<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><channel><title>Middleport &ndash; Life in the Village of Middleport, New York 14105</title><link href="/tag/middleport/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"><link>http://middleport-newyork.com
	<description>on the Erie Canal, Niagara County NY </description><lastbuilddate>Tue, 25 Sep 2018 13:21:04 +0000</lastbuilddate><language>en-US</language><updateperiod>hourly</updateperiod><updatefrequency>1</updatefrequency><image><url>http://middleport-newyork.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-middleport-icon-32x32.jpg</url><title>Middleport &ndash; Life in the Village of Middleport, New York 14105</title><link>http://middleport-newyork.com
	<width>32</width><height>32</height></image><item><title>PTA membership applications available</title><link>http://middleport-newyork.com/pta-membership-applications-available/
		<pubdate>Thu, 30 Aug 2018 13:39:07 +0000</pubdate><creator></creator><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><guid ispermalink="false">http://middleport-newyork.com/?p=4023</guid><description>Attention Royalton Hartland Elementary Parents: We have PTA membership applications at the Village Hall! The PTA is an excellent organization, and it&rsquo;s well worth the (small) fee to join! Stop in anytime we&rsquo;re open (8:30 am &ndash; 4 pm; M-F) to pick up an application. You and your child will be glad you did!
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]]&gt;</description><encoded>Attention Royalton Hartland Elementary Parents: We have PTA membership applications at the Village Hall! The PTA is an excellent organization, and it&rsquo;s well worth the (small) fee to join! Stop in anytime we&rsquo;re open (8:30 am &ndash; 4 pm; M-F) to pick up an application. You and your child will be glad you did!
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]]&gt;</encoded></item><item><title>Learn about Middleport</title><link>http://middleport-newyork.com/3828-2/
		<pubdate>Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:45:07 +0000</pubdate><creator></creator><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><guid ispermalink="false">http://middleport-newyork.com/?p=3828</guid><description>For More Info About Middleport New York: To learn more about life in the Village of Middleport, check out&nbsp;this pamphlet full of the highlights of our friendly Village&nbsp;on the historic Erie Canal. For a more detailed look at what it is like to live in Middleport,&nbsp;our brochure is has more about all that Middleport&nbsp;has to
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]]&gt;</description><encoded><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/middleport-margaret-droman-park.jpg"><img class="wp-image-2523" src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/middleport-margaret-droman-park.jpg" alt="park in Middleport NY" width="438" height="249" srcset="http://middleport-newyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/middleport-margaret-droman-park.jpg 685w, http://middleport-newyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/middleport-margaret-droman-park-300x171.jpg 300w, http://middleport-newyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/middleport-margaret-droman-park-150x85.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px"></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Margaret Droman Park on the Erie Canal in Middleport, NY</figcaption><h3>For More Info About Middleport New York:</h3>
<ol><li>To learn more about life in the Village of Middleport, check out&nbsp;<strong><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/litv-pamphlet-lowres.pdf">this pamphlet full of the highlights of our friendly Village</a></strong>&nbsp;on the historic Erie Canal.</li>
<li>For a more detailed look at what it is like to live in Middleport,<strong>&nbsp;<a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/litv-brochure-lowres.pdf">our brochure is has more about all that Middleport</a>&nbsp;</strong>has to offer.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oTHDqeaX3I">Our video about &ldquo;Life in the Village&rdquo;</a></strong>&nbsp;features Middleport residents who talk about what they like about our upstate New York Village.</li>
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]]&gt;</encoded></item><item><title>Welcome to Middleport, NY!</title><link>http://middleport-newyork.com/welcome-middleport-ny/
		<pubdate>Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:36:03 +0000</pubdate><creator></creator><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><guid ispermalink="false">http://middleport-newyork.com/?p=3822</guid><description>Get to know more about Middleport by visiting these links: Our History Local Organizations &amp; Churches Life in the Village At Village Hall Things to Do &nbsp;
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]]&gt;</description><encoded><hr><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wp-content/uploads/img_0973-1.jpg"><img class="wp-image-3166 alignleft" src="/wp-content/uploads/img_0973-1-1024x791.jpg" alt="" width="497" height="384" srcset="http://middleport-newyork.com/wp-content/uploads/img_0973-1-1024x791.jpg 1024w, http://middleport-newyork.com/wp-content/uploads/img_0973-1-300x232.jpg 300w, http://middleport-newyork.com/wp-content/uploads/img_0973-1-768x593.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px"></a>Get to know more about Middleport by visiting these links:</h3>
<p><a href="/history-of-middleport/">Our History</a></p>
<p><a href="/churches-organizations/">Local Organizations &amp; Churches</a></p>
<p><a href="/life-in-the-village/">Life in the Village</a></p>
<p><a href="/at-village-hall/">At Village Hall</a></p>
<p><a href="/things-to-do/">Things to Do</a></p>
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]]&gt;</encoded></item><item><title>Life in the Village</title><link>http://middleport-newyork.com/life-in-the-village-2/
		<pubdate>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 12:40:27 +0000</pubdate><creator></creator><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><guid ispermalink="false">http://middleport-newyork.com/?p=3826</guid><description>Learn about the Village from this&nbsp;promotional brochure about Middleport, New York. We live life a slower in our Village and we enjoy our small quiet streets, local Police Department, excellent school system, sports organizations and more! Download the brochure from the link above and see why we love life in the Village!
