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A major restructuring announced June 3 by General Motors Corp. is expected to have a positive impact on GM’s Tonawanda engine plant.
The local facility, which has about 1,800 employees, is expected to benefit from the automaker’s plan to add third shifts to Lordstown, Ohio, and Orion Township, Mich., assembly plants. Both are customers of the Tonawanda plant.
"Once production schedules are determined at the Lordstown and Orion plants, it’s anticipated that the third shift additions could have a positive impact on production schedules at Tonawanda Engine," plant manager Steve Finch said.
He was unable to add further details.
GM (NYSE: GM) said that starting in September, it will add a third shift at the Michigan plant that makes Chevrolet Malibu mid-size cars and the Ohio plant that builds Chevrolet Cobalt small cars.
Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner said GM also will develop a new Chevrolet compact car for U.S. and international markets and a successor to the current Chevrolet Aveo small car.
The Aveo will be produced in Lordstown starting in 2010, subject to talks with local and Ohio officials about incentives, GM said.
As another element of the restructuring, GM said it will production at its Oshawa, Ont., pickup truck plant, axing about 2,500 jobs in the process.
The plant, which produces the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, is expected to close in 2009.
Three other plant that assemble pickups or sport utility vehicles are also scheduled to be closed — in Janesville, Wis., Moraine, Ohio, and Toluca, Mexico. The company said it does not plan to allocate any new products to the four plants slated for closure.
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HAALE comes to the Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, on Thursday, April 10, at 8 p.m. Haale is a downtown New Yorker of Iranian descent. On her breathtaking full-length debut, No Ceiling, she draws on that heritage freely, but filters it through a contemporary prism.This is a free show in conjunction with the opening of the Experiencing the War in Iraq art opening. For more information please contact 508-324-1926.
The New Piano Quartet will perform Saturday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth. Pianist Esther Ning Yau, violinist Brenda van der Merwe, violist Emily Rome and cellist Judith Glixon will perform piano quartets by Beethoven, Charles Villiers Stanford, and Ivan Erod. Admission is $14 for adults, $12 for seniors, and $5 for students and children. Call 508-252-5718.
LEO KOTTKE will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, April 11, at the Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River. Tickets are $45, $40 in advance. For more information, call 508-324-1926 or visit www.ncfta.org or www.leokottke.com.
SONNY LANDRETH will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at the Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River. Tickets are $25, $22 in advance. For more information, call 508-324-1926 or visit www.ncfta.org or www.sonnylandreth.com.
Singer-songwriter Patty Larkin will perform Saturday, April 12, at 8 p.m. at the Common Fence Point Community Hall, 933 Anthony Road. Tickets are $22 and are available at the ticket desk from 3 to 5 p.m. on concert days; through Ticket Web anytime and at the door until sold out. Call Ticket Web at 866-468-7619 or visit www.commonfencemusic.org.
“COCKTAILS FOR A CAUSE” will take place on Sunday, April 13, 2008, at 5 p.m. at the Waterstreet Café, 36 Water St., Fall River.
Southcoast Strength and Spirit is a team of five local women helping fight one of the leading causes of cancer by participating in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Boston next month. Michelle Pelletier, Pam Sefrino, Isabelle Silva, Jennifer Preston Sousa and Diana Victor will walk more than 39 miles (a marathon and a half) each between May 17 and 18.

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