Sat, Sep 2nd 2023 07:00 am
About 40 protesters on Monday marched outside Town Hall in favor of a warehouse moratorium and against the Town Board accepting a developer's supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a proposed 1.2-million-square-foot Long Road warehouse.
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Sat, Aug 26th 2023 07:00 am
The Family Justice Center (FJC) has named Catharine Miles-Kania its next chief executive officer, effective Aug. 21.
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Sat, Aug 26th 2023 07:00 am
Venita Jackson, carrying a bottle of fruit juice, walked into the office of the Sokody Sales Team on the afternoon of Aug. 22. She had just donated blood on the ConnectLife bus in the business' parking lot.
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Sat, Aug 26th 2023 07:00 am
The Grand Island Rotary Club invited naturalist and retired high school science teacher Diane Evans to guide club members on a hike through the park. The hike took club members from the V'randa to River Lea, where Evans showed the group such trees as horse chestnut, willow, honey locust, walnut, bitternut hickory and fireberry hawthorn.
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Tue, Aug 22nd 2023 01:20 pm
The Western New York Land Conservancy has named Marisa Riggi as its new executive director, effective immediately. Riggi has been the Land Conservancy's conservation director since 2017, but she has also served as acting executive director since June.
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Sat, Aug 19th 2023 07:00 am
Linda Rader, a Grand Island resident for the past six years and a happily retired CPA, has steadily been planting her front yard with the fruits of her labor. Now she's ready to open her garden to visitors and share her expertise on raising as much of your food as you can, in pursuit of a healthy life and some healthy savings.
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Sat, Aug 19th 2023 07:00 am
The ongoing installation of watermains on Baseline is going according to plan, is on schedule and is not causing too much delay, said the town's assistant municipal engineer, Chris Dann.
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Sat, Aug 19th 2023 07:00 am
The south end of the Island now has its own Dollar General, at 1853 Love Road.
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Sat, Aug 12th 2023 07:00 am
Terry Klaaren and his assistant, Anita Long, had just started painting a mural in the children's section of the Grand Island Memorial Library on Aug. 1, when a woman approached them, saying that her granddaughter was an artist.
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Sat, Aug 12th 2023 07:00 am
Lenore Tetkowski said that her love of art started when she was very young.
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Sat, Aug 12th 2023 07:00 am
The Grand Island Police Department has partnered with the town supervisor's office to launch the "Take Me Home" program. The new service offers a safe return home for those who may need extra help communicating vital information in an emergency situation.
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Fri, Aug 11th 2023 09:00 am
In honor of Purple Heart Appreciation Day (Monday, Aug. 7), Erie County Clerk Michael P. Kearns recognized 22 Erie County Purple Heart recipients who were added to the William J. Donovan Purple Heart Book of Merit for 2023.
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Sat, Aug 5th 2023 07:00 am
Progress is on schedule on the $8 million bridge replacement project of the Beaver Island Parkway bridge over the Thruway at Exit 18B, according to a Thruway spokesman.
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Fri, Aug 4th 2023 11:00 am
Boating season is in full swing, particularly in the Great Lakes region, which, overall, offers the best on-water fun this time of year.
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Sat, Jul 29th 2023 07:00 am
The Grand Island Memorial Library is planning to add a reading garden to the grassy area next to the building that faces the parking lot. The library will be called the Richard Earne Memorial Reading Garden, as a tribute to the late Richard Earne, who was a member of the Grand Island Rotary Club, as well as a member of the library board of trustees. He died on Sept. 18, 2022.
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Mon, Jul 24th 2023 12:20 pm
Grand Island Supervisor John Whitney will resign from office effective Friday, Aug. 4.
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Sat, Jul 22nd 2023 11:00 pm
The Grand Island satellite of the Family Justice Center was chosen to lead off a Wellness and Safety Workshop this coming week, from 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 25.
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Sat, Jul 15th 2023 07:00 am
The Town of Grand Island Recreation Department kicked off its "Tuesday Night Summer Concert Series" without a hitch as the rain held off and a cooler breeze made for the perfect summer night of music, dance and neighborly conversation.
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Sat, Jul 15th 2023 07:00 am
St. Martin-in-the-Fields' new pavilion was the star in the show at the church's annual chicken barbecue and basket raffle, held on Saturday. In addition to a collection of baskets, there were separate raffles for a sombrero, covered with scratch-off lottery tickets; a 50-50 raffle; and a pair of season tickets to Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo.
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Sat, Jul 15th 2023 07:00 am
A partnership has been forged between a Grand Island liquor store and two alumni of Grand Island High School who are working together to introduce a canned cocktail to the Western New York area.
