Bryan and Sarah Baeumler, along with their five children, captivate us each week on HGTV's Renovation Island as they work to restore a rundown beachfront resort in the Bahamas in just six months. Although the first season is coming to a close, it doesn't mean this is the last youll see of them: The Baeumler family is returning with an all-new series called Renovation, Inc.

Renovation, Inc. will premiere on HGTV on Sunday, August 30, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, according to a press release from the network. The show will hit the rewind button (to the pre-Bahamas era) and follow Bryan and Sarah's successful home reno business based in Ontario Canada, where the family lives.

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Viewers will get an up-close look at the business, Baeumler Quality Construction, where Bryan serves as a licensed contractor and Sarah serves as the project manager. As you can expect, the couples competing tastes and differing visions will cause them to clash throughout the series. However, Bryan and Sarah learn to compromise and stick together as they balance multiple projects, meet demanding client expectations, and of course, raise their five kids.

Its been so exciting for Sarah and me to share our adventures in The Bahamas with HGTV fans on Renovation Island, Bryan said in a statement to HGTV. Now, were even more excited to go back in time and show you what we were up to before moving to the island and how it all got started.

For now, you can still catch new episodes of Renovation Island on Sundays at 8 p.m. on HGTV. The 90-minute series finale will air on August 16. The following Sunday on August 23 at the same, the network will air a 90-minute special dubbed Renovation Island: Bryan and Sarah Tell All that looks back at the familys biggest Bahamas adventure. Finally, on the last Sunday of August, Renovation, Inc will premiere and take you back to where the family's journey began. Theres definitely no shortage of the Baeumlers this month!

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There's never a shortage of wedding fun on Selling Sunset. First, we saw Mary Fitzgerald and Romain Bonnet tie the knot. Then, in the latest season, Christine Quinn tossed her bouquet at her extravagant winter-themed nuptials and Heather Rae Young caught it. Now, it looks like wedding bells will be in Heather's future after her boyfriend, HGTV star Tarek El Moussa, got down on one knee and proposed to her on July 25, their one-year anniversary.

Does this mean we'll finally be seeing more of Tarek on Selling Sunset now? Since season 2, many have asked why Tarek hasn't appeared on the Netflix reality show. What's more, some are wondering if his and Heather's engagement will change this and if Selling Sunset will feature their wedding next. In case you're wondering, here's what we know at the moment.

In an interview with House Beautiful, the 32-year-old model said that Tarek cant appear on the Netflix series because of his contract with HGTV.

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Since 2013, viewers of the home renovation network have watched Tarek co-host Flip or Flop with his ex-wife, Christina Anstead. The father of two also has his own show Flipping 101 and he previously had a digital series called Tarek's Flip Side. Whats more, HGTV often has stars from its various TV shows collaborate for crossover projects. Tarek has made guest appearances on Brother vs Brother, Rock the Block, and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

But this isnt to say that Tarek won't ever be filmed with the Selling Sunset crew. According to Heather, her fianc might actually be joining her that is, if Netflix gives the green light for a new season.

"We might have a special announcement to make for season 4, if we get season 4," she told Entertainment Tonight. "There's a possibility that he might be jumping on."

She continued: "So much of my life is Tarek, and I can talk about him. He is a huge part of my life and he can't be on the show with me, so all I can do is talk about him and talk about our moments and talk about how much fun we have and everything going on. But, yeah, there might have been a deal made so we'll see But honestly, I don't know about season 4, but fingers crossed!"

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Selling Sunset executive producer Adam DiVello shared with The Wrap that the show respected Tarek's decision to stay off camera when he was Heather's plus one at Christine's wedding. Thanks to strategic camera placement and editing, Tarek was able to enjoy the festivities without worrying about his contract.

In the case of Christines wedding, I think Tarek came by at some point," he told the outlet. "I think it was even after dinner, and just like hung out with her for a while because they wanted to hang out and have some fun.

