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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.

Boating season is in full swing, particularly in the Great Lakes region, which, overall, offers the best on-water fun this time of year.

Grand Island Supervisor John Whitney will resign from office effective Friday, Aug. 4.

Fear of overdevelopment was the hot topic as Grand Islanders took to the microphone at Mondays Town Board meeting.

In the very near future, the Grand Island Town Board will vote on building the single largest development project in town history, when it is presented with Acquest Developments request to build a 1.08-million-square-foot, one-floor high-bay facility on 138 acres. The Grand Island Commerce Center would be built between Bedell and Love roads.

Meta Quest is streaming a Gaming Showcase event this June for all VR fans. A new event from Meta Quest is coming, and this is with its Gaming Showcase's third annual event in its history to feature the latest developments and offers of the company for its VR experience.

A 36-floor, 364-foot tower is planned west of the Florida East Coast Railway tracks near the Brightline train station in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The project is the latest in high rises earmarked for the Broward Boulevard area in the station's neighborhood.

Firms from as far as New York, San Francisco, Texas and Toronto are among more than 100 that have shown interest in redeveloping the area around The Diamond.

WARREN — Citing a lack of “public purpose,” the absence of key development details and the potential risk to the city in a changing commercial landscape, the Warren City Council has rejected the funding mechanism for the administration’s proposed downtown plan.

Governor Hochul announced that Delta-X Global Corp. has committed to establishing its US research and manufacturing headquarters in the City of Rochester, Monroe County.