The state is hiring officers and crew to help sail the U.S. Brig Niagara home this summer.
The new sailors will be on board, at least figuratively speaking, this spring and will sail the Niagara into Erie on July 2.
“The plan is to bring the crew together and prepare them in Erie this spring prior to transferring them to Maine,” said Jay Losiewicz, communications director for the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, which administers the state-owned brig as well as the Erie Maritime Museum, its home port…