There’s an old saying to describe any dedicated newsman, passionate about the craft of journalism and obsessive about keeping his community informed. “He has ink in his veins.”
It seems like a good characterization of Tom Houlihan, however cliché that might be to say.
Tom died on Nov. 23.
When I met him in the fall of 2014, Marilyn Thomas and I had been writing stories for the young Chronicle for a few months, and…


