Wed, May 25th 2011 01:00 pm
Democrat Kathy Hochul defeated Republican Assemblywoman Jane Corwin by an unofficial 47 percent to 43 percent of the vote in the special election Tuesday for the 26th Congressional District.
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Sun, May 22nd 2011 03:00 pm
The Grand Island Town Board set aside May 13, 2011, as Winifred R. Zarbo Day throughout the Town of Grand Island in recognition of Zarbo's 90th birthday.
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Fri, May 13th 2011 03:00 pm
The Fuccillo Auto Mall continues its huge push to sell 500 vehicles in the month of May.
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Mon, May 9th 2011 11:40 am
State Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-Buffalo, today nominated Kathleen Wojtaszek-Gariano of Niagara Falls as a New York state "Woman of Distinction."
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Fri, May 6th 2011 04:15 pm
The 2011 Ride For Roswell, Western New York's largest one-day cycling event, will take place June 25. The event supports cancer research and patient care at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
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Fri, May 6th 2011 04:05 pm
For the last 15 years, fourth-graders at Island schools have made field trips to historic River Lea to learn about daily life in the 19th century. The tours are provided by the Grand Island Historical Society, headquartered at River Lea.
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Fri, May 6th 2011 03:25 pm
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Thu, May 5th 2011 02:45 pm
My employer, who is well versed on The Beach House, East River Road's home-shaped diner, gave me the heads-up last week when I told him I was having dinner at the restaurant. He said prepare to wait, and enjoy the free drink.
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Mon, May 2nd 2011 12:15 pm
Jamison R. Crawford, a Niagara University senior from Grand Island, was recently notified that a paper he presented at the 19th annual Illinois State University Conference for Students of Political Science on April 8 has been selected for a Best Paper Award by Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society. As a result, Jamison's paper, one of only four undergraduate submissions chosen, will be published in the fall 2011 issue of Critique, a worldwide student journal of politics.
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Wed, Apr 27th 2011 10:15 am
Matt Chorey lives near Veterans Park and is waiting for the day when he can have the chance to play baseball just like every other child on the Island.
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Wed, Apr 20th 2011 03:10 pm
At the Monday evening meeting of the Grand Island Board of Education, trustees reviewed the $51,859,079 proposed budget for the 2011-12 school year. The budget, with its estimated tax increase of 1.7 percent, will go to public vote on Tuesday, May 17.
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Wed, Apr 20th 2011 03:00 pm
The Miracle League began in the 1990s in Georgia as a baseball league for children with disabilities. The kids play on accessible fields and have special rules. The league now serves 200,000 children and young adults in 250 affiliate organizations throughout the world.
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Thu, Apr 14th 2011 12:45 am
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Commissioner Rose Harvey has announced that the golf course at Beaver Island State Park will open for the season on April 21.
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Fri, Apr 8th 2011 04:00 pm
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Fri, Apr 8th 2011 04:00 pm
The Grand Island Board of Education unanimously approved the 2011-12 school budget proposal in the amount of $51,859,079 after many weeks of cost-cutting angst from a revenue-scarce New York state budget.
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Fri, Apr 8th 2011 04:00 pm
The New York Power Authority Board of Trustees on April 4 awarded an allocation of low-cost hydropower to APP Pharmaceutical of Staley Road on Grand Island.
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Fri, Apr 8th 2011 04:00 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce has announced Derek Ostrom of Ostrom Enterprises, residential and commercial leasing and sales, has signed on as a bronze sponsor for the 45th annual Citizen of the Year awards.
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Sat, Apr 2nd 2011 12:10 am
Chasing Static hosts a CD release party Saturday, April 2, at DBGB's on Allen Street in Buffalo.
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Fri, Apr 1st 2011 02:00 pm
With one week to go before the proposed 2011-12 Grand Island school budget is voted on by the Board of Education, trustees faced many comments from the public during Monday's evening meeting in the Middle School Little Theater.
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Fri, Apr 1st 2011 02:00 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce has announced the Citizen of the Year award recipients, including two profiled in the Island Dispatch: Civic award recipient Dr. Sherry Bradford, and Businessperson recipient Thomas J. Kanaley, general manager for Fuccillo Chevrolet
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Mon, Mar 28th 2011 03:55 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce has announced the Citizen of the Year award recipients.
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Fri, Mar 25th 2011 04:00 pm
The Miracle League of Grand Island and Western New York is one step closer to home following recent fundraisers.
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Fri, Mar 25th 2011 03:55 pm
A last-minute decision to put a Corporate Bowl team together turned into a $3,000 profit for four Grand Island High School students.
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Fri, Mar 18th 2011 03:00 pm
Nine preliminary round matches were held Tuesday night in the 2011 Grand Island Corporate Bowl.
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Fri, Mar 18th 2011 03:00 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce has announced that Tops Markets and Toshiba Business Solutions have signed on as silver sponsors for the 45th annual Citizen of the Year award banquet.
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Fri, Mar 11th 2011 03:00 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce has announced that Russell's Restaurant and Salvatore's Grand Hotel is a platinum sponsor for the 45th annual Citizen of the Year award banquet.
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Fri, Mar 11th 2011 03:00 pm
The Grand Island Central School District, in cooperation with the Grand Island School and Business Alliance will present the 13th annual Corporate Bowl March 15 and 22.
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Fri, Mar 11th 2011 03:00 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce has announced the bronze sponsors for the 45th annual Citizen of the Year Award.
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Mon, Mar 7th 2011 04:20 pm
Shortly before 8 a.m. this morning, Grand Island Fire Co. firefighters responded to a structure fire at 3998 East River Road, which had been reported by a neighbor.
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Mon, Mar 7th 2011 02:15 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce has announced that Fuccillo Chevrolet, the Grand Island Holiday Inn Resort and Conference Center, and Niagara Frontier Publications have signed on as platinum sponsors for the 45th annual Citizen of the Year Awards event.
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Fri, Mar 4th 2011 03:00 pm
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Fri, Mar 4th 2011 03:00 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce has announced that KeyBank, Life Technologies, and HSBC Bank have signed on as gold sponsors for the 45th annual Citizen of the Year Award banquet.
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Fri, Mar 4th 2011 02:00 pm
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Mon, Feb 28th 2011 05:45 pm
The Grand Island Rotary Club will host Rotary/PTSA Students of the Month at an awards dinner April 29.
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Fri, Feb 25th 2011 02:35 pm
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Fri, Feb 25th 2011 02:30 pm
The Women of the Moose on behalf of the Grand Island Moose Lodge No. 180 recently purchased a "brick" for The Miracle League of Grand Island and Western New York, and have issued a challenge to other community groups to raise money for the Miracle League by hosting some kind of fundraiser.
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Fri, Feb 25th 2011 02:25 pm
Carolyn Konopski was recently named the new administrative director for the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce and Kim McMahon has been name the chamber's new benefits administrator.
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Fri, Feb 25th 2011 02:00 pm
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has re-introduced federal legislation that would forever protect toll discount programs such as those for Grand Island residents.
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Fri, Feb 25th 2011 02:00 pm
The Section VI playoffs brought out the best in the Grand Island boys basketball team as the Vikings won their first home game of the season with a dramatic late rally.
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Thu, Feb 17th 2011 12:00 pm
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