August, 2005 News (2 Articles with 5,769 total views)
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Category for this issueCalendar & Upcoming Events
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Local and Regional News
Pride Picnic wrap up
Huge thanks to everyone who made the 2005 Erie Pride Picnic such a wonderful success! We had about 300 people attend, about the same/slightly down from last year. This year's Picnic was held on the 4th Saturday, due to a scheduling issue. Next year we will be back to the 2nd Saturday in June. There was a wide diversity of members and friends of the community represented. And keeping up a 13 event streak, we once again had beautiful weather! All 3 local TV news stations reported on the event.
More details about the fire that destroyed Rascals
JAMESTOWN, NY-- Rascal's Brass Rail, one of two gay bars in Jamestown, was destroyed by a fire that started at 2:02 AM, Saturday June 11, shortly after last call. Firefighters arrived at the scene to find heavy smoke billowing from the roof, fire on the first and second floors and people rushing to get to safety. A 911 call made by a bartender in the North Main Street building brought firefighters to the scene. "At the time we arrived, there was heavy smoke pushing out of the roof line,'' said Battalion Chief Chet Harvey, Jamestown Fire Department.