Fri, Mar 15th 2013 02:15 pm
Eileen K. O'Brien entered into rest March 11, 2013. She was a resident of Grand Island.
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Fri, Mar 8th 2013 09:15 am
Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-I-C-Lewiston, met earlier this week with James Tomkins, Grand Island highway superintendent, in the Assembly chamber. They discussed the importance of increasing state support for the region's roads and bridges.
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Thu, Mar 7th 2013 03:50 pm
The Kelly family of Grand Island received the Grand Island Rotary Club's Vocational Service Award at a meeting Feb. 27 at the Buffalo Launch Club.
The Kellys' own Kelly's Country Store celebrated a 50th anniversary last year.
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Thu, Mar 7th 2013 03:50 pm
February break came and went, and for many students it was refreshing and invigorating. In the spirit of re-energizing, Veronica E. Connor Middle School recently hosted a Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support week.
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Thu, Mar 7th 2013 03:45 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce has recognized Michael Keating, Grand Island KeyBank branch manager, and Yvonne Michaels, KeyBank's client service manager for their generosity and support of the chamber's Citizen of the Year community event.
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Thu, Mar 7th 2013 03:45 pm
Administrators at the Grand Island School District are working toward resolving an estimated shortfall of $1,499.344 by the second week in April.
At the Feb. 25 Board of Education meeting, Assistant Superintendent for School Business Services Joe Giarrizzo told trustees that even though the district is able to recoup 72.1 percent of school expenses from the state and that revenues are up a bit, "Expenses are skyrocketing. We are falling behind." While the district does have money in a reserve savings account, expenses are such that more and more reserve is used each year to close budget gaps.
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Mon, Mar 4th 2013 10:40 pm
Assemblyman John D. Ceretto helped celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday over the weekend by reading "The Cat in the Hat" to children at the Grand Island Memorial Library. The event, also a part of "Read Across America," was intended to spur imagination and a love of reading in children.
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Fri, Mar 1st 2013 07:00 am
Grand Island resident Leah E. (Boyd) Gollwitzer entered into rest Feb. 25, 2013.
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Fri, Mar 1st 2013 07:00 am
Janet E. (Snyder) Hobba, 80, of Grand Island, went to be with her Lord and Savior in eternal rest on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, following a long illness.
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Wed, Feb 27th 2013 07:00 am
The Conservative Committee of Grand Island invites the public to attend round 2 of "The Right to Bear Arms Debate" at the Holiday Inn Grand Island on Thursday, March 7, from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Tue, Feb 26th 2013 06:10 pm
The Rotary Club of Grand Island at its meeting on Wednesday at the Buffalo Launch Club and received a presentation from Heather Maras, social worker at Kaegebein and Huth Road elementary schools, on the Grand Island Central School District's efforts to combat bullying behavior in students.
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Tue, Feb 26th 2013 06:00 pm
R.J. Wynne, right, president of The Miracle League of Grand Island and Western New York, accepted a check for $1,000 from Josh Heim, from M&T Bank Charitable Foundation.
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Tue, Feb 26th 2013 06:00 pm
The Grand Island Memorial Library, 1715 Bedell Road, has library hours of operation on Monday and Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 1 to 9 p.m.; and Friday and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The library is closed on Sundays.
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Tue, Feb 26th 2013 06:00 pm
Lynn Alan Konovitz, director of the Grand Island Memorial Library, reports that a digital collection of the Island Dispatch is now available online.
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Tue, Feb 26th 2013 06:00 pm
Kimberly Yaeger isn't avoiding hard work in her senior year of high school.
Yaeger is among the first group of Grand Island High School students enrolled in the new International Baccalaureate program at the school that has raised the workload for participating students. That's OK with Yaeger.
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Tue, Feb 26th 2013 06:00 pm
Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick has announced his third annual Valentines for Veterans program generated thousands of cards as a result of the hard work of schools located within the district he represents.
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Tue, Feb 26th 2013 05:55 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce has recognized Life Technologies for once again showing their support for one of the largest community events held on Grand Island, the Citizen of the Year Dinner and Awards Ceremony.
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Tue, Feb 26th 2013 05:55 pm
The new 2013 Grand Island Community Directory has been successfully delivered to more than 7,100 homes, businesses, schools and churches on Grand Island.
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Tue, Feb 26th 2013 05:55 pm
The New York State Department of Health will hold a public meeting to discuss a health outcomes review for Tonawanda and surrounding areas in Erie County, including Grand Island.
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Tue, Feb 26th 2013 05:55 pm
On Feb. 18, Sam's Club in Niagara Falls held its 20th year of operation celebration event.
