Wow… Wow.
Did anyone attending last night REALLY feel like you were in Lockport? I didn’t.
A huge stage, three bands, a huge crowd…It certainly didn’t feel like Lockport to me, but it was. That’s what was so amazing about last night’s concert. I think I needed to be pinched to be reminded this wasn’t the South [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 28, 2008
Concert was everything I expected…and more
June 26, 2008
Lou Gramm in concert (YouTube video)
Lou Gramm will kickoff the Lockport Molson Canal Concert Series on Friday — as if that’s news to ANYONE at this point!
Here are some videos, most of which are really, really raw, of Gramm performing some songs we’re all sure to hear on Friday. Courtesy of YouTube…
Jukebox Hero
Cold As Ice
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June 25, 2008
Cool new way to rent movies
It may not be all that new, just new to me…but you may have seen these RedBox movie rental kiosks at different stores around town.
Basically it’s a computerized system where you can choose your movie, including new releases, with a touch screen and some simple prompts.
After swiping your credit card, the movie pops out of [...]
June 24, 2008
To endorse or not to endorse
Last week when I appeared on Scott Leffler’s radio show, the topic of political endorsements came up.
This is a discussion former publisher Steve Hall and I had and whether they were worthwhile. There is a lot of time invested in meeting with the Eastern Niagara candidates, then deciding as an Editorial Board who we want [...]
June 23, 2008
No seats at concerts may be a problem
Got this e-mail from a reader on Monday:
Tim – I was watching the local cable station over the weekend and heard from John Lombardi that there will be no lawn chairs allowed for the concerts in Lockport. How is that possible? Do they expect people to stand, eat etc for five hours. This is going [...]
June 22, 2008
Cool post-NHL Draft e-mail
If there’s one proud aunt out in Cambria, it’s Debbie Kroening. Her nephew, Thomas McCollum, was the local kid (Sanborn) who was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings at the end of Round 1 in the weekend’s NHL Draft.
McCollum was profiled Friday in the US&J.
Anyway, Debbie, who happens to be a Town Board member and [...]
June 18, 2008
Police chief injured in bike accident
In a horribly ironic and just all-around odd and scary situation, Lockport Police Chief Larry Eggert was hit by a car, driven by a 19-year-old, while riding his bike home from the station. What’s ironic is the accident came just a short while after a press event where Eggert and LPD donated five bikes to [...]
June 18, 2008
Aye, Aye maties — priate ship sails the Erie
Doug Farley from the Erie Canal Discovery center grabbed these shots of “pirates” from San Francisco that made their way to Lockport Wednesday.
He explains that the pirates didn’t say all that much, but the boat was fitted with a cannon…
June 17, 2008
Lil’ Rus and me
I’ll probably write a column for Sunday about my meeting Tim Russert a few years ago. Actually it will be four years to the day on Wednesday.
Kind of freaky how much two Irish-Catholic guys from Buffalo look when standing next to each other…
In the meantime, I’ve included a picture my wife grabbed of Russert and [...]
June 17, 2008
Marcy, Marcy, Marcy…
Man o man, Marcy.
Can we please get this woman in court, and if she’s found guilty, lock her up before she kills someone?
Here’s an editorial we have planned for Wednesday’s paper:
What will it take for Cole to be penalized?
Again, Lockport elementary teacher Marcy Cole was arrested and charged with felony DWI, first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation [...]
