Nicholas Sorensen

6 days ago | goerie.com | Nicholas Sorensen

The Lucille Ball Comedy Festival will take place in Jamestown, New York from Aug. 7-10, 2025. Jon Stewart and Bill Murray & His Blood Brothers will headline the festival. "Saturday Night Live" writers Mickey Day and Streeter Seidell will also appear. The Lucille Ball Comedy Festival returns to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York on Aug. 7-10 with comedian and host of "The Daily Show" Jon Stewart and Bill Murray & His Blood Brothers topping the bill.

6 days ago | goerie.com | Nicholas Sorensen

Meteorologist Tom DiVecchio is back on air for Erie News Now's morning broadcasts after a year-long non-compete agreement expiredDuring his time off-air, DiVecchio contributed to the station's tropical forecastsHe's back doing what he loves most, giving Erie their morning forecasts. Meteorologist Tom DiVecchio returned to Erie News Now's morning forecast production on April 17 after waiting out a year with his noncompete with Nexstar Broadcasting, the parent company of WJET and WFXP.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Nicholas Sorensen

This is part of a series of articles exploring Erie County through U.S. Census Bureau demographics of each of its municipalities and census-designated places. Summit Township is the second smallest area and second youngest township in Erie County. Founded in 1854, Summit is 72 years older and 22.2 square miles larger than Lawrence Park, the youngest and smallest township in the county, according to summittownship.com.

1 week ago | goerie.com | Nicholas Sorensen

Penn State Behrend researchers believe they have broken the Guinness World Record for longest time spent in virtual reality. Lauren Cass spent 55 hours in VR, exceeding the previous record, after teammate Chris Shelton’s headset malfunctioned. The team documented the attempt and submitted it to Guinness for official review. The research team at the Virtual/Augmented Reality Lab at Penn State Behrend have potentially set the record for most time spent in a virtual reality environment.

1 week ago | goerie.com | Nicholas Sorensen

What’s the coolest thing made in Pennsylvania? According to the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry poll, Sheetz MTO (made to order) is the pick for 2025. In a competition where 64 products made in Pennsylvania faced off in the annual Coolest Thing Made in PA bracket, Sheetz MTO beat out Crayola Crayons to take the title. More than 65,000 votes were recorded this year through the Pennsylvania Chamber’s X, Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn pages.