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We've never rented a dumpster before, but this year we decided it was time to do a heavy clean out of our house and garage. I'd seen Clark's dumpsters all over the place in the past year or two and since they're a locally owned company, decided to try their service. I'm glad we did.

Everything is done online if you want. You can choose which size you need and you'll see what it costs. They offer a list of what they do and do not take as well as extra costs if you're disposing of certain items. We got one that was slightly larger than what we needed ( though we did come close to filling it ) and I think the price was quite reasonable. I had a question about a couple of items and Nick got back to me very quickly, even offering a discounted price. As it turns out we didn't put them on the dumpster, but the offer is still appreciated.

Speaking of getitng back to me, what I like most is the communication. The night before drop-off I got a reminder to make sure they could get the truck in. When it was on its way, another reminder. Then reminders the night before pick up.

These guys got that little extra in the name of customer service. I definitely recommend Clark's if you need a dumpster.

For the longest time, I missed reading an honest to God newspaper. Yeah, you can get your news online now, but it's not the same. Unfortunately, the Star Gazette is expensive and doesn't have enough there to line a parakeet cage with anymore. So last fall I took a chance on the Sayre Morning Times. They report a lot of stuff from down in The Valley of course, but there's still the occasional news item from Chemung, Van Etten, Baldwin etc.

Even when there isn't news about Chemung County, it's interesting to read stories about what's going on in the small towns in the region.

They only publish Tuesday through Saturday, so you won't get that big thick Sunday paper we all remember. The Saturday edition is about as close as you'll get to that, with a Tops flyer and an extra comics and puzzles section thrown in.

The national news items are a day old as you would expect, so often times I scan or skip over them. Still, if I only read a couple of interesting stories about local news and businesses, read Dear Abby and the comics, I call it a win. Some of the comics are stupid, not remotely funny, but I can't pin that on the paper. I wish they ran Peanuts, but oh well.

The paper is delivered by the US Postal Service. Apparently they take it to the Waverly post office, which ships it to the Elmira one and get it to us all in the same day. This usually works well, although during the holidays we missed several papers. I contacted the company and they made it right, as well as looked into the problem. Apparently a new employee didn't think that the paper needed to be sent to the address at the top. It's been a lot smoother since and we've only missed one or two papers. Again, they make it right.

It's interesting to me that the Morning Times can produce a quality newspaper like this but for some reason Gannett chooses not to put the effort in. Maybe someday a good newspaper, more local to here, will come out. But in the meantime, we're happy Morning Times subscribers.