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Watch “Lazarus The Legend,” the 1993 award-winning cult classic movie produced in Erie, PA

Posted on May 7, 2022 by xtinethewriter

Erie, PA Movie-maker Matthew J. Frazzini created “Lazarus The Legend” 30 years ago as a spoof on every kung fu movie he’d ever watched. It aired on Erie’s Public Access cable TV channel. Videotaped entirely on location here in Erie, … Continue reading →

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See What Erie’s East Bayfront Looked Like in 1880 With This Photo of the Wayne Blockhouse: Christine’s Chronicles

Posted on April 18, 2022 by xtinethewriter

By Christine Lorraine Morgan ~ April 18, 2022 Yes, the shoreline of Presque Isle Bay nearly reached the Wayne Blockhouse as is apparent in this 1880 photo! Garrison Hill, which is slightly to the east of this photo, was a … Continue reading →

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Presque Isle North Pierhead Lighthouse, built in 1857, still guides vessels: Christine’s Chronicles

Posted on April 16, 2022 by xtinethewriter

By Christine Lorraine Morgan, April 16, 2022 There’s quite an extensive history behind the Presque Isle North Pierhead Lighthouse in Erie, PA. The photos and video below show what the tower looked like a century ago compared to what it looks … Continue reading →

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“The Native Legend of Presque Isle: Sheltering Arm of the Great Spirit:” Christine’s Chronicles

Posted on April 9, 2022 by xtinethewriter

by Christine Lorraine Morgan ~ April 9, 2022 “It is said that Manitou, the Great Spirit, led his favorite children, The Erie Tribe, to the shores of this great inland sea where they fished its waters, hunted, and tilled the … Continue reading →

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Did you know the first lighthouse keeper at Presque Isle called it “the loneliest place on earth?” Watch this video to learn more: Christine’s Chronicles

Posted on March 31, 2022 by xtinethewriter

Climb up the 149-year-old metal spiral staircase to see what the first lighthouse keepers at Presque Isle might have observed Continue reading →

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It’s Cello Time! Here’s the Washington Post March by John Philip Sousa played by Christine Lorraine Morgan

Posted on March 28, 2022 by xtinethewriter

Have you ever wondered what this Sousa march would sound like on the cello? Then tune in and check it out! Continue reading →

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How I Spent Three Days In A Bangkok Hospital at Age 18 during my tour-of-duty with the US Army: Christine’s Chronicles

Posted on March 27, 2022 by xtinethewriter

Could you imagine being hospitalized in Bangkok, Thailand at age 18 and nobody visits you because you don’t know anyone? Continue reading →

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Check out these photos from an Erie Cablevision promotional event on the EMTA trolley with local radio personality Dan Geary in 1993: Christine’s Chronicles

Posted on March 17, 2022 by xtinethewriter

These images were captured on film in 1993 at a promotional event in Erie, PA by Christine Lorraine Morgan (aka xtinethewriter), who worked at the cable company and helped coordinate the activity. This is several years before the local cable … Continue reading →

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What Fun We Had at The Skyway Drive-In, Erie PA: Christine’s Chronicles

Posted on March 16, 2022 by xtinethewriter

It’s time to remember the nostalgic cinematic candy otherwise known as the drive-in movie. Here’s the Skyway in Erie, PA Continue reading →

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Little Italy Erie, PA ~ Grandma survived the Great Depression and continued to live that way into the 1980s: Christine’s Chronicles

Posted on January 25, 2022 by xtinethewriter

Even though it was 1980s, Grandma Augustina (Sunseri) Frazzini on W. 18th lived as though the great Depression was still going on. Her electric bill was about $5 a month because her house remained unlit after dark, and she bought a … Continue reading →

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