http://www.grandislandrecord.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:56:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/local_story_255235657.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/local_story_255235657.html Don Paul was the trigger.As I walked down the concrete hallways of Channel 4 to find its heart, the studio, something in me seemed awry as the look of that very four-letter word. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:37:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_237003820.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_237003820.html Mon, 26 May 2008 00:21:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_147002148.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_147002148.html A military life is as difficult as it is valiant, and on the day we set aside to recall those sacrifices, we’d like to take a moment to examine what really makes this nation’s grand democratic experiment tick. Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:40:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_083004347.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_083004347.html 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. Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:38:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_325233621.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_325233621.html 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. Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:27:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_313222650.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_313222650.html The US and 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. Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:11:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_313021752.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_313021752.html 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. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:17:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/local_story_271171902.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/local_story_271171902.html 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. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:27:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_184162814.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_184162814.html There were many positive results that came out of this year’s legislative session. Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:39:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_064204029.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_064204029.html 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. Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:26:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_043162645.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_043162645.html 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. Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:24:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_043162457.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_043162457.html 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. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:33:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_029163426.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_029163426.html Everybody has at least one, but nobody likes to admit it because they might, God forbid, be a reflection on them. But you’d have to be mighty insecure not to survive a smudge on one’s family’s fabric. I’m referring to the black sheep in the family who, incidentally, have the biggest hearts and sometimes the biggest mouth, too. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:04:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_028010452.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_028010452.html Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:04:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_028010429.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/opinion/gnnopinion_story_028010429.html