http://www.grandislandrecord.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:12:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_306160454.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_306160454.html Every night, just after dinner, when I can, I steal about a half an hour for myself. I sit and do nothing but the puzzles in the newspaper. It might be selfish, but I am somewhat addicted to the effects. I think of nothing else but solving those puzzles. My mind is free of any other thought. Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:10:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_306161212.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_306161212.html Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:57:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_292125659.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_292125659.html They called it quits. Put an end to it. He packed his bags and left. After 19 years of marriage, it is over. I have not known any married couple who divorced since I’ve met them and didn’t know what to say when Susan told me the news. Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:51:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_292125306.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_292125306.html The first of the year would see work start on a second South Grand Island Bridge at a cost of $6 million. The new structure would parallel the current bridge, which was already more than 20 years old. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:18:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_285181925.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_285181925.html The earth was quiet, save for the sound of tree branches cracking and falling to the ground. Standing on our back patio, we imagined it to be what the residents of a war-stricken country might hear in the middle of the night, akin to the sound of gunfire in the not so distant vicinity. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:08:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_285181121.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_285181121.html Lane Drugs at the Grand Island Plaza offered a hot water bottle for 98 cents, two hair nets for 11 cents, eight ounces of hydrogen peroxide for 19 cents, and 100 aspirin tablets for 9 cents. Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:12:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_278131422.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_278131422.html Halloween is just around the corner. The days are growing shorter, and the leaves are turning and falling. The weather is not yet unbearably cold, the air smells crisp and clean, and lovely fall decorations paint a warm welcome to the homes of friends and neighbors. Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:10:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_278131153.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_278131153.html Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:58:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_275125913.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_275125913.html This is a letter from State Senator Antoine M. Thompson to Michael Fleischer, Executive Director of the New York State Thruway Authority. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:22:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_271172318.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_271172318.html If you remember the television show that consistently finished each episode with “Good Night John-Boy,” “Good Night Mary Ellen,” “Good Night Jim-Bob,” and “Good Night Elizabeth,” then you remember The Waltons. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:19:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_271172211.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_271172211.html A 19-year-old Carl Road resident was injured when he fought off two robbers while working at Kemp’s Service Station in Buffalo. Charles Lindvail suffered a two-inch slash across his neck during his Saturday night shift; he was treated at Buffalo General Hospital. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:17:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_271171902.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/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. Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:36:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_264163744.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_264163744.html Frank Winters, chairman of the Grand Island Board of Assessors, said the 1957-58 assessed valuation for the Island would be $10,677,146, according to the Sept. 19, 1957, edition of the Island Dispatch. Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:11:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_243171240.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_243171240.html Little league glory went to the Island’s Orioles, who managed a 9-8 win over the Grandyle Plaza Senators before a crowd of more than 700 wild spectators, according to the August 28, 1957, edition of the Island Dispatch. Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:10:00 +0000 http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_243171126.html http://www.grandislandrecord.com/specialfeatures/local_story_243171126.html It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon on the Island.