Fri, Jan 13th 2012 06:00 pm
The Grand Island Board of Education considered a varied agenda Monday evening in the Veronica Connor Middle School Little Theater. Longer and more detailed meetings and public information forums will begin in earnest now that the 2012-13 budget process is under way.
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Fri, Jan 13th 2012 05:55 pm
Grand Island High School completed a three-peat of the Tech Wars competition Wednesday, winning for the third year in a row in the battle of school technology programs held at Niagara County Community College.
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Fri, Jan 13th 2012 05:55 pm
Monday, Jan. 9, began the formal start of legislative work in Albany, and marked the introduction of one of Grand Island's representatives.
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Fri, Jan 13th 2012 05:50 pm
Grand Island students are preparing to bring the international musical sensation "Les Misérables" (school edition) to life on the Grand Island stage.
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Fri, Jan 13th 2012 05:50 pm
Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick will once again serve on the Finance and Management Committee and oversee the administration of the county's $1 billion budget.
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Fri, Jan 13th 2012 05:45 pm
The Grand Island Board of Education held a meeting with Cannon Design and Campus Construction Management on Saturday to begin the next phase of work on its recently passed $51 million capital project.
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Tue, Jan 10th 2012 12:40 am
New York State Sen. Mark Grisanti is the first Western New York lawmaker to co-sponsor and support Sen. Jeffery Klein and his fellow members of the Independent Democrats Conference on legislation to crack down on cyber-bulling in New York state.
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Mon, Jan 9th 2012 12:20 pm
Volunteers from the Golden Age Center spent Thursday at work in a service that has saved their fellow town taxpayers thousands of dollars.
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Mon, Jan 9th 2012 12:20 pm
The Rossi Law Firm has announced that effective Jan. 1 its law offices relocated to 68 Niagara St., Buffalo.
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Mon, Jan 9th 2012 12:15 pm
Nearly 20 years ago to the day, the Grand Island Town Board faced an impasse on whom to appoint to a vacant council seat similar to the one experienced Monday night.
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Mon, Jan 9th 2012 12:15 pm
One Town Board seat remains vacant after the sitting four councilmembers deadlocked on appointing a fifth at Monday's reorganization meeting.
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Mon, Jan 9th 2012 09:05 am
New York State Sen. Grisanti was named the winner of the 2012 William B. Hoyt Environmental Excellence Award for his work on behalf of conservation and the environment.
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Wed, Jan 4th 2012 12:55 pm
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Tue, Jan 3rd 2012 11:50 am
Recently, six members of the Erie County Farm Bureau joined hundreds of other farm bureau members from across the Empire State in Binghamton for the New York Farm Bureau's State Annual Meeting. The event marks the time when policies are debated and voted upon by county appointed delegates. These discussions determine the agricultural policy issues to be adopted by the organization for 2012.
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Mon, Jan 2nd 2012 07:00 am
Charles N. DeGlopper Memorial VFW Post 9249, 2121 Grand Island Blvd., will host an all-you-can-eat "Soup Night."
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Fri, Dec 30th 2011 09:35 am
The Grand Island Town Board held memorial adjournments at its regular monthly meetings for the following Islanders during 2011:
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Fri, Dec 30th 2011 09:35 am
Linda Isenhart and the Zonta Club of Grand Island presented a check for $1,500 to Ann Dahl of the Grand Island Neighbors Foundation to help needy families in the town.
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Fri, Dec 30th 2011 09:30 am
Grand Island was a participating town in the Communities that Care blood drive for the American Red Cross on Dec. 27.
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Fri, Dec 30th 2011 09:30 am
Reality Café is giving a big thanks to Jason Kopenski's family for donating a Christmas tree so the middle-schoolers at the café could decorate it on Thursday, Dec. 22.
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Fri, Dec 30th 2011 09:25 am
The extension of the current Move Over Law to include tow trucks and other maintenance vehicles is welcome news to those who job it is to help stranded motorists.
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Fri, Dec 30th 2011 09:25 am
The inauguration of newly elected town officials will take place at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 1, at the Buffalo Launch Club, 503 E. River Road.
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Sun, Dec 25th 2011 07:00 am
This Christmas marks 20 years that Norm Cerrillo of Grand Island (Santa at Kelly's Country Store) has been making glad the heart of childhood.
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Fri, Dec 23rd 2011 07:00 am
Passage of two capital project propositions by voters Tuesday indicates renewed trust in the school district, Board of Education members said.
The capital project, totaling $51 million, passed by wide margins. A $46.8 million proposal passed with 1,610 yes votes and 292 no votes, an 84.6 percent approval. Proposition 2, a $4.6 million project for work on the Grand Island High School auditorium and athletic fields, passed 1,361 to 516, or 72.5 percent in favor.
