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…
Kindness turns ashes to phoenix
More than 20 years ago, I had my first news “job” as an intern at the Niagara Gazette. I knew in high school that this is what I had wanted…
Manufactured 'news' is unethical
So there I was — walking around the Merchant’s Building at the Niagara County Fair Wednesday evening when a colleague walked up to me and asked if I’d seen the…