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A once-vacant property on East Avenue has been given a new purpose, creating affordable housing, expanding economic opportunity, and helping advance a vision for the neighborhood shaped by residents themselves.

Whether cancer has touched your own life or the life of someone you love, you know the challenges a diagnosis can bring and the importance of having the right support along the way.

Erie native and college graduate Scott has spent years trying to break free from addiction. Scott searched for help at the Erie City Mission through the New Life Program, an intensive, structured approach to recovery that helps participants break patterns of addiction.

For patients arriving in the UPMC Hamot Emergency Department, dizziness can feel like the floor has dropped out from under them. One of the first priorities for the clinical team is determining whether those symptoms are signs of a stroke—something demanding immediate action—or a vestibular disorder.

On a Saturday morning, before most of Erie is awake, April Murphy is pulling on gloves in a homeless encampment. She’s there, kneeling in the dirt, checking wounds, administering first aid, and distributing food. She moves from one small circle of conversation to the next, stopping to greet the dogs that stay close to their owners’ sides, tails wagging.

It’s been a milestone-filled few weeks at the Erie Center for Arts & Technology. Creativity was on display, major accomplishments were celebrated, and new opportunities lie just ahead for youth this summer.