Tim Marren

Tim Marren

MARREN: I fought the good fight, I finished the race
It’s never cool for a guy to cry. At least that’s what we’re led to believe early in life, right? Keep your emotions in check.
But I’ll admit it, I cried my first day as an editor.

October 30, 2010 1 Photo
MARREN: What a mess ... What. A. Mess.
Apparently the Rent Is 2 Damn High.
Who knew? God help us all.

October 23, 2010 1 Photo
MARREN: Check those medical bills
This past July, the weekend of my sister’s wedding, I sliced open the middle finger on my left hand during a cookout we hosted. I was trying to clean bottles off the deck. I had my fingers inside a few of the bottles, to make juggling a half dozen of them easier.

September 25, 2010 1 Photo
MARREN: GLDC shouldn’t wait on Canal Street
City officials revealed this week that Lockport developer David Ulrich’s proposal to lure the Niagara County Community College Culinary Institute to Canal Street isn’t the only option being explored.
Good news, for sure.

August 30, 2010 1 Photo
MARREN: Have an opinion, send it in
A woman came in this week and asked why I think fewer letters appear on the opinion page these days. Seemed like a decent enough question. It’s one I’ve heard before, since many newspapers have seen a decline in letter submissions.

August 21, 2010 1 Photo
MARREN: Dialect dominance not always great
If someone came up to you, here in the good old U.S. of A., and asked you to speak to them in another language, could you? Could you just flip a switch and go from English to Spanish, or French?
Some people reading this right now probably could do that, but not the majority.

August 14, 2010 1 Photo
MARREN: All drivers need testing
If there’s one topic that’s always in the news, it’s driving.
And when I say always, it truly is ALWAYS in the news.

August 7, 2010 1 Photo
MARREN: Kids write the darndest things
Newspapers get all sorts of letters. Obviously “letters to the editor” are most common, but the newsroom gets letters from all different sources.

July 24, 2010 1 Photo
MARREN: A smattering of opinion
Here’s some post-vacation Timbits for you:

July 17, 2010 1 Photo
MARREN: Summer reading should be mandated, tested
There’s nothing worse than summer reading in high school.
Just when you wanted to put all the books away for the summer, along comes the mandatory summer reading list.

July 10, 2010 1 Photo
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