Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Verratti Farms vehicle vandalized
A vehicle owned by verratti Farms was vandalized to the tune of $12,000
Monday, June 28, 2021
Track closed
If running the track at Roy-Hart is how you get your exercise...the track is closed for resurfacing until August.
Royalton garage fire
On June 27th, 2021 at 1838 Hours, the Niagara County Sheriff's Office Dispatch Center received several 911 calls reporting a possible shed fire on Lincoln Avenue in the Town of Royalton. A responding Fire Chief confirmed the 30 feet by 50 feet detached garage containing a full gym was fully involved. The fire was subsequently extinguished by members of the responding fire companies. The garage and contents are estimated to be a total loss and a 1941 Oldsmobile suffered extensive damage. No injuries were reported. Investigation into the cause of the fire is being conducted by the Niagara County Origin and Cause Team
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Roy-Hart baseball to play in B2 final
This is shaping up to be a classic game and a memorable one for the young men: Roy-Hart takes on neighboring Medina this Saturday in the B2 championship game. Imagine playing this game and then hurrying to your graduation! https://orleanshub.com/roy-hart-ousts-cleve-hill-to-gain-b2-final/
Update on solar moratorium
The Lockport town board advanced a proposed six-month moratorium on large solar energy projects. The moratorium now excludes the Slayton Settlement Road solar project
https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/towns-solar-moratorium-proposal-revised/article_de341f3c-9603-53c4-bd4f-9044c1bf0281.html
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Mr. Porter has passed away
Mr. Porter passed away Sunday...at 104 years of age!
He was a teacher, principal, and superintendent in our district.
RIP.
Charles H. Porter, age 104, died June 20, 2021, in the care of his loving family at his home in Gasport, NY.
Charles was a 1935 graduate of Gasport High School, a 1940 graduate of Cornell University, and a 1956 graduate of the University of Buffalo. While he worked initially at Harrison Radiator and then as a sales manager at International Harvester, his career was primarily spent as an educator. He taught Agriculture and Chemistry at Castile and Perry High School and at Royalton-Hartland High School, where subsequently he became the Principal and ultimately the Superintendent, a position he held for 22 years, retiring in 1978. Charles was a member of the Middleport Rotary Club and the Gasport Masonic Lodge, as well as several professional organizations including the American Association of School Administrators and the New York State Superintendents Association. He also attended Holy Cross Lutheran church for the majority of his adult life.
Charles was happily married for more than 50 years to his wife, Jean (Hasler), formerly of Buffalo, who predeceased him in 1998. He was also predeceased by his brothers John Porter, formerly of Millbrook, and Robert Porter, formerly of Lockport.
He is survived by his son Charles H. (Nora) Porter II of Poughkeepsie, his granddaughters Katharine (Derrick) Darling of Gasport, and Elizabeth (Peter Richmond) Porter of Newton, MA, and his great grandchildren Emma Richmond, Karl Darling, Thomas Richmond, and Grace Darling, as well as several nieces and nephews and their families.
Monday, June 21, 2021
Gasport Fly-In Breakfast
Thank you to Jesse Bieber for sharing this news on the Memories of Royalton, Gasport and Middleport Facebook page.
The Gasport Fly In Breakfast Returns!
Sunday, June 27 will mark the 25th year for the Gasport Mason’s famous Fly-In Breakfast. Last year we were “Covid-ed out”, but we are back!!
Every year, rain or shine, we are at the Royalton Airport. The airport is at Dale and Mackey Roads, a mile south of Gasport. Watch for the signs. Yes, every year we have a few pilots who fly in to the airport. But most of our breakfast lovers come in by automobile. You can also come by motorcycle, bicycle or horseback. It is a beautiful country location.
The breakfast features delicious pancakes (all you can eat), Kreher’s Family Farms fresh eggs, sausage, and blueberry topping if you desire it. Coffee, milk, chocolate milk and juice are also available. This is all for $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for under 12 years of age. Those under 4 years are free. We will be serving from 8 AM until noon so you can make your church services before or after. Bring the family.
The Gasport Order of the Eastern Star will again have their popular baked food items available for sale.
The event is sponsored by the Gasport Masons to benefit their scholarship program at Royalton-Hartland High School.
No advance tickets are needed, just drop by at the airport. Free parking!
