Michaelj Billoni News Today

At Beaver Island State Parks Falconwood Event Center, VRanda Restaurant, the front lawn and boardwalk that overlook a beautiful one-half mile sandy beach on the shores of the mighty Niagara River, people are expected to be directly in the path of totality - which occurs at 3:18 p.m.

As a small business owner on Grand Island, Peter Marston Jr. brings a much different perspective to the office of town supervisor, which he officially began on Monday after being sworn in by New York State Assemblyman Angelo Morinello.

The Western New York community is mourning the loss of Kurt and Monica Villani who both died in Wednesday's car crash at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls.

Doesn't look like a terror attack, just another criminal act not tied to terrorism. Let's hear more about it before making an opinion.

Kurt Villani and his wife Monica were travelling over the Rainbow Bridge crossing in Niagara Falls on the border between the US and Canada on their way to a KISS concert in Toronto when their Bentley crashed and exploded

OLAF FUB SEZ: A suggestion from singer and songwriter Natalie Merchant, born in Jamestown on this date in 1963: "These are the days/ That you might fill with laughter."

All the candidates for office in the Town of Grand Island, who are on the Nov. 7 general election ballot, have accepted an invitation to participate in the inaugural candidates forum.

Sometime after noon tomorrow afternoon, inside the Longshed at Canalside on Buffalos beautiful waterfront, master boatbuilder Roger Allen will look toward Dr. John Montague, who founded the Buffalo Maritime Center in 1989, smile and whisper,

While most children spend the final month of summer outdoors swimming, playing games and sports with friends, or taking family vacations, 13-years-young Grayson Shelp is back selling popcorn outside Ace Hardware, 1889 Whitehaven Road, seven days a week beginning at 9:30 a.m., until just past Labor Day.

Elsie Martino has been the humble, dedicated volunteer secretary of the DeGlopper Memorial Expansion Committee since the fall of 2018. She has been gracious and helpful in accomplishing many tasks while being supportive of every committee member as they accomplished the amazing goal of constructing a monument in honor of Grand Islands World War II hero, U.S. Army Pvt. First-Class Charles N. DeGlopper and all town veterans.