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By Mark Evenstad
Apr 29, 2021 4:20 PM
More than 50 volunteers, donors and city officials gathered Wednesday for a ceremonial groundbreaking at the future site of the Sanders-Trine Pickleball Complex in Platteville’s Legion Park. The complex will be located at the corner of Pitt and Second streets and will feature eight lighted courts and a pavilion. It is named after donors Bill and Jean Sanders and Dawson and Marie Trine. The sport of pickleball combines elements of tennis, badminton and ping-pong. Construction of the pickleball courts will begin in early May and conclude in August.
Purveyors of color, canvas and culture: National Art Shop to close after 51 years Austin Huguelet, Springfield News-Leader
National Art Shop, a go-to place for local artists for decades, is set to close its doors for the last time Wednesday.
Jean and Jerry Sanders, who opened the store in 1970, are retiring and have been unable to find anyone to buy them out and continue selling art supplies.
The decision ends 51 years in business that began with a simple problem: Jerry Sanders’ mother and aunt local artists Louise Prater and Lucille Hammond couldn’t find art supplies for sale in the Queen City.
Police responded to the crash around 9:15 p.m. and determined that Jean Saunders was intoxicated.
She was arrested and charged with first-offense driving while intoxicated, police said.
• A 30-year-old Southold man was arrested for DWI along Route 25 Saturday night.
Police received a call about a black Honda failing to maintain its lane of travel and located the vehicle at the Southold 7-Eleven.
Police determined the driver, Melvin Alverado, was intoxicated and placed him under arrest for aggravated driving while intoxicated and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, police said.
• Detectives were notified about an incident involving at least 20 minors tipping over a garbage can, breaking a handicapped sign and picnic bench, removing two reflectors and leaving broken beer bottles around Veterans Beach in Mattituck last Monday.
PROMOTIONS In a unanimous vote at United Insurance’s annual shareholder meeting in December, Zack Frechette was elected the next president and CEO of the company. Frechette will help ensure the company’s success as the region’s fastest-growing independent and privately owned insurance agency. A graduate of the University of Maine, Frechette has served as vice president […]