Grand Island Record

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: To the toss-up column
U.S. Rep. Tom Reynolds’ retirement announcement shifted his congressional seat from “likely Republican” to “toss up,” according to the national elections analyst, the Cook Political Report.
STEVE HALL: Take the time to be thankful today
Today’s Good News edition marks the third time we’ve done this special newspaper. We like to take this one edition each year and focus on all the positive things that are going on in our communities.
OUR VIEW: Cheers to right-to-farm law; jeers to low voter turnout
The US&J's view on the best and worst of the week: Kudos to the Niagara County Legislature for continuing to look out for the farmers of the county. They are a big reason why Niagara County is what it is and will continue to help in its growth.
OUR VIEW: Status quo wins in Niagara County
The more things change the more they stay the same. But this time, the election didn't even result in much of a change in Niagara County.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Stop patio home development
We would like to thank everyone who is supporting our efforts to stop the proposed Country Club Cottages patio home cluster development between Fareway, Fix and Baseline roads.
DELMONTE: A successful Legislative session for Niagara County
There were many positive results that came out of this year’s legislative session.
WHITE-WALKER: Making trump out of trash
When you have the pressures of cranking out a weekly column, working at another job and producing plays on the side, you long for a mindless activity where automatically you’re just there and it requires little or no effort. C’mon guys, it’s not at all what you’re thinking.
WHITE-WALKER: Black sheep, a few shades lighter
Like payments on an expensive purchase, this is the last installment on my writings about Uncle Giuseppe. If they’ve bored you I haven’t done ‘Big Bruiser’ justice, because you never yawned when he was around, more like you got a migraine because he always operated on high C.
COLUMN: Improving IDAs through legislation
As was addressed over the past few weeks in this column, it is apparent that most Industrial Development Agencies throughout New York — and similarly devised entities throughout the United States — have serious flaws.