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Fri, Jul 14th 2023 02:30 pm
It seems like summer has just started and already it's going too fast. I have been enjoying spending time at various district events, including the Grand Island Fourth of July parade, Italian Heritage Festival, and the children's concerts here in Kenmore.
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Fri, Jul 14th 2023 07:00 am
A 5-year-old boy sat on rocks and poured fish food into a small koi pond on East River Road during the Grand Island Garden Walk on Sunday. As soon as the food hit the water, the fish swam excitedly to the surface.
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Sat, Jul 8th 2023 07:00 am
Work is underway to transform the historic St. Stephen's "Old Church" building into its eventual role as the Grand Island cultural center.
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Sat, Jul 8th 2023 07:00 am
Elsie Martino has been the humble, dedicated volunteer secretary of the DeGlopper Memorial Expansion Committee since the fall of 2018. She has been gracious and helpful in accomplishing many tasks while being supportive of every committee member as they accomplished the amazing goal of constructing a monument in honor of Grand Island's World War II hero, U.S. Army Pvt. First-Class Charles N. DeGlopper and all town veterans.
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Sat, Jul 1st 2023 06:55 am
Simply Boba, at 2600 Grand Island Blvd., is meant to be a place for people to visit, enjoy bubble tea and a selection of Vietnamese street foods, and to create a community for people of all ages, said owner Vinh Nguyen.
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Sat, Jul 1st 2023 06:55 am
There was good news at Monday's Town Board meeting for Staley Road residents who have expressed their traffic safety concerns about the road they live on.
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Sat, Jul 1st 2023 06:55 am
Candidates who challenged the Republican-endorsed slate won upset victories in Tuesday's primary election for the GOP line in Grand Island races in November.
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Wed, Jun 28th 2023 09:30 am
Candidates who challenged the Republican-endorsed slate won upset victories in Tuesday's primary election for the GOP line in Grand Island races in November.
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Sat, Jun 24th 2023 07:00 am
David Glian is marking his 10th year at the helm of the Grand Island Fun Center and, every day, it's still fun to come to work.
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Sat, Jun 24th 2023 07:00 am
Key Grand Island offices of town supervisor, councilmember and town clerk are on the ballot in this year's Republican and Working Families primaries. There is no Democratic primary for 2023. Early voting is underway, and the primary election is Tuesday, June 27.
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Thu, Jun 22nd 2023 07:10 pm
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announced 34-year-old Deyanna J. Davis of Buffalo was sentenced this morning before Erie County Court Judge Kenneth Case to 21/2 years in prison followed by three years of post-release supervision.
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Mon, Jun 19th 2023 07:00 am
The Father's Day Lawnmower race is once again coming to the West River bike trail from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 18.
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Sat, Jun 17th 2023 07:00 am
Patty and Michael Cancilla of Grand Island share paths in work and life.
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Sat, Jun 17th 2023 07:00 am
Air quality on June 7 and 8 was so unhealthy, as a result of the winds that brought in smoke from wildfires in Canada, that Grand Island NY Baseball & Softball (little league) canceled all games.
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Wed, Jun 14th 2023 07:20 pm
National Grid has been named a recipient of three Edison Electric Institute Emergency Recovery and Response awards, which recognize the company's exceptional emergency storm response and subsequent restoration of electricity service to hundreds of thousands of customers across upstate New York during multiple severe weather events from November 2022 to March 2023.
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Mon, Jun 12th 2023 03:30 pm
U.S. Navy Lt. Carlee Conway has successfully completed the demanding strike fighter training conducted at Naval Air Station in Lemoore, California. The wing flies the F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, which are the same jet platform seen in the recent "Top Gun: Maverick" movie.
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Fri, Jun 9th 2023 10:10 am
On Friday, June 2, Dr. Sarah Chamberlain, a postdoctoral associate in the structural biology department at the University at Buffalo Jacob's School of Medicine, came to speak to the AP biology and physics classes at Grand Island High School.
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Wed, Jun 7th 2023 09:50 am
Wind currents are directing Canadian wildfire smoke to Western New York and Erie County, causing hazy skies and, in some locations, noticeable smoky odors.
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Sat, Jun 3rd 2023 07:00 am
Jody and Tom Fogarty, who were chosen as Relay For Life's honorary survivors in 2023, both are cancer free after recent cancer diagnoses: Tom with bladder cancer in 2018 and Jody with breast cancer in 2021. They said one of their goals in telling their story is to encourage others to make sure to have regular cancer screenings.
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Sat, Jun 3rd 2023 07:00 am
Grand Island has lots of green space by design, with two state parks, a nature preserve and several local parks that afford access to nature and our scenic Niagara River waterfront.
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