http://www.tonawanda-news.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sun, 11 May 2008 23:12:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_132231348.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_132231348.html Music has been Matt Surowiec’s greatest passion ever since his mother introduced him to the likes of Kenny Rogers and Paul Simon at age 3. Mon, 05 May 2008 01:38:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_126013909.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_126013909.html Singing the National Anthem in front of hundreds of people is enough to make anyone a bit nervous, but that wasn’t going to stop 11-year-old Victoria Buscaglia of North Tonawanda from hitting the high notes at Sunday’s Buffalo Bisons game. Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:45:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_118224624.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_118224624.html When most people think of being a young teenager, they imagine things like shopping at the mall, playing sports with friends and going out for school outings. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:47:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_111224802.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_111224802.html Having served as a member of United States Central Command, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Craig Maefs briefed many high-ranking diplomats on goings on in Afghanistan. Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:45:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_316133803.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_316133803.html The interior of the home at 257 Goundry St. has changed slightly, but still has characteristics of a Queen Ann Style home. Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:23:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_309122508.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_309122508.html This is part two of a two-part story. While still in the banking business, BL was associated with his brother James in the Rand Ledger Company. He enjoyed the manufacturing business so well that he was soon working full time with the Rand Company. Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:25:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_302142613.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_302142613.html This is part one of a three-part story. The fine house at 257 Goundry was the home of Benjamin Long Rand, known as “BL” in the family, who was the oldest son of Calvin Gordon Rand and Almira Long Rand, born June 22, 1855, in Batavia. Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:19:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_295132030.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_295132030.html Even though she’s being honored as Citizen of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas, Donna Burgio has a tough time talking about herself. Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:15:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_295131658.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_295131658.html The North Tonawanda History Museum’s founders’ goal in 2003 was to create a tourist attraction that would serve to bring economic benefits to the city and its residents based on its unique and wonderful history. Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:47:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_281115747.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_281115747.html This is part one of a two-part series about the home at 209 Niagara St. Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:08:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_274141026.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_274141026.html Built in the late 1800s, this was for a time the fine home of George C. Dailey, one of the first presidents of State National Bank, which is not at all surprising when you consider who his neighbors next door at 257 Goundry were: the Benjamin Long Rand family. B.L. Rand and his brothers, George Franklin Rand and James Henry Rand, were all bankers during their active careers and were part of State National Bank. Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:04:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_274140604.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_274140604.html Barb and Rob Larson became regular campers with their children in the shadow of the Thirty-Mile Point Lighthouse at Golden Hill State Park about 10 years ago. Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:03:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_267135633.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_267135633.html Louisa Parkway was laid out around 1924 through a tract of land owned by James Sweeney Thompson, in order to facilitate development. Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:56:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_267135728.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_267135728.html The mayors of Niagara County’s cities and villages are a pretty thick-skinned bunch. Whether it’s taking the heat for donating city water for a sick child’s swimming pool, or reversing a ban on outdoor fire pits, this group of dedicated men and women often have to take a stand on difficult situations. Most mayors have a keen political ability to seek the middle ground. Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:22:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_260182355.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_260182355.html The North Tonawanda History Museum has been promised the first shipment of its first full-length book on the history of North Tonawanda by the publisher by the end of September.