By Robert Koch Published 5:42 pm CDT, Friday, August 17, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut Media Image 1of/5 CaptionClose Image 1 of 5 Buy photo Property owner Jason Milligan awaits Northeast Excavating to start the demolition of the home at 21 Isaacs Street Friday August 17, 2018, in the Wall Street redevelopment area in Norwalk, Conn. Milligan had received a demolition permit for the work even though the city’s lawyer subsequently tried to get the permit voided in their ongoing legal dispute. less Property owner Jason Milligan awaits Northeast Excavating to start the demolition of the home at 21 Isaacs Street Friday August 17, 2018, … [Read more...] about Milligan demolishes Isaacs St. house, alleges interference by city
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Freehold fireman Reginald Sims was ‘gift’ to brother, colleagues
Steph Solis Asbury Park Press Published 5:35 p.m. UTC Aug 8, 2018 Firefighters, borough officials and friends will gather Thursday to mourn the death of Reginald Sims, a Freehold fire captain and borough employee who was considered a staple of the borough. Friends consider him a proud fireman, a loving father and an advocate for seniors interested in the housing authority. To Councilman Jaye Sims, Reginald Sims was an "awesome" big brother who mentored him and other young firefighters. "I would say I'm not that little anymore, and he said, 'you'll always be my little brother,'" the councilman said of Sims, who was eight years older. He called Sims a "brother's gift." While family came first for Sims, he also mentored young fire volunteers as the borough's firehouse manager and captain of the Monmouth Hose Company. "Reggie has always had a strong desire to serve his community and he learned early that the fire department was an excellent way to accomplish this," Freehold … [Read more...] about Freehold fireman Reginald Sims was ‘gift’ to brother, colleagues
Barbara Merriweather Sims, trailblazer whose judicial career ended in controversy, dies
Barbara Merriweather Sims, a legal trailblazer and lifelong advocate for civil rights whose judicial career ended under a cloud in 1984, has died at age 94, according to Mayor Byron W. Brown. Judge Sims was the first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Buffalo Law School, to serve as an assistant district attorney in Erie County and to serve as a Buffalo City Judge. In announcing her death on Twitter, the mayor said, "Buffalo has lost a true pioneer today." "She fought for civil rights, against housing discrimination & to advance the rights of women," he said. "Judge Sims' legacy will live on in the hearts of those whose lives she touched." Her judicial career ended in 1984 when she was removed from the bench by the State Court of Appeals following charges of misconduct. According to the state Commission on Judicial Conduct, Judge Sims signed orders in 10 cases involving clients or former clients of herself or her husband. During the investigation, she … [Read more...] about Barbara Merriweather Sims, trailblazer whose judicial career ended in controversy, dies
Sims Bayou focus of first flood control meeting on proposed $2.5 billion bond
By Zach Despart Updated 9:47 pm, Tuesday, June 5, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-13', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 13', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle Image 1of/13 CaptionClose Image 1 of 13 Almeda Plaza residents Bernadine … [Read more...] about Sims Bayou focus of first flood control meeting on proposed $2.5 billion bond
Brookhaven Town has torn down 15 blighted houses this year
Brookhaven Town Supervisor Edward P. Romaine on Tuesday morning stood in front of an unsafe Mastic Beach house and watched it come down — the latest of 15 blighted buildings to be demolished this year. Tearing down the unsound structure on Riviera Drive continued one of the supervisors’s top priorities — ridding of residential eyesores and blight. “We vowed when Mastic Beach came back to town that we’d knock these homes down,” Romaine said. “We’re definitely seeking out blight.” Mastic Beach returned to the control of Brookhaven on Jan. 1 after residents the previous year voted to dissolve the municipality. It is one of the town areas hardest hit by blight. Romaine’s townwide housing initiative started last year with “Operation Cleanup,” a successful project resulting in Brookhaven crews tearing down an average of one vacant or abandoned home every week in 2017. This year, Romaine, a Republican. has stepped up the … [Read more...] about Brookhaven Town has torn down 15 blighted houses this year
City Orders Sims Statue Removed From Central Park
