http://www.grandislandrecord.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:13:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_263121337.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_263121337.html A couple of Islanders belly up to the bar for “Over the Tavern” at Western Door Playhouse in Niagara Falls Oct. 3-19. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_256155905.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_256155905.html When punter Brett Kern trotted onto the field at Oakland as the holder for Denver’s first extra point in Monday night’s 41-14 rout of the Raiders, he became the first “native” Islander ever to compete in a major-league sporting event. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:53:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_255235501.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_255235501.html When punter Brett Kern trotted onto the field at Oakland as the holder for Denver’s first extra point in Monday night’s 41-14 rout of the Raiders, he became the first “native” Islander ever to compete in a major-league sporting event. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:14:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_249151414.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_249151414.html As hard as it is to imagine Grand Island without Bob Carr … It was harder still to imagine Bob Carr without his dog. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:21:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_242152119.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_242152119.html If your summer to-do list activities included dinner at the Riverstone Grill, you missed it. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:01:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_227150004.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_227150004.html Niagara Regional Theater Guild’s season lineup for 2008-09 seems designed to provide full employment for young actors. Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:08:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_306160925.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_306160925.html Islanders on Tuesday will vote to either retain Peter McMahon as town supervisor or elect Mary Cooke to take his place. Neither has a sign on Isle File’s lawn. Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:16:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_299161728.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_299161728.html It’s been an October to remember for John Goodfellow, an Islander who has learned sports literally from the ground up. He’s been inducted this weekend into the Niagara Falls Old-Timers Hall of Fame, practicing his acceptance speech while flying home from Oklahoma, where he got to get a grip on his daughter’s brand-new twin girls. Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:53:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_292125420.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_292125420.html When Islander Dennis Upton e-mailed about gigs with the improvisational troupe Comedy Sportz, Isle File profiled him as 20 or 30-something. Not so. Dennis, interrupted by Isle File as he did his bit to reforest the planet Wednesday morn, is a former mainland school teacher who retired not once, but twice. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:12:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_285181354.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_285181354.html The Business and Professional Women scored a real coup in arranging that Women’s Health seminar next Wednesday at the Holiday Inn. Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:17:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_278131813.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_278131813.html This year’s October surprise arrived on foot and left in a beer case. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:10:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_271171105.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_271171105.html Suppose you’re a Grand Island merchant and not selling quite enough of your product to cover your costs. What now? Right, take an ad in the Record, but what’s your pitch? Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:33:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_264163346.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_264163346.html Some years ago a young mainland woman had a frightful emotional brawl on her scholastic basketball team. It wasn’t about her, but it was all around her, and she was devastated. At work, her mom vented to Doug. Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_257165815.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_257165815.html “Curtain Up” dominated the Mainland Friday night but Islanders were all over the playbills. Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:14:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_243171457.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/islefile/local_story_243171457.html Isle File and Chris Wozniak did a play together two springs ago in Tonawanda. Doug had a role. Polly was his prompter. Chris designed the poster, the program and several other artistic aspects of the show.