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]]&gt;</description><encoded><a href="/wp-content/uploads/LITV-bottom.jpg"><img class="wp-image-2618 alignleft" src="/wp-content/uploads/LITV-bottom-788x1024.jpg" alt="" width="290" height="377" srcset="http://middleport-newyork.com/wp-content/uploads/LITV-bottom-788x1024.jpg 788w, http://middleport-newyork.com/wp-content/uploads/LITV-bottom-231x300.jpg 231w, http://middleport-newyork.com/wp-content/uploads/LITV-bottom.jpg 1500w" sizes="(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px"></a>Learn about the Village from this<a title="Promotional brochure info about Middleport NY" href="/new-promotional-materials-about-village-available/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&nbsp;promotional brochure about Middleport, New York.</a>
<p>We live life a slower in our Village and we enjoy our small quiet streets, local Police Department, excellent school system, sports organizations and more!</p>
<p>Download the brochure from the link above and see why we love life in the Village!</p>
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]]&gt;</encoded></item><item><title>Chauncey Norman, founder of NORCO</title><link>http://middleport-newyork.com/chauncey-norman-founder-of-norco/
		<pubdate>Tue, 19 May 2015 14:44:01 +0000</pubdate><creator></creator><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><guid ispermalink="false">http://middleport-newyork.com/?p=2405</guid><description>Chauncey Norman, a long time resident of Middleport, started his own business after working at the Niagara Sprayer for 37 years.&nbsp; NORCO Machine and Sheet Metal Corporation was started in 1957 with four employees in a building on Kelly Avenue after Niagara Chemical Division closed out its machine shop. Mr. Norman, Harold Austin and James
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]]&gt;</description><encoded><img class="alignleft  wp-image-2406" src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Scan-150x150.jpeg" alt="Scan" width="236" height="236">Chauncey Norman, a long time resident of Middleport, started his own business after working at the Niagara Sprayer for 37 years.&nbsp; NORCO Machine and Sheet Metal Corporation was started in 1957 with four employees in a building on Kelly Avenue after Niagara Chemical Division closed out its machine shop.
<p>Mr. Norman, Harold Austin and James Arnold formed their own firm and became known for their work in metal fabrication, arc welding and machine work.&nbsp; In 1961 the business moved from Kelly Avenue to a former Niagara Chemical Division building on Maple Avenue at the foot of Cemetery Street and added six additional employes.</p>
<p>Chauncey Norman retired in 1971 and passed away in 1993.</p>
<p><em>Photo courtesy of Bill Arnold.</em></p>
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]]&gt;</encoded></item><item><title>Behind the scenes story for &ldquo;Falling for the Porches of Middleport&rdquo; poster</title><link>http://middleport-newyork.com/behind-scenes-story-falling-porches-middleport-poster/
		<comments>http://middleport-newyork.com/behind-scenes-story-falling-porches-middleport-poster/#comments</comments><pubdate>Sun, 29 Dec 2013 18:16:18 +0000</pubdate><creator></creator><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><guid ispermalink="false">http://middleport-newyork.com/?p=1772</guid><description>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.&nbsp; The poster is available for a suggested $5 donation. Funds raised will be used to publish
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]]&gt;</description><encoded><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/18porches.gif"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1765" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/18porches-224x300.gif" alt="Porches in Middleport NY" width="224" height="300"></a>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 <strong><a title="The Porches of Middleport poster story" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIeWhmREJbA" target="_blank">this YouTube video.&nbsp;</a></strong>
<p style="text-align: left;">The poster is available for a suggested $5 donation. Funds raised will be used to publish a book about the history of the Village of Middleport written by former Village Historian Anna Wallace. Stop by the Village Hall Monday- Friday from 8:30 to 4 p.m. on Main St. to get your poster. They are also available at the Village Historian&rsquo;s Office in the Masonic Lodge that is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Posters can also be ordered by mail by sending a check made out to the MATABC (Middleport Area Tourism and Beautification Committee) for $14 to cover the $9 for postage and $5 donation to MATABC, PO Box 114, Middleport, NY.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Many thanks to the homeowners who let us capture their welcoming porches for this fall-themed poster to promote the Village of Middleport.</em></p>
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		<pubdate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 12:33:05 +0000</pubdate><creator></creator><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><guid ispermalink="false">http://middleport-newyork.com/?p=1327</guid><description>We&rsquo;d love to hear your Village of Middleport news and views. This website is for the promotion of the Village of Middleport, NY. There are other websites and media outlets that have stories about the Village &ndash; this page is specifically about the good things that we love about Life in the Village of Middleport.