"I think it's a resounding demonstration that the board put together a good package, two good propositions, and I think we're starting to build back the trust that the community expects of the board," said School Board President David Goris, after the vote totals were announced in the high school Viking Mall by Superintendent of Schools Robert Christmann.
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Fri, Dec 23rd 2011 06:55 am
Grand Island Neighbors Foundation: need to assist Islanders down on their luck this holiday greater than last year; donations have risen even faster.
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Thu, Dec 22nd 2011 12:00 pm
State Sen. Mark Grisanti sent a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo today asking him to restore funding to the NFTA.
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Wed, Dec 21st 2011 05:35 pm
Congratulations to all of this year's winners in the annual Niagara Frontier Publications Christmas Coloring Contest.
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Tue, Dec 20th 2011 02:40 pm
New York State Sen. Mark Grisanti, City of Buffalo Common Council Member Mike LoCurto of the Delaware District and City of Buffalo Common Council Member David Rivera of the Niagara District are working together to spread holiday cheer this year by giving Christmas trees to local families.
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Tue, Dec 20th 2011 12:15 pm
The Grand Island Central School District will put a capital project proposal with two propositions before the residents on Tuesday, Dec. 20.
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Tue, Dec 20th 2011 12:05 pm
After several years of feeling that Grand Island was being spared the tough times that have dragged down Western New York and the country, the Neighbors Foundation now sees a much increased need for its help to Grand Islanders in temporary need. Whether local families have now exhausted their resources, or whether it is the shrinkage of government help services, our food and financial reserves are being depleted by recent increased calls for help.
The foundation is determined to continue the tradition of helping families in need at this 2011 holiday season with food and gift baskets, but earnestly asks the Grand Island community for extra support in our holiday "Share Your Happiness" fund drive through donations to P.O. Box 155, Grand Island, NY 14072.
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Fri, Dec 16th 2011 04:40 pm
The Holiday Inn Grand Island invited Islanders to a coming out party Tuesday to show off the hotel's new look.
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Fri, Dec 16th 2011 04:35 pm
At the Monday evening meeting of the Grand Island Board of Education, Superintendent of Schools Robert Christmann announced that Jerry Parisi, assistant principal of Grand Island High School, would become the new principal of Veronica E. Connor Middle School effective Jan. 1, 2012.
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Fri, Dec 16th 2011 04:25 pm
At 12:33 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8, Grand Island Fire Co. firefighters responded to a Stony Point Road structure fire reported by the owner, Kevin Hall, who discovered smoke coming from his basement.
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Fri, Dec 16th 2011 04:25 pm
Members of the Second Tuesday of the Month Book Club presented the Grand Island Memorial Library with a check on Thursday, Dec. 8.
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Fri, Dec 16th 2011 10:00 am
Kevin Koch returns for a second term as chief of the Grand Island Fire Co. after running unopposed in 2012 elections, which were held at fire headquarters on Wednesday, Dec. 7.
Koch will be joined by Deputy Chief Matt Osinski, First Assistant Chief Chris Soluri, Second Assistant Chief Mark Sadkowski, fire captains Ed Krecisz, Shawn Kephart, Omar Sortino, Day Capt. Pete McMahon, Fire Police Capt. Don Portik, EMS Capt. Jon Cinelli, and a second appointed EMS captain, Jeremy Pullano.
Tammy Gorman was successful in attaining her third term as president and will be assisted by Vice President Don Turner, Line Secretary Nicole Gerber and Recording Secretary Laurie Berry. Reed Wright was returned to the Board of Review and Robert "Butch" Meyer will continue to serve as a Benevolent Association trustee. Dave Khreis was also returned to the position of the sergeant at arms.
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Fri, Dec 16th 2011 10:00 am
The first-ever Share the Holiday Magic event at Grand Island High School packed the Viking Mall in the spirit of Christmas and collaboration.
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Fri, Dec 9th 2011 02:00 pm
The New York Power Authority announced Dec. 1 the completion of a $2.1 million wetland restoration project for Little Beaver Island.
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Fri, Dec 9th 2011 02:00 pm
Two elected officials said there is more than meets the eye when judging their votes against the Grand Island Central School District's proposed $51 million capital project.
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Fri, Dec 9th 2011 01:50 pm
State Sen. Mark Grisanti Thursday announced his endorsement of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to overhaul state income tax rates as a means toward middle class tax relief.
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Tue, Dec 6th 2011 10:50 am
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Fri, Dec 2nd 2011 08:10 pm
New York State Senator Mark Grisanti has scheduled three more bi-partisan listening sessions in the 60th Senate District.
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