Contact Nathan Herendeen, 716-622-0771 for more information.
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Maggie's Kitchen closing
I heard on WLVL this morning that Maggie's Kitchen in Gasport is closing in the next week or so. WLVL also reported that Billy's Beef and the food truck will remain in operation.
Maggie's Kitchen opened in early March 2020, just days before the whole world changed. It has not been kind to them: pandemic restrictions, dramatically increased food costs, labor shortages. In a different "era" they would have flourished, especially with such good food and happy service.
My heart goes out to Billy & Mary Anne.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Becker to lead FFA
Roy-Hart sophomore Lorna Becker is set to lead NY FFA's District 9:
https://www.lockportjournal.com/community/roy-hart-student-to-lead-ffa-district-9/article_76b80db0-9081-568d-bc8d-754cd89fac19.html
Monday, June 14, 2021
Port's changes hands
From Port's Pizza's Facebook page..
Some of you may know our story, some of you may not. In February of 2019, after months and months of planning, my former business partner Shaun Burke and I (Joe Mangiafesto) opened Ports Pizza & Subs. I own and operate JFM Property Services and Shaun worked for a local construction company. We weathered a wild first year working both jobs and fortunately for Shaun, an opportunity came for him to branch out with his own general contracting company, Cavlee Development. In January of 2020, I took over as sole owner of Ports. As business continues to grow, it’s becoming more and more difficult to own and operate both businesses. With that being said, I decided to sell the pizza shop. Two of our awesome employees decided they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity! Familiar faces, Josh Carnes and Danny Dietz have taken over as owners of Ports Pizza & Subs! The transition happened in the beginning of May and you probably didn’t even notice. That was their goal, to keep everything the same as you’re used to with a couple slight additions to the menu. I appreciate each and every one of our loyal customers for almost two and a half great years and Josh and Danny look forward to many more! As always, if there’s ever an issue, we need to know. We can’t fix a problem we don’t know about.
Thank you all!
Joe, Josh and Danny
Thursday, June 10, 2021
Newroyal helps with Veggie Van
Gasport's Newroyal Orchards has teamed up with CCE Niagara to fight hunger with the Veggie Van:
https://news.yahoo.com/veggie-van-rolling-falls-thursdays-214600954.html
Solar debate continues
The Slayton Settlement Road solar project was front and center at last night's Lockport board meeting:
Perkins dominates in softball
In nine starts, Roy-Hart's superstar student-athlete Reanna Perkins has 110 strikeouts — a 12.2 per game average — and she entered Tuesday's action with a .891 ERA (she's pretty darn good with the bat, too)
https://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_sports/former-mlb-pick-nu-baseball-stars-daughter-shining-for-r-h/article_2f4e36ff-2a68-5946-84f9-452183e2ec30.html
Deer season changes proposed
The DEC has proposed some changes for deer hunting, among them:
* Mandatory orange during firearms hunts
* An extra hour a day of harvest
* A special September antlerless season in overpopulated WMUs (like those in Royalton and Hartland)
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Hearing on deer hunting age
The Niagara County Legislature will hold a public hearing on June 15 at 5:30 PM in the Legislature Chambers in Lockport to hear public comments on A Local Law Adopting a Pilot Youth Deer Hunting Program.
Earlier this year, the State allowed counties to lower the age to 12 for hunters using firearms to hunt deer.
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Hartland summer rec update
"Pre- Registration" is required for this years summer recreation program. Any child that wishes to attend must be pre-registered by June 30th. "NO SAME DAY" registration or child drop off will be accepted.
Registrations forms are printable on the Town of Hartland website or can be picked up in the Town Hall lobby. Please deposit forms asap in the Drop Box located in the Town Hall parking lot near the mailbox.
This years Recreation Programs runs from July 5th thru August 12.
Masks at Roy-Hart
Posted on the Roy-Hart website yesterday...
Community Members,
Per the Governor’s comments this afternoon, it appears that as a result of conversations with the CDC, only the mandate to wear masks outdoors will be lifted. All other requirements for schools will remain in place, including wearing masks indoors except during mask breaks and when eating.
As this situation develops, we will keep the entire school community posted with any change in guidance. Effective immediately students and staff do not need to wear masks outdoors during any type of activity/event.
We appreciate your continued patience.
