Videos

Behind the scenes story for “Falling for the Porches of Middleport” poster

How did the poster featuring some of the many wonderful and welcoming porches in Middleport, NY get made? Photographer Gretchen Schweigert talks about how she photographed some of them and what they mean to her in this YouTube video.  The poster is available for a suggested $5 donation. Funds raised will be used to publish

Notices & Notes

Now that the snow is here…

… a friendly reminder to all: it is a violation of NYS Traffic & Vehicle Law to put snow out into the street while cleaning around your property. Please remember you should not push snow out onto the street when plowing, snowblowers should direct snow into the yard not out into the street, and shoveled

People in the Past

Dr. Kent Williams, Middleport family doctor

The August 17, 1975 edition of the Niagara Gazette shared with its readers the details of “Dr. Kent D. Williams Day” as the Middleport community prepared to say farewell to a beloved resident.  After 39 years of “healing bodies and soothing minds”, Dr. Williams and his wife Emily were getting ready to retire to Florida