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Wed, Feb 20th 2013 07:00 am
On Saturday, Feb. 23, the third annual Robert G. Hoch Winter Memory Walk 2013 to benefit Hospice Foundation of Western New York will take place on the West River Road Parkway beginning with registration at 10 a.m. An after-party will take place at Riverstone Grill from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Tue, Feb 19th 2013 09:30 pm
The Miracle League of Western New York held a paver selling contest for all players and buddies, and the winner was Michael Dinsmore, who won a 32-inch flat-screen television donated by Double D Construction.
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Tue, Feb 19th 2013 09:25 pm
Grand Island Central School District has announced a new, mobile-friendly school district website is now live. In addition to a new look featuring Grand Island's own students, many new enhancements have been made, including improved navigation, a spotlight news section, upcoming events list and easy buttons to frequently visited pages, like the Parent Portal.
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Tue, Feb 19th 2013 09:20 pm
The 2013-2014 school year budget was discussed again at the Feb. 11 meeting of the Grand Island Board of Education. Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance Joe Giarrizzo told trustees that he has adjusted his previous budget gap estimate from $1,514,000 to $1,644,199. The increase is due to higher wage and salary estimates for the coming year. Basically, 68 percent of the budget forecast increase is due to step increases in salaries. Giarrizzo also indicated that the mandated percentage that the district must contribute to the Teacher Retirement System is 16.25 percent, up 4.14 percent from the last reported estimate.
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Tue, Feb 19th 2013 09:20 pm
Born in Buffalo on Feb. 20, 1933, Jan Madejski died peacefully at his home in Grand Island on Feb. 12, 2013, surrounded by his family.
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Tue, Feb 19th 2013 09:20 pm
Dorothy E. (Roach) Carey, entered into rest Feb. 8, 2013. She was a resident of Grand Island.
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Tue, Feb 19th 2013 09:15 pm
Directors from the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce, elected officials, RE/MAX North agents and friends all joined Peg Eisenhauer, broker and owner of the new RE/MAX North office, at a ribbon-cutting.
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Tue, Feb 19th 2013 09:15 pm
In an effort to keep the property owners informed as to what information they will receive in March 2013, a public meeting will take place on Feb. 28, in the court room of the Town Hall at 7 p.m.
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Tue, Feb 19th 2013 09:10 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce has recognized Fahim Mojawalla, owner of Creative Leather Concepts and Island Ship Center, along with Liz Wilbert of Realty USA, for their generosity by stepping up as a Bronze sponsors for this year's Citizen of the Year Awards event.
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Tue, Feb 19th 2013 09:00 pm
The 2013 Relay For Life season began in a full sprint with a kickoff rally Wednesday.
New teams and veteran Relayers gathered at Grand Island High School to award medals for 2012 and to begin the 2013 event, which will have an Olympic theme of "Going for the Gold."
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Tue, Feb 19th 2013 09:00 pm
The Niagara Region of the Office of New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will host "Birding on the River" at Beaver Island and Buckhorn Island state parks from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23.
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Fri, Feb 15th 2013 02:25 pm
Congressman Chris Collins announced Friday that the Federal Highway Administration is sending nearly $7 million to Western and Central New York to repair roadways heavily damaged when storms hit the region during August of 2009. Severe storms and heavy flooding washed-out many roads in southern Erie, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties. The same storm system also caused damage in Central New York.
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Fri, Feb 15th 2013 08:30 am
The effects of dementia will be the topic of a special presentation at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, at ElderWood Health Care at Riverwood, 2850 Grand Island Blvd., Grand Island.
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Thu, Feb 14th 2013 09:00 am
In an effort to improve upon what he called failings in the SAFE Act, and to reduce violent crimes in the communities, Assemblymen John Ceretto joined several of his colleagues Wednesday at a forum to discuss the issues of mental health, school safety, gun violence and general public safety.
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Tue, Feb 12th 2013 07:00 am
Six new part-time police officers were hired by the town at the Grand Island Town Board meeting on Feb. 4.
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Tue, Feb 12th 2013 07:00 am
With its opening performance of "Inherit the Wind" on Friday, Feb. 8, the Niagara Regional Theatre Guild celebrated its 90th year of community theater in Western New York.
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Tue, Feb 12th 2013 07:00 am
Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick has planned two district outreach meetings on Tuesday, Feb. 19, to meet with residents and discuss county issues.
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Tue, Feb 12th 2013 07:00 am
March 1 is the deadline for all Basic STAR, Enhanced/Senior STAR and veterans property tax exemptions to be added to the assessment roll for school tax year 2013-14 and town/county tax year 2014.
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Tue, Feb 12th 2013 07:00 am
Wednesday, Feb. 13, the 2013 Relay For Life Kickoff will take place at 7 p.m. in the senior cafeteria of Grand Island High School, 1100 Ransom Road.
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Tue, Feb 12th 2013 07:00 am
Ed Satterlee, a resident of North Port, Fla., and formerly of Grand Island, passed away after a brief illness.
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