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Ed Palattella

Erie

Courts and Investigative Reporter and Editor at Erie Times-News

Digs up stuff for @GoErie. Co-author On the Lam, Mania & Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, @PizzaBomber, History of Heists. @KentState dad. Gets too many magazines.

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  • Erie school tax bills are on different path for 2025-26. They are set to go down. Really

    2 days ago | yahoo.com | Ed Palattella

    The Erie School Board is poised to pass a budget that would reduce property tax bills by about $60 per homeowner in 2025-26. That's right. Taxes would go down. The topsy-turvy situation once seemed unthinkable for outgoing Superintendent Brian Polito. The 10,000-student Erie School District was facing insolvency when he started as schools chief eight years ago. "I never thought I would be at the point where I would not recommend a tax increase," he said in an interview.

  • A public defender, a prosecutor and a solicitor: 3 candidates vie for Erie County judge

    3 days ago | yahoo.com | Ed Palattella

    The three lawyers have different practices areas and levels of experience. But they are all aiming for the same job — a judge on the nine-member Erie County Court of Common Pleas. Emily Mosco Merski, 42, a Democrat, is a part-time assistant public defender for Erie County who also in private practice. Jeremy Lightner, 39, a Democrat, is a chief deputy district attorney for Erie County.

  • 'I have the experience needed': Q&A with solicitor Leigh Ann Orton in judge's race

    3 days ago | yahoo.com | Ed Palattella

    The winner in the race for Erie County Common Pleas Court judge will fill the seat that has been vacant since the retirement of Judge Elizabeth K. Kelly in April 2024. Leigh Ann Orton sees herself as the ideal fit for what had been Kelly's job. Orton, the first assistant solicitor for Erie County, wants to preside over the same kinds of cases as Kelly did — cases in family court and Orphans Court, which handles wills and estates.

  • 'Well-rounded understanding': Q&A with public defender Emily Mosco Merski in judge's race

    3 days ago | yahoo.com | Ed Palattella

    Emily Mosco Merski is a part-time assistant public defender for Erie County who has handled a range of other matters, including in civil and family court. Merski said her "diverse legal background" is among her qualifications to be the next judge on the Erie County Court of Common Pleas. Merski is running in the May 20 municipal primary against Jeremy Lightner, a chief district attorney for Erie County; and Leigh Ann Orton, the first assistant solicitor for Erie County.

  • Remember lawsuits over mask mandates in Millcreek, North East schools? Cases tossed, again

    3 days ago | yahoo.com | Ed Palattella

    In a pandemic-related case that lingered on the docket since the coronavirus outbreak ended, a Pennsylvania state appeals court has sided with an Erie County judge over COVID-era mask mandates that were imposed in the Millcreek Township and North East school districts.

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