Sometimes it really is sunshine and roses
Most journalists are cynics. It comes from years of practice. It comes from countless occasions of being told that the world is sunshine and roses only to be mired in…
We are all Charlie
Having done small-town news for the entirety of my news career, I sometimes forget what a dangerous profession it can be.Over the past 20 years, I’ve worked in Ashland, Mansfield…
New Year's column … take two
Holy cow! It’s 2015. I usually wait until the last minute to write my column — for a variety of reasons. For one, I want to be able to touch…
Now that's what I call news
The other day the local television stations all reported news that we here at East Niagara Post chose to ignore. I stand by that decision and I’d like to tell…
Rights and wrongs: a.k.a. 'Never read the comments'
General stupidity is at an all-time high. Thanks to the Internet — and fueled by Facebook, idiots have found that they’re not alone and so they’re coming out of the…
Memoirs of a stolen bike
So there I was … minding my own business walking down East Avenue Friday afternoon. And I saw it — my stolen bike. Now, mind you, I’ve seen what appeared…
Open letter to the jerk who stole my bike
When I walked into the Lockport Police Department around 10 a.m. Saturday, Officer Rick Provenzano went to hand me the press clipboard filled with arrest reports so I could do…
NY62 race could be so much more
I miss Gia Arnold. What the former Republican/Libertarian state Senate candidate lacked in decorum, she made up for with pizzazz. When she was in the race for the 62nd District…
OK, Cuomo, I get it — you're the governor
Without exaggerating, I get about 150 emails a day. I swear that half of them are from Gov. Andrew Cuomo.You’ll notice that the governor gets his share of face time…
Welcome to the Rod Serling News Hour
I want to say it’s been a very strange news week in East Niagara, but I feel like we’re full of strange news around here — like the greater Lockport…