Page 3 - Lee Simonson News Today

Back in 1972, a group of like-minded citizens, who loved Lewiston and its history, got together and shared a vision - a vision that would shape our communitys destiny for decades, maybe even centuries.

May 7, 1928 – Dec. 14, 2020 Philo J. Brooks, who served 14 terms in the Niagara County Board of Supervisors and its successor, the County Legislature, was a quiet political legend. "When Philo Brooks spoke on the floor of the Legislature, everybody listened to him, because they had great respect for him," William L. Ross, a longtime Legislature colleague, said Tuesday. Mr. Brooks, of Porter, died Monday in Our Lady of Peace Nursing Home, Lewiston, where he had been a resident for about a y...