http://www.lockportjournal.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:22:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_215011342.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_215011342.html Kevin Schroeder saved his sister Madeline’s life on June 6 with a Heimlich maneuver in their Webb Street home. He received training through the American Red Cross at school in March, and on Wednesday, he received a Rec Cross Certificate of Recognition for extraordinary personal action. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:14:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_212020826.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_212020826.html Signs are not allowed to be posted on private property — but they are there, sometimes way too long. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:35:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_210003402.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_210003402.html Jill has worked at Camp Kenan since she was 16 and is the aquatic instructor. On Thursday, she leaves for Taiwan to teach English to children for 11 months. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:23:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_205012432.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_205012432.html Several street lamps on Glendale Drive are functioning erratically or not at all. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:18:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_201021331.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_201021331.html Bicycling is Loretta Robinson’s passion. It’s her freedom from pain and her substitute for walking, which is always difficult. If only she could find a bike that works with her body. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:29:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_198001538.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_198001538.html A few residents have concerns over the public bathrooms in the City of Lockport’s parks. Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:06:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_194020358.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_194020358.html She’s a queen who wears a cowboy hat instead of a crown. Kelsey Baldwin is the 2008-09 Miss New York State High School Rodeo Queen. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:03:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_190235513.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_190235513.html A mini-jungle in the triangle between West Avenue and West Genesee Street is the home of skunks, groundhogs and rodents, according to Stanley Wilson, who lives next door at 126 West Ave. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:57:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_184005913.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_184005913.html After Friday night’s kick-off concert for the Molson Canal Concert Series, the streets around the Ulrich City were much cleaner on Saturday morning than Mayor Michael Tucker expected them to be. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:54:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_180005736.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_180005736.html Betty Werth of Cambria has been serving food and monitoring children in the cafeteria at Starpoint Middle School since 1958. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:24:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_177012118.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_177012118.html The complainant has an issue with St. Mary’s Cemetery, but the problem can be found in almost any cemetery. Amid well-groomed grounds and well-kept grave sites, there is the occasional marker doing no honor to the one it memorializes. Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:43:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_173004241.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_173004241.html Niagara County Historical Society will roll out another season of Step Back In Time “living history dramas” July 1 at Erie Canal Discovery Center, in tandem with the launch of daily Flight of Five canal locks walking tours. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:56:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_169220311.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_169220311.html A Main Street house in Gasport that was heavily damaged by a fire in February is a nasty sight for residents. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:14:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_168001601.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_168001601.html The price of gas is like the weather. Everybody’s talking about it.Why is the price so high? Who’s at fault? Will it ever come down?Paul Reid, CEO of Lockport-based Reid Petroleum and current president of the national Society of Independent Gas Marketers of America, loves fielding these questions. Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:49:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_166015423.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/weeklyfeatures/local_story_166015423.html Kathy Kreutz is retired, but that doesn’t mean she’s slowing down any time soon. She is still working part time for the Lockport City School District, after a 41-year career.