http://www.lockportjournal.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:59:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_319010011.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_319010011.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:36:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_319003647.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_319003647.html With all of the “Extreme Makeover — Home Edition” talk these past few weeks, I got to thinking about some of the home-improvement and home-selling shows that I watch on HGTV or TLC. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:48:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_311234900.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_311234900.html Thankfully, we’ve seen the end of another election season. Don’t get me wrong, every newspaper guy loves Election Day, I just think there comes a point when you’ve seen enough mud fly through the air to last you for few months. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:44:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_297234606.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_297234606.html A few weeks ago we gathered as an Editorial Board and cranked out a game plan for our endorsement process. It’s a change from the usual format where we invite the candidates in, one by one, interview them for about an hour or so and decide a few days later who we support in each race.This year we decided to bring both candidates in at the same time. We looked at it as a mini-debate of sorts, where our Editorial Board served as the moderators and audience. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:34:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_291003425.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_291003425.html Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:28:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_277002921.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_277002921.html Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:09:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_269230956.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_269230956.html All you can do is laugh. That must be the mantra of Gov. David Paterson these days.Wednesday newsroom reporter Joe Olenick and I shuffled off to Syracuse for the Associated Press annual meeting and awards ceremony. The day seminar included a lunch with Paterson as the featured speaker. Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:20:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_263002053.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_263002053.html Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:56:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_255235631.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_255235631.html I know this isn’t supposed to be the page where you read about sports, but this is Western New York, where the weather and our sports teams lead the news.Why should our opinion page be any different than other media around town? Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:42:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_248214153.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_248214153.html It’s been a while — and many puppy bites with those dagger-like teeth — since I’ve updated readers on our chocolate lab, Lucy.I’ve had a bunch of requests from readers, all wondering how the little girl is doing. She’s doing fine, but she’s keeping Katie and I busy as can be. She has brought us to our knees a few times, both figuratively and literally — mainly to clean up messes. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:21:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_242002158.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_242002158.html Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:40:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_228194120.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_228194120.html Forgiveness is a tricky word or action or attribute.Neither asking for it nor granting it is ever easy. If you are a Christian person, as I am, forgiveness is supposed to come after some contrition, some sorrow for your sins. Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:27:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_207002732.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_207002732.html What can you get for $199?Well, you can probably go for a really nice dinner with your loved one or your whole family of loved ones for nearly $200.You could spend a night an a pretty nice hotel.You could get groceries for a week or two.You could get a cool cell phone or digital camera or iPod. Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:53:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_199235600.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_199235600.html Life is so much like an episode of “Seinfeld” from time to time.A few weeks ago, when I had some time off, I thought I’d take a trip to the library near our house and donate some books that my wife had inherited from some teachers before her. Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:58:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_164235937.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/timmarren/local_story_164235937.html This week was not one that anyone in Lockport — especially us here at the newspaper — would have ever wanted or wished for or even expected. Just the constant flow of horrible news made me sick, as I’m sure it did many of you. I can’t speak for everyone else here, but I’d assume they felt the same.