CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Drew Ward: DTV Coupons – Out of Date? Out of Luck!

    My mom asked me to look online and figure out the process for reordering the two coupons we had received earlier this summer. Like many people she had logged into dtv2009.gov and requested coupons for a digital converter box. I am sure you’ve seen the ads, heard the messages and even enjoyed the amazing amount of news space fill KALB has dedicated to it in recent months. These coupons were ordered around March and arrived about 3 months later. The only problem was that by the time the coupons arrived, there were no converter boxes to be had! As neither…

  • Alexandria’s 2008 Progress Report

    Here.

  • Sharon Tohline: Joblessness and Friendliness

    I’m happy to announce a new contributor to CenLamar, Sharon Tohline. Sharon and her husband moved to Alexandria only two months ago. She’s from Baton Rouge by way of Los Angeles and the Big D, and she’s currently discovering Alexandria for the very first time. A few days ago, Sharon introduced herself to me in an e-mail and pitched an idea for a weekly column on experiencing Alexandria as a newbie. And after confirming that Sharon was, in fact, a real person with real credentials, I knew she could add a valuable perspective in the discourse of “life in Louisiana.”…