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]]&gt;</description><encoded><strong><em>We&rsquo;d love to hear your Village of Middleport news and views.</em></strong>
<p>This website is for the promotion of the Village of Middleport, NY. There are other websites and media outlets that have stories about the Village &ndash; this page is specifically about the good things that we love about Life in the Village of Middleport.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="Send news to Middleport NY" href="mailto:news@middleport-newyork.com" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1330" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/send-middleport-news.gif" alt="News about Village of Middleport New York" width="468" height="200"></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333399;"><em> Any topics or comments other than those to promote will be removed &ndash; we are all about sharing what is wonderful about life in the Village!</em></span></p>
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<h2>BASIC RULES</h2>
<ol><li>No selling products on this website.</li>
<li>No swearing or bad words &ndash; keep it clean.</li>
<li>No badmouthing people or businesses.</li>
<li>Discussion is good, slamming is not. Be nice.</li>
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]]&gt;</encoded></item><item><title>Shots from the Village</title><link>http://middleport-newyork.com/shots-from-the-village/
		<pubdate>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 19:44:15 +0000</pubdate><creator></creator><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><guid ispermalink="false">http://middleport-newyork.com/?p=1279</guid><description>Shots along the Erie Canal in Middleport, New York. Click on the photos below and then use the arrows on the bottom left to go through the photos.
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]]&gt;</description><encoded><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/barge.jpg"><img class="wp-image-1315 aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid blue;" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/barge-300x225.jpg" alt="barge" width="180" height="135"></a>Shots along the Erie Canal in Middleport, New York.
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Click on the photos below and then use the arrows on the bottom left to go through the photos.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="wp-easy-gallery"><a onclick="var images=['http://middleport-newyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_6852-1024x768.jpg', 'http://middleport-newyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_6872.jpg', 'http://middleport-newyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boat.jpg', 'http://middleport-newyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/barge-1024x768.jpg']; var titles=['View from the Liftbridge', 'Spring on the canal', 'Under the liftbridge', 'Red Barge visits Middleport']; var descriptions=['View from the rail on the liftbridge on Main Street', 'Spring on the Erie Canal in Middleport NY', 'Boat passing under the liftbridge in Middleport NY', 'Red barge on the north bank of the canal in Middleport, NY']; jQuery.prettyPhoto.open(images,titles,descriptions);" title="On the canal" style="cursor: pointer;"><img class="dShadow trans" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_6852-150x150.jpg" width="300" height="225" border="0" alt="On the canal"><span class="wpeg-gallery-name left">On the canal</span></a></span></p>
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]]&gt;</encoded></item><item><title>&ldquo;Life in the Village&rdquo; stars Middleport residents</title><link>http://middleport-newyork.com/life-in-village-middleport-residents/
		<pubdate>Wed, 08 May 2013 05:28:11 +0000</pubdate><creator></creator><category></category><category></category><category></category><guid ispermalink="false">http://middleport-newyork.com/?p=1240</guid><description>Life in the Village is just a bit slower and simpler&hellip; It&rsquo;s one of the things that residents of Middleport, a quaint Niagara County village nestled against the historic Erie Canal, really enjoy. Middleport has affordable homes loaded with charm, beautiful parks, playgrounds and restaurants. In the Village, trips to the library, post office, running
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]]&gt;</description><encoded><em><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_6914.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1241" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_6914-300x225.jpg" alt="IMG_6914" width="300" height="225"></a>Life in the Village is just a bit slower and simpler&hellip;</em>
<p>It&rsquo;s one of the things that residents of Middleport, a quaint Niagara County village nestled against the historic Erie Canal, really enjoy.</p>
<p>Middleport has affordable homes loaded with charm, beautiful parks, playgrounds and restaurants. In the Village, trips to the library, post office, running track, tennis courts, school, medical center, banks, churches, and post office are all within walking distance. Residents have more time to enjoy daily life.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800000;"><strong><em>Watch the video &ldquo;Life in the Village&rdquo; below to learn more!&nbsp;</em></strong></span></p>
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<p>There is time to be friendly, enjoy the morning coffee on your front porch, walk down Main Street or take a stroll on the Erie Canal towpath. It&rsquo;s bound to make you reminisce about life back when.</p>
<p>Our strong sense of community, high performing rural school district, safe streets, wide array of service organizations and community activities make Middleport a great place to live and raise a family.</p>
<p>Want to hear more about it? Watch this video and hear what these residents like about Middleport, New York.</p>
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<h2>Life in the Village</h2>
<p>Middleport New York is located in eastern Niagara County. The Village and surrounding rural area is close to many local amenities and places to visit. The Orleans Health Care Facility (Medina Hospital) is 4 miles from the Village as well, and shopping centers in Buffalo and Rochester are about a 45-minute ride from Middleport.</p>
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