Erie County
• Erie County government issues operation directives

• Dahlkemper declares disaster emergency in anticipation of COVID-19 outbreak

• Erie County Public Library temporarily closes all locations
• Director of Erie County Public Library issues statement regarding library programming
• Erie County Public Library provides COVID-19 update
• Pennsylvania State Board of Education postpones Erie County community college plan hearing
• Erie County addresses COVID-19
• Dahlkemper administration updates Erie County about coronavirus epidemic
• Erie County Public Library’s Idea Lab participates in Digital Learning Day
• Erie County to hold public meeting for the Erie County Parks, Trails & Recreation Plan
• Erie County Public Library’s Minerva Conservation to be performed
• Erie County Public Library announces new service model and hours for Idea Lab
• Erie County launches new website
• County Executive Dahlkemper invites public to State of the County address
• Erie County Public Library announces RFQ for Minerva pedestal project
• Registration is Now Open for Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s PICK UP PENNSYLVANIA, supporting the Great American Cleanup
• Erie County Department of Public Safety urges public to take preparedness measures
• Erie County Poet Laureate and cast read Spoon River Anthology at Blasco Library
• Lake Erie Coastal Zone Advisory Committee seeks new members

2019

• Erie County Public Library awarded Pennsylvania Library Association’s PA Forward Gold Star
• Erie County Public Library announces automatic renewals to begin Jan. 1
• Director of Administration issues statement after Erie Coke Corp. closing
• SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Erie County
• Department of Public Safety restores power to dispatch systems
• County Executive announces construction progress on bridges
• Erie County HIV Task Force hosts World AIDS Day Recognition
• County Council to hold budget meeting Nov. 25
• Dahlkemper to visit final location in nationwide economic mobility initiative
• Corry Blue Zones Project receives $130,000 in funding from ECGRA and National Fuel
• Erie County community college plan vote stalled – will go to public hearing
• Erie County seeks disaster declaration
• Erie County announces Election Day polling place changes and information
• Blasco Memorial Library unveils Master Plan
• Erie County Public Library celebrates National Friends of Libraries Week
• Erie County launches Regional Computer-aided Dispatch System
• Erie County children’s librarians to receive awards at Library Association Conference
• Erie County launches final phase of Public Safety Radio System
• Erie County Public Library celebrates Minerva’s homecoming
• County Executive presents 2020 proposed budget
• Courthouse turns pink for Breast Cancer Awareness
• Erie County Public Library offers social worker services to patrons
• Erie County Next Generation Public Safety Radio System launches Sept. 24
• Annual Lake Erie International Coastal Cleanup volunteers step up on Sept. 21
• International Coastal Cleanup planned for Sept. 21
• Dahlkemper to visit second stop in nationwide economic mobility initiative
• 2019 HIV Awareness Walk set for Sept. 16
• County Executive’s Bike Around the County ride planned for Sept. 13
• New Public Information Officer named
• Blasco Library and Planning Department closed until 1 p.m. on Sept. 4
• Erie County Public Library showcases LGBTQ+ history
• Dahlkemper part of national economic mobility initiative
• Erie County Public Library launches e-Card program
• Stempka hired as Erie County Planning director
• Edinboro Branch Library offers seed library
• Erie County launches online job applications
• Summer Library Challenge returns to Erie County
• Library Teen Advisory Board presents “High School 9-1-1”
• Erie County wins seven national awards
• Erie County releases broadband survey
• Blasco Library hosts conference for nonprofits
• Registration open for LGBTQ+ Symposium
• Erie County marks National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
• Equipment upgraded for county’s Next Generation Public Safety Radio System
• Library Comic Con returns to Blasco Library 
• Summer J.A.M. orientation sessions planned
• Redistricting Reform Commission holds public meeting in Erie
• Dessy hired as director of Erie County Public Library
• Poet Laureate readings planned at Erie County library locations
• 2020 Census efforts begin in Erie County 
• Erie County marks National Child Abuse Prevention Month
• Erie County residents to participate in Great American Cleanup
• County Executive presents 2019 State of the County address
• Erie County Department of Health expanding access to dental care for Erie County children
• Blasco Library Teen Space to open February 9
• Erie County Data Center, online portal launch as economic development tools
• Erie County honored for financial transparency

Older releases

• Department of Public Safety to start dispatching for East Erie County on Dec. 18
• Erie County marks World Aids Day
• Erie County Executive Dahlkemper to serve on state redistricting commission
• Community partners bringing Blue Zones Project to Corry
• Erie County subcommittee plans first meeting to address emergency services challenges