Dr. Hank Stopinski
Superintendent
Monday, June 7, 2021
Addressing concerns with the sewer bill
Residents
and businesses within the sewer district located in the hamlet of
Gasport have inquired about the circumstances that led to the sewer
surcharge on their latest water bill. They've also asked how long it
will last. Royalton town supervisor Daniel Bragg provides the answers
here:
Sunday, June 6, 2021
Masks still up
From the Roy-Hart website...
Dear Roy-Hart Central School District Families and Staff,
Friday afternoon a number of local news sources reported on a change in mask guidelines for schools effective as early as Monday, June 7. We are still waiting to hear confirmation on this topic from both the New York State Department of Education and the New York State Department of Health. On Monday, we will continue to adhere to the current guidance and require students to continue to wear their masks. As this situation develops, we will keep the entire school community posted with any change in guidance.
We appreciate your continued patience while we wait for the State to communicate with us.
Dr. Hank Stopinski
Superintendent
Saturday, June 5, 2021
Sewer shocker in Royalton
I've
noticed on Facebook, and have been contacted by, Royalton residents who
are shocked by their sewer bills. This goes back to a 2017 letter the
town sent homeowners and businesses in the affected district regarding
sewer upgrades. I have reached out to the town to provide a narrative
that I will share here indicating the why/what of the projects, the
total cost, and cost to households.
Lockport solar moratorium is a confusing issue
In the article in today's Lockport paper (https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/solar-company-wants-to-be-excluded-from-potential-moratorium/article_c1732ebe-ea6a-5eb1-be56-6cf2696f810e.html), the solar developer looking at Slayton Settlement Road expresses frustration with the solar moratorium, given the town code Lockport officials adopted at a June 2016 town meeting. Here is the resolution and minutes from that meeting. This has created questions for those on either side of this issue, among them:
Those for the project: Why is it being put on hold if solar was acceptable for the past 5 years?
Those against the project: Why/how was this adopted as code in the first place?
Friday, June 4, 2021
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Labor dispute at Absolut Gasport
Absolut of Gasport posted the following on their Facebook page:
You may have heard that RCA is in labor negotiations with a portion of our #AbsolutCareofGasport workforce. As often happens, most of the certified nursing assistants [CNAs], food service, housekeeping and activities staff involved voted for picketing .
Please be assured that this will have no effect on the fine care we provide. RCA will draw on our other facilities to maintain full staffing. If you have concerns, please call Andrea Czora at 716.650.7755.
We also want to be transparent about these management-union negotiations. We met twice in May with representatives of the union, 1199SEIU, and also yesterday. We have great respect for the hard-working, front-line employees. RCA demonstrated this throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by being among the first health-care companies in the state to create a $5-an-hour bonus for our employees working in a COVID area. That consideration is emblematic of our approach to the negotiations.
Since RCA took over Absolut’s operations in March 2020, we:
• increased the starting wage rates for these employees by 3%
• raised the CNA rate from $12.94 to $13.35 an hour in April 2020
• negotiated the rate to $13.70 for CNAs in August 2020
• voluntarily enhanced employees’ health-insurance coverage in March 2021
• bargaining unit employees hired prior to Jan 1, 2020 also received a 25-cents-per-hour raise on June 1, 2020 and again on Jan. 1, 2021
In the last year, RCA established 3 other contracts with 1199SEIU locals at 4 facilities in WNY and 1 in Painted Post. The employees ratified the contracts, which will pay the CNAs $14.35 an hour. At the negotiating table, RCA offered our Gasport CNAs $14.45 an hour and $14.50 an hour for cooks.”
The company also offered:
• longevity bonuses up to $600/person after contract ratification
• increased pension contributions
• double-time for Christmas
• improved wage progressions
We expect to agree to a fair and acceptable contract that enhances employees’ salaries and benefits. Thank you.
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
JUly 4 fireworks canceled
From the Independence Day committee...
After
lengthy consideration, the Independence Day Committee, in conjunction
with the Hartland Town Board, has decided to forgo the 2021 fireworks
celebration in the Hartland Town Park to ensure the continued health and
safety of our community. The committee will continue its fundraising
efforts to ensure that our next fireworks display will be spectacular.
We hope everyone has a happy and healthy summer, and we look forward to
seeing you all in 2022. Please follow our Facebook page for upcoming
events.
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