Supported by N.Y. / Region By WILLIAM NEUMANAPRIL 16, 2018 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Continue reading the main story New York City’s Public Design Commission voted unanimously on Monday to remove the statue of J. Marion Sims, a 19th century surgeon who conducted experimental operations on female slaves, from its place of honor in Central Park.It was the first decision to alter a prominent New York monument since Mayor Bill de Blasio called for a review of “symbols of hate” from city property eight months ago, in the wake of the white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Va., that left one person dead.A commission that Mr. de Blasio created to make recommendations about how to evaluate the city’s monuments and other public images had proposed that the Sims statue be removed.The Parks Department will remove the statue, at 103rd Street, near the northeast corner of Central Park, at 8 a.m. Tuesday, according to Natalie … [Read more...] about City Orders Sims Statue Removed From Central Park
Sims cared for his wife for more than 20 years
By Mary Mills Heidbrink, Staff Writer Updated 8:05 pm, Wednesday, April 4, 2018 Photo: Courtesy Photo Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 James M. “Jim” Hodgens Sims Sr. cared for his wife for more than 20 years after she suffered a brain aneurysm James M. “Jim” Hodgens Sims Sr. cared for his wife for more than 20 years after she suffered a brain aneurysm Photo: Courtesy Photo Sims cared for his wife for more than 20 years 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Married for more than 50 years when his wife suffered a brain aneurysm, James Melvin “Jim” Hodgens Sims Sr. was determined that she would survive. “She was not expected to live at all,” said his daughter, Anastatia “Ann” Sims. But “he insisted she was coming home, and she did.” Although he was in … [Read more...] about Sims cared for his wife for more than 20 years
CBS News Logo N.J. family sues to demolish house after creepy letters from “The Watcher”
WESTFIELD, N.J. - A New Jersey family that wants to demolish their home after they claim they were stalked by an anonymous creepy-letter writer known as “The Watcher” has filed a lawsuit against their town. Derek and Maria Broaddus filed the suit against the town of Westfield after its planning board rejected their plan to raze the house and subdivide the land so they could build two houses. They said they can’t live in the house because of the letters. “My clients are good people. They’re caught in a situation they didn’t ask for,” said James Foerst, a Millburn attorney representing the owners. A lawyer for the town told NJ.com she cannot comment on the lawsuit. The couple said that after buying the six-bedroom house for nearly $1.4 million in 2014, they received three threatening letters from a stalker calling himself “The Watcher.” In one correspondence the stalker asks whether the new family brought him the “young … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo N.J. family sues to demolish house after creepy letters from “The Watcher”
‘Sims Mobile’ Relationship Guide: How To Get Married, Have Kids, Age Them Up And More
PLAYER.ONE Sims Mobile IOS The Sims Mobile Guide Sims Mobile Marriage Guide Sims Mobile Babies And Kids Guide Tips & Tricks Sims Mobile Relationship Guide Looking for Sims Mobile relationship tips? Find out how to get married, have a baby, grow your kids and more, here. You’ve been playing Sims Mobile a little while now and maybe you’re thinking, “It’s time to settle down.” But how exactly do you find that special Sim, convince them to marry you and then actually tie the knot? In this guide we’ll be covering everything you need to know about relationships -- both romantic and platonic. You’ll find out how to meet friends or choose a soulmate. We’ll discuss steps needed for getting married, having a baby and aging that kid up so you aren’t stuck perpetually changing diapers or cleaning flung food off the ceilings. We’ll also discuss what to do if you Sims want to break up or move on and how it will affect your game. As … [Read more...] about ‘Sims Mobile’ Relationship Guide: How To Get Married, Have Kids, Age Them Up And More
Victorian house in West Colfax transformed into immersive art project meant to tell a tale about gentrification
The faded purple Victorian at 1240 Newton St. appears perfectly normal from the street. A short metal fence gives way to a snow-covered front lawn. White-painted lumber, the skeleton of a former porch, frames the front door. The first sign of something out of the ordinary peeks from the windows, lines of paint swirling and folding around each other on wooden Venetian blinds. But step through the front door and you have entered the mind of artist Markus Puskar, mapped in flowing lines of color pulling on each other as they race across every surface of the home, which will soon be demolished to make way for new development. You can’t look away from “The Funkhouse,” in the same way neighbors can’t not notice the rapid change rolling through their West Colfax neighborhood. “Something’s getting bulldozed and it’s something else remarkable you didn’t know about on the inside,” Puskar said. In this case, that something is art. … [Read more...] about Victorian house in West Colfax transformed into immersive art project meant to tell a tale about gentrification