Middleport News

More than 500 cyclists will participate in the 11th annual cross-state bike tour from Buffalo to Albany, which begins on Sunday.

KASSON -- Melvin "Mel" Bernard Harpuder died peacefully July 5, 2009, at Seasons Hospice House in Rochester.

Two elderly Rochester Road residents were rescued from a fire in Middleport at 12:40 a.m. Sunday.

Fire destroyed a house and sent two occupants to the hospital for smoke inhalation shortly before 1 a.m. today in the Town of Royalton, Niagara County sheriff's deputies said.

The Niagara County Sheriff's office received a cellular 911 call shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday from a passing motorist saying that he saw what appeared to be a fire in a barrel behind a residence on Rochester Road.

Two Orleans County men have been charged with breaking into a Locust Street home Monday.

The condition of an 11-year-old boy who was injured when hit by a car Tuesday has been upgraded from critical to stable, State Police spokeswoman Rebecca Gibbons said today.

During his time as Royalton-Hartland superintendent, Paul Bona may not have always gotten along with the adults.

LEE'S STAFF ON HAND:A staff member of Rep. Chris Lee, RClarence, will be on hand from 10 to 11:30 a. m. Wednesday at Royalton Town Hall, 5316 Royalton Center Road, Middleport, and from 3:30 to 5 p. m in North Tonawanda Public Library, 505 Meadow Drive, to answer questions, assist with problems with federal agencies and hear opinions on national ...

Newfane * DRUGS: Stephen L. Demmin, 38, 190 Ontario St., Lockport, was charged Monday night with criminal possession of a controlled substance, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, driving while using a mobile phone and a seat-belt violation.

FMC is looking for some public input on three reports concerning soil samples around the Middleport plant site.

A group of Middleport-area farmers and producers hope to return some old-time feel and foot traffic to the Lockport municipal farmers market.

Geraldine Coon Rademaker Reynolds, 97, brought her second-grade report card from 1919, Carol B. McIntosh had her Mary Gregory glass appraised and Glenn Gibson showed how ride a bike with a 51-inch front wheel.

The school boards of the Lockport, Royalton-Hartland, Starpoint and Wilson districts will hold meetings this coming week.

FMC Middleport has changed over the years. First opened as the Niagara Sprayer Co.

Two Middleport residents and a juvenile are facing charges of marijuana possession.

City of Lockport * SEX OFFENDER: Robert Santmyer, 33, 6105 Strauss Road, Apt. E, was charged Thursday with being within a 1,000 feet of an entrance to a school.

Following is a weekly listing of upcoming events of area faith groups held around Niagara County.

Warm weather and a stubborn fire kept crews from 10 fire departments - and two counties - busy Thursday.

Niagara County Sheriffs deputies responded to house of Town Supervisor Timothy Demler for the report of a missing wedding band and legal papers Sunday afternoon.