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On Monday, the Village of Lewiston Board of Trustees approved a development plan for an 80-by-120-by-35-foot indoor tennis facility on the Waste Technology Services campus at 435 N. Second St.

The proposal, submitted by architect David Giusiana on behalf of WTS President and CEO Gary Hall, was originally approved in March. But, following receipt of a letter from Town of Lewiston Supervisor Steve Reiter in mid-April, in which the Planning Board was criticized for an inferred lack of attention to detail, trustees withdrew their approval.

"Legal counsel ... tells us we're perfectly right in what we've done; what we're doing," said Mayor Terry Collesano. "We're correcting any oversights at this point. So, we're carrying on. We're moving forward."

Towne BMW works with NPSL

Representatives of the Niagara Pioneer Soccer League recently presented Towne BMW MINI with this display made by Hadley Exhibits of Buffalo. Towne is the first company to sponsor all of the NPSL travel teams jerseys. Hadley donated the beautiful display.

The 29th annual Niagara Pioneer Soccer Tournament is scheduled to take place June 29-30 at Fort Niagara State Park in Youngstown.

Possum or opossum?

by Mark Daul

When famous country singer George Jones passed away recently at the age of 81, TV and radio broadcasters went with the tag name Jones earned during his career, "no show Jones," because in his younger years he had an alcohol problem and didn't show up for some of his shows. The other tag name he earned was "The Possum," which was supposedly an inside joke about his looks, or facial features. I could never see that, but there it was.

Possum or opossum, whichever you want to use is your choice. I am not a "grammarist" by any means, so let's stick with possum.

A possum can be regarded as being kind of ugly but at the same time cute, even with their long pointy nose, bald ears and long scaly tail.

Dennis Brochey honored

More than 200 U.S. troops and their families were on hand recently at the Connecticut Street Armory in Buffalo to present Lewiston's Dennis Brochey certificates of appreciation and a large Minuteman statue for his efforts in raising money for military families of Western New York. Brochey and 24 volunteers, hundreds of competitors and sponsors, have raised more than $94,000 for U.S. troops and their families.

Welcome to Lewiston, ChrisFit

ChrisFit Personal Training, a new member of the Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce, celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, May 10. Owner Chris Tybor with his wife, Cathy, recently took ownership of the Lewiston site, formerly Niagara Health and Fitness, located at 734 Cayuga St. ChrisFit also has another location on Hyde Park Boulevard in Niagara Falls.

Help make Lew-Port Post Prom Party a success

by Rachel Jolbert

The days are getting longer and spring has finally sprung. Prom season is just around the corner and the Lewiston-Porter community is coming together to host the first ever Post Prom Party at Lewiston-Porter High School.

The goal of the party is to provide a safe, fun, supervised, drug and alcohol-free alternative to Lewiston-Porter students and their dates to continue the prom celebration.