Now, whether or not a potential season 4 of Selling Sunset will show Heather and Tareks engagement, is still up in the air. When asked if it would be the focal point of upcoming episodes, Adam said: We certainly dont want to miss things when were [on production hiatus], so we try to get as big of events as we can."

While the couple anticipates getting married in "less than a year," the two have yet to confirm if they want their special day on TV. Well just have to wait and see!

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By Marc Levy Friday, August 14, 2020Leaders at the new Central Square Church said they plan to spend as much as $7 million on renovations at Central Squares First Baptist Church of Cambridge, seen in a church video.

The choice of a construction manager means renovations can begin on Central Squares First Baptist Church of Cambridge, a landmark structure standing at River and Magazine streets since 1881 and now officially home to a new organization called Central Square Church. Leaders at the new church said they plan to spend as much as $7 million on the work.

Central Square Church, formed in July out of the congregation based in the historic building and its neighbor down the street, Cambridge Community Fellowship Church, said it had already raised $3.5 million as of Dec. 10 from 160 of their combined households and former members around the world, according to a statement online.

The total raised to date is significantly more than what we needed to get into the building to do basic renovations, and halfway to our dream goal, church leaders said.

The construction manager, the University Park-based Siena, said it would be working with Wessling Architects of Quincy on finish restorations, modifications, restrooms and accessibility upgrades inside as well as restoration of the gabled slate roof, wood windows and doors and the brick masonry faade, including sandstone trim and terra cotta detailing.

The renovations were needed, and the merger of congregations was needed to accomplish them.

Sunday services and other building activities ended in the winter of 2018-2019 after pipes burst and the buildings water had to be shut off, freezing out what First Baptist pastor Henry Johnson called a handful of parishioners and sending them to Cambridge Community Fellowship Church, itself sharing space with three other congregations in a smaller, white-paneled building at 234 Franklin St. The historic church hadnt been maintained properly since a 1975 architectural refresh and was in need of an extreme makeover, Johnson said last summer.

Merging gives First Baptist a new lease on life, and Cambridge Community Fellowship Church the room it needed to be comfortable and safe.

The year before I met pastor Johnson, we had had an Easter service where we violated every fire code we had chairs stacked in front of the doorways, said Larry Kim, who was senior pastor at Cambridge Community Fellowship Church.

While First Baptist had an older, African American congregation, CCFCs membership was majority Asian American, mostly college students and young families. It was founded in 1996, while First Baptist dated back to 1817 and thrived for many decades certainly in 1960, when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. came to town and more than 2,000 people overflowed the hall to hear him speak.

In July 2019, leaders of both churches were still feeling their way to a merger. It took until Juneteenth this year for them to announce the formation of Central Square Church, after years of contemplation despite a relationship that dates back more than 10 years and included partnering on an October Harvest Festival and other events.

God has been moving us and bringing us together, Kim said in a Central Square Church introductory video.

Miracle in Central

Church leaders were open-eyed about the difficulties of merging churches, given the differences in demographics and evangelical denominations. We cannot pretend that there isnt some weird stuff between different races who are sitting next to each other in that church, said Leslie Moore, who held the position of traction network coordinator at Cambridge Community Fellowship Church.

Still, she said in the video, Its so unlikely that a church with black leadership goes to a church with Asian leadership, largely, and says, Hey, can we connect? I think we should do things together.

Church leaders said they felt the full $7 million goal was achievable through supporters in its networks, interested parties in Central Square and historical building renovation funds.

Michael Monestime, executive director of the Central Square Business Improvement District, conscious of the struggles at River and Magazine streets for some time, reacted Friday to news of Sienas hiring and the impending renovations, calling it the Miracle in Central.

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Industrial architecture inspires a villa renovation in the suburbs of Milan

Italian architecture studioOasi has renovated an old house into an uplifting villa for a family, combining minimal design with warmth and character

Oasi Architects hasdesigned an unexpected villa in Villaggio Ambrosiano of Segrate, a pleasant communityin the Milanese suburbs. The house renovation has a unique new upper volume crafted insheet metal. Itsshape, which curves, shifts and folds around the lower level,has been extruded from imaginarylines extended fromthe urban planning regulation lines of the residential street.

We are often inspired by industrial architecture,says PietroFerrario, principal at Oasi Architects. There is something simple in its expressionand clear in its execution.

There isnt much industrial architecture in this quiet suburb, but the project required a refreshingapproach. The former house on the site had been built in the 1990s and defied many of the local planning laws, leaving it essentially illegal. Working with theplot was always going to be tricky, but the client and architect worked together to make something of it. The client, a contractor who built the project himself, was aware of the legal problems associated with the house when he bought it cheap because of them. He called up Oasi Architects who gave him the confidence to take on the project.

Instead of a limitation, the architects used this as a starting point to shape the new design. Giving a new sense of character to the house,they defined the perimeter and shape of the new first floor by extrudingthe curves and alignments from the imaginary legal lines that the new house had to follow.

When they took the design to the local administrators, they loved the project, and even encouraged them to use a unique material for the facade. The contractor chose a metal facade system that was to give the house an industrial character.

While inspired by the crude simplicity of industrial architecture, Oasi Architects starteach project with the same question: How can architecture contain life?

The interiors feature concrete floors at ground level and agrey stone staircase, however wood brings a lot of warmth. The window frames are made in pine wood the upper floors are oak. Ferrarios favourite moment of the house is the veranda space overlooking the pool where the family can drink a glass of wine, while the partner prepares some lunch.

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One TikToker, @Squiglez22, picked up over 70 million views cleaning her Grandmother's pool. Fans of the videos are obsessed, Kacyee Stroh of the High School musical series even commented "I am committed to this series!"

TikTokers behind the oddly satisfying videos are thrilled, but surprised their videos are getting so much attention.

Stuck in quarantine and without access to a gym, Eddy Deluca (@eddydeluca_) had nearly lost all motivation to work out. It wasn't until he stumbled across rusted workout equipment from a neighbor that Deluca realized all those nights he had spent watching DIY videos would finally pay off.

With little building experience, Deluca took action and started building a home gym, documenting the process for TikTok to see. The first upload of his four-part series received 2.5 million views and over a thousand shares in twenty-four hours. The videos aren't complex, but they are visually mesmerizing. In a 30 second time-lapse, Deluca is seen carefully submerging rusted weights through an acid wash, slowly scrubbing away the rust with a wire brush, and perfectly covering each weight with a new coat of black spray paint.

In another upload, he records the day-long process of building a bench press from scratch and even includes a moment for those looking for the oddly mesmerizing moment: peeling tape from a freshly painted piece of wood. The post has garnered dedicated fans, with multiple commenters writing "so satisfying!" and another writing "I don't even workout out, but I'm invested in this series!"

Deluca isn't alone in his overnight virality, TikToker @squiglez22 has taken the platform by storm with a series titled, "Cleaning My Grandma's Pool that Hasn't Been Open in 11 years." The series has tens of thousands of comments and over 70 million views, however, the biggest hits from the series contain what can only be described as the oddly satisfying. On a video posted on May 18th, she can be seen power washing mud from the bottom of the emptied-out pool. The series is resonating with users too, with one commenter writing "This is the most satisfying thing to watch." The series even garnered attention from Kaycee Stroh of the Highschool Musical Series who commented "I am committed to this series!"

Whether it's rust removal, washing, or painting, an entire genre has emerged, hypnotizing viewers with oddly satisfying videos of household and outdoor chores that leave us wondering why are we watching it?

Evan Malone, professor of Art and Film Philosophy at the University of Houston, describes the phenomenon as "bursts of cinemacity" in our everyday life. Malone watches these ordered experiences like watching a James Bond film, "Bond doesn't fumble through his pocket when he's looking for keys. He's very precise in his movements. When I clean things nothing works, I sit there scrubbing for minutes at a time. With pressure washing it just comes right off it's like the James Bond of cleaning." When we see dirt being washed from pool tiles we get to witness an ordinary action executed perfectly. "We don't think about aesthetics in our normal lives, and what art or an aