ALBANYS INSANITY (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
50 Years ago this week the town of Grand Island authorized spending $500. to fight the Grand Island Tolls legality in court. 50 years later? We are still fighting the tolls that have been here for 73 years. Think about this now. We are still fighting the tolls. This time it is entirely a grass roots [...]
The Turner Report (Free subscription) | yesterday
GateHouse Media sold two Nebraska daily newspapers, according to published reports : The employee-owned Omaha World-Herald Co. has bought two small Nebraska papers, The Grand Island Independent and The York News-Times, from GateHouse Media Inc. The deal gives the World-Herald 10 daily newspapers in Nebraska and Iowa, including the flagship Omaha World-Herald, and 23 nondaily papers. Terms of...
WorldGolf Wire News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... PGA member on August 5, 1983. After spending four years as a golf pro at Riverside Golf Club in Grand Island, Nebraska, in 1985 she joined The Country Club of Colorado. Once in Colorado, she worked for the club's noted Head Professional at the time, Bill Majure, who was later inducted into the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame, and began to develop her love for golf instruction.
The Business First of Buffalo (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... to enhance the Scajaquada Creekside Trail.• Fisherman’s Landing, developed by the town of Grand Island, $400,482. A park will be built on an unused parcel along the Niagara River near the south Grand Island Bridge. Recreational and fishing facilities will be added along with parking and connections to other nearby trails.• Shoreline Trail Signage, submitted by Erie County, $205,000....
ALBANYS INSANITY (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
... years. When will this insanity end. It’s legislation that would transfer control of the I-190 and Grand Island bridges and likely end tolls there. But that proposed legislation is sitting in committees in Albany. Rus Thompson has been fighting for years to get the tolls on the Grand Island bridges removed. He thought he was getting close. In February, George Maziarz sponsored a bill...
The Business Journal of Milwaukee (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Joseph Samora, senior vice president of CNH, said the is providing loan guarantees on the new cotton picker contracts. He said the contracts will directly benefit more than 1,400 employees at plants in Benson, Minn., and Grand Island, Neb.
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
... shopping malls and other locations. High-profile enforcement actions took place in Greeley, Colo.; Grand Island, Neb.; Postville, Iowa; Salt Lake City, Utah; and at the Michael Bianco factory in New Bedford, among other places. ICE agents conducted raids in apartments, stores and other locations in Newport and Middletown in June, and at six state courthouses last month.The raids have increased...
