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Home reality shows far from reality | Local News

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Reality TV home improvement shows are enjoyable to watch, so long as you’re not pulled into believing their alternative reality.

I’ve been a fan of “This Old House” since it first aired with original host Bob Vila in 1979. It had gifted woodworkers such as Norm Abram and other craftsmen who respected renovating old homes to their historical origins. What they did and the show still does are restorations beyond what most homeowners would undertake — by which I mean you’d need gobs of money to do it.

I remember an early show with a tall two-story house from the

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Home Improvement

Facebook says ‘hoe’ no to WNY garden group | Local News

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“Push pull hoe!” was the comment about a specific type of hoe that requires a push and pull to cut and pull weeds. 

“We were all laughing,” Licata said of her fellow administrators of the Facebook page, Johanna Dominguez, who founded the group, and Kathy Shadrack. 

And then one of the administrators posted a recommendation to one of the members: “Get a Japanese hand hoe…it works on this really well.” 

Facebook flagged that comment, too. That’s when the administrators got worried that inappropriate comments by administrators of the group could be responsible for the removal of the group from Facebook.

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Garden

Schewels, Leggett buildings on Lynchburg’s Main Street sold, real estate firm says | Local News

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Marc Schewel, CEO of Schewels, said he will continue to lease the first-floor courtyard to the currently occupied businesses.

“We are excited about our new headquarters and also about the potential new uses of our old building,” Schewel told The News & Advance on Thursday. “I think it’s a great use for the building. It has a lot of history for us but we weren’t in a position to do any development.”

He said he is excited to have the company’s offices stay downtown amid all the new development.

“It makes it more attractive for us to continue having offices

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Real Estate