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SEMINOLE HEIGHTS — When Mary Myles became program manager of The Graham Home 25 years ago , 30 adults with special needs occupied 65 square-foot apartments. "It was tough on Mary when the place closed," said Gracepoint project manager Susan Morgan . "She'd be the one putting a bucket out when it leaked." Today, a partnership between Gracepoint and DDA Development has brought about a suitable replacement for the senior living facility . The Graham reopened last month and now Mary Myles sits in a corner office on the same property, overlooking a community garden and lush landscape. The 80 residents now occupy 646 square-foot apartments. No need for a bucket. "We wanted to create something better for them," Myles said. Gracepoint privately funded the project, the first affordable housing units Gracepoint built from the ground-up using low income housing tax credits and a loan from the state of Florida. "Mary had been making do with nothing,...

The Johnstown- area wrestling community lost a young legend on the very same day that it buried another. Gary Pfahler, 26, who became Chestnut Ridge 's first – and to this point only – state champion in 2008, died Thursday morning in Fort Pierce, Florida, according to J Edward Blackburn Funeral Home in Alum Bank, which is handling arrangements. Christine Weekes, administrative manager for the St. Lucie County Coroner and Medical Examiner's Office, said that an autopsy was performed but could not determine the cause and manner of death. A toxicology report is pending. Pfahler captured the PIAA Class AA championship in 2008, his senior year at Chestnut Ridge . A year later another District 5 wrestler – North Star's Nick Roberts – won the first of his three state championships . Roberts died on Saturday at his apartment on the Pitt-Johnstown campus in Richland Township. “It's been a rough week,” said Joe Kimmel, District 5's wrestling chairman . “I couldn...

Lakeside Village Apartments at 1701 Ellis Lake Drive Marysville , CA 95901 has an awesome manager Erin . She listens to concerns of her residents and does her best to help her residents with there issues. I would highly recommend Lakeside Village Apartments if you new to the area and need a clean, safe place to call home. I lived here for a little under 3 years and my experience renting at Lakeside Village was very positive. First of all, Cassondra, the property manager, is awesome. She's extremely friendly, professional, and will go out of her way to help you out if you ask. For example, when I was returning from a deployment overseas and needed a place on very short notice, she was able to work something out for me, and even met me on a Saturday to get me moved in. She is also good about explaining exactly how various parts of the renting process work , to include deposit type stuff . If you aren't getting all of your deposit back, the reason will be explained. I have neve...

COLLEGE STATION - 21 people are without a place to live Monday night after an early morning apartment fire caused major damage at the Campus View Apartments in College Station . Fire officials announced late Monday afternoon the cause of the fire was related to a heating unit located in the ceiling of an upstairs apartment . News 3 looks at why the fire spread so quickly. Flames shot out of the roof of the Campus View Apartments on Harvey Road in College Station . Residents like Abraham Obregon were woken up by police and firefighters pounding on doors. "We found that the building right next to ours is completely engulfed in flames. The entire roof is on fire," he said. "Yeah this corner there was a very big flame," said Qibo Li, another resident. Nearly 50 firefighters fought back the flames. "At one point the fire went through the roof and we had to go into defensive mode," said Eric Dotson, College Station Fire Marshal . ...

At the ribbon cutting this month for the Wesley Village affordable housing complex in Garden Grove, Laura Archuleta couldn ’t resist referencing Joni Mitchell ’s 1970 environmental protest “Big Yellow Taxi.” Built on underused land that’s part of the Garden Grove United Methodist Church campus on Main Street, Wesley Village offered Archuleta , president of the nonprofit community organization Jamboree Housing Corp ., a chance to riff on one of Mitchell’s most famous lyrics. Where Mitchell sang “They paved paradise/And put up a parking lot,” Archuleta told about 300 people packed into the steamy church sanctuary on a hot afternoon that “Today we are going to learn how a group of dedicated organizations and individuals re-purposed a parking lot and put up a paradise.” Then she and others who spoke, including a single mom with six children who now reside at Wesley Village , told how the project became reality through a unique collaboration that involved the church, Jamboree and other...