Gasport News

Lucille L. Britt, a woman of many "firsts" in local political and community circles, died Tuesday.

There were games for children, picnic benches for old-timers, a parade down Gasport Road and fireworks.

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

A big game expert said Wednesday night that Niagara County residents alarmed by bear sightings are encountering "the juvenile delinquents of the bear family." Tim Spierto, a big game biologist with the state Department of Environmental Conservation, made his observation during an address in the North Forest Rod and Gun Club - the first of three ...

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.

Independence Day celebrations will begin Thursday in the city with a parade starting at 6:30 p.m. from Lockport High School.

City of Lockport n MENACING: Ronald E. Skilton, 27, 472 Prospect St. Apt. 3 ,was charged with second-degree menacing and third-degree assault.

NIAGARA FALLS Gun scare at former school Falls police were called to the former 60th Street school about 4:15 p.m. Thursday after a woman working there said she had seen someone from a nearby home pointing a long gun at the building.

City of Lockport * ASSAULT: Clifford A. Davis, 47, 164 Church St., was charged with third-degree assault, endangering the welfare of a child and fourth-degree criminal mischief.

A 26-year-old Gasport woman told Niagara County Sheriff's deputies that she was assaulted, tied up and locked in a room with her 4-year-old daughter during a home invasion in her apartment late Wednesday night.

There were no reported injuries when a car hit a parked dump truck about 6 p.m. Tuesday on Bowmiller Road near Akron Road.

Runners flood Market Street as the 5K run begins Friday night as part of the All Saints God-Speed-4 event.

There are a lot of farms within 100 miles of Becker Farms and Vizcarra Vineyards on Quaker Road in Gasport.

Niagara County's Becker Farms and Vizcarra Vineyards will present 100-Mile Radius Meals, a series of farm meals based on agricultural products grown on the farms in the immediate area.

GASPORT, N.Y. Press release - For the past century Becker Farms and Vizcarra Vineyards has harvested its own fruits and vegetables to provide fresh produce and a wide variety of value added products such as hand made pies, jams, cookies, cider, fudge and wines.

A fire that broke out shortly before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday caused extensive damage to a house at 7594 Chestnut Ridge Road near Cottage Road.

Gasport * HARASSMENT: A Haseley Road man reported Tuesday that while he was at work on Quaker Road, an acquaintance walked up to him and said, "If you don't stay away from my wife, I will kill you." The man said he works with the man's wife, who is also his insurance agent, so he cannot stay away from her.

Megan Destro has been known to do some eccentric things. The Lockport resident dressed up as Raggedy Anne for the Ghost Hunters Party at Marjim Manner last fall just for fun.

City of Lockport * CHARGED: Anthony E. Luke, 41, 178 Green St., Apt. 2, was charged with a pedestrian violation.

City of Lockport * PETIT LARCENY: Timothy R. Williams, 38, 163 Washington St., Apt.