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[From BuffaloNews.com]
A Virginia woman will undergo a mental health evaluation after she set two State Park Police cars on fire Thursday in Niagara Falls State Park.
Yeshiemebet Tessema, 45, of Falls Church, Va., will be charged with arson and criminal mischief after police said she used an accelerant to set the police vehicles on fire.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/police-blotter/virginia-woman-sets-niagara-park-police-cars-on-fire-20160624
Days Inn showcases new renovations to hotel: Rooms, Jacuzzi suites,
lobby, restaurant & upgrades-a-plenty! See more: http://www.daysinnatthefalls.com/
Anyone who watches the HGTV channel has undoubtedly seen an episode or a commercial for “Tiny House Builders”.
The trend is becoming so popular that Orleans Career and Technical Education Center Building Trades teacher Matt Anastasi has been having his students work on constructing one in class. “We built one last year and put it out to bid and we had someone call us and ask that if he provided the material, would the class build him one to his specifications. It was a unique situation for us because he brought in the material and the trailer he wanted it built on.”
Tiny homes are generally under 1,000 square feet and stem from an architectural and social movement for people desiring to live more simple lives and leave less of a carbon footprint. Mr. Anastasi and his students made modifications to the original blueprint to accommodate the customer’s requirements for custom windows, cedar shake shingles, metal roofing and a tankless hot water heater. The students even made a customized shower using a galvanized washing machine pan that they had to retrofit for a center drain and a set of stairs so that he could access his electric service panel and storage.
Bill Leggett’s Electricity/Electronics students at the Orleans/Niagara BOCES’ center helped with the electrical wiring of the house and his class would coordinate with the Building Trades class, so they could work on different parts of the house at the same time. “The project was a great way for my students to grasp many different aspects of building a house, but on a much smaller scale,” says Mr. Anastasi. “It also helped with their ability to customize projects to meet the customers’ needs and it was great that the students got to interact with the customer to discuss the design and the building of the project.”
Mr. Anastasi said his students became big fans of the show and would come in and talk about the episode they watched and suggest some of the things they saw on the show. “They were very excited about working on the tiny house and very proud of what they accomplished. The customer loved it and could not thank us enough. He is so excited to live and travel in it.”
(LtoR) Luke Sharpe (Newfane/Building Trades), Dan Wheeler (Royalton Hartland/Electricity), Tyler Burdick (Royalton Hartland/Building Trades, Matt Pisarski (Royalton Hartland/Building Trades), Becca Fry (Royalton Hartland/Building Trades), Adam Mikoll (Royalton Hartland/Building Trades), Tyler Sattleburg (Royalton Hartland/Electricity), Quinn Moreland (Royalton Hartland/Electricity), Darius Ruiz- (Lockport/Building Trades), Dylan Burtch (Lockport/Building Trades), Jesse Wilcox (Royalton Hartland/Building Trades), Russell Larsen II (Barker/Building Trades), Not Pictured -Chelsea Cloutier (Newfane/Electricity).
Every Niagara Fallsian’s favorite nostalgic memory…
Terrapin Point at Niagara Falls State Park is now open!
Work continues along the upper level but access to the remainder of the point and the lower viewing area is now restored and fully ADA accessible.
That is a Flip Burger! Amazing!
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George Augstell’s dream has come true! George, left, a former Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center volunteer who has Down syndrome, is now the proud owner/operator of Uncle Bill’s Coffee Shop at the Golisano Center for Community Health. The business is named in memory of George’s uncle, popular Niagara Falls Police Officer Bill Gee, who died in 2013. John Gordon, right, of Niagara Falls was one of George’s first customers.
The Golisano Center for Community Health, which opened in May, is located on Memorial Medical Center’s downtown campus. It provides comprehensive integrated health care services to adults with special needs and their families and houses a range of services and programs for the community.
