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Deputy Supervisor Pete Marston is emphasizing the importance of public input as two significant public hearings loom next week for the Town of Grand Island.

Grand Island zoning laws did not predict the emergence of mega-distribution centers as proposed by Acquest Development and a moratorium on M1-zoned warehouse and distribution centers has been proposed. It will be discussed at a September 28 meeting.

The fundamental question is: Can you use property you already own for a purpose allowed by its zoning? If the answer is yes and the town still doesnt want the

After proposing new restrictions on giant warehouses in response to a controversial project, the Grand Island Town Board is doubling down with a plan to tighten the reins even further

It was déjà vu all over again Wednesday for the Grand Island Town Board in setting an 8 p.m. Sept. 18 public hearing on the Long Road mega warehouse proposal.

A two-year-old proposal by Acquest Development for a giant warehouse on Grand Island is stirring up the same kind of heavy opposition that the former Amazon venture generated, prompting calls

About 40 protesters on Monday marched outside Town Hall in favor of a warehouse moratorium and against the Town Board accepting a developers supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a proposed 1.2-million-square-foot Long Road warehouse.

Councilman Michael Madigan has told the Island Dispatch that he will be filing a motion at Mondays Town Board meeting to propose a moratorium on approving warehouses and distribution centers on Grand Island.

Island Dispatch Senior Contributing Writer Karen Carr Keefe last week posed the same set of questions to the two candidates for Grand Island town supervisor: Peter Marston, running on the Conservative line; and Michael Madigan, running on the Republican line. Both candidates currently serve as councilmembers on the Town Board.

Island Dispatch Senior Contributing Writer Karen Carr Keefe last week posed the same set of questions to the two candidates for Grand Island town supervisor: Peter Marston, running on the Conservative line; and Michael Madigan, running on the Republican line. Both candidates currently serve as councilmembers on the Town Board.