Dana Massing is a reporter at Erie Times-News. With over 30 years of experience, she specializes in features and news related to the environment, education, and regional interests, including Presque Isle State Park. Her work has been featured in notable outlets such as Yahoo News, The Intelligencer, and Yahoo Sports.
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Dana Massing's coverage is focused on local events, government announcements, and seasonal topics in the Erie, Pennsylvania area. She covers a wide range of themes including entertainment news, culture & society, and house & home.
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The School Board is scheduled to vote on a final budget for the 2026-27 school year that includes a property tax increase.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued a permit for a well in McKean Township this year. FracTracker is challenging the permit.
By: Dana Massing
Two new assistant superintendents will replace one retiring from the Erie School District.
Before a rumored wedding in New York City, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donated millions to organizations including a Pennsylvania food bank.
For more than 60 years, a small group of cloistered nuns were part of the Catholic Diocese of Erie. Now the walls behind which they lived, worked and prayed have come down.
Cloistered Carmelite sisters lived and prayed in an Erie County monastery for more than 60 years. The monastery closed in 2020 and was demolished in 2026.
By: Dana Massing
Exoticca surveyed people to identify U.S. beaches with the best etiquette. An Erie County beach made the national list and was No. 1 in Pennsylvania.
Dana Massing, Erie Times-News School boards around Erie County have approved district budgets for 2026-27, most of them with a tax increase.
Once plentiful at Presque Isle State Park, piping plovers stopped nesting on the peninsula in the 1950s. For decades, no fluffy little chicks hatched here, until 2017
By: Dana Massing
The Erie Police Athletic League Junior Police Academy was held July 6-10, 2026, in Erie. Cadets learned about careers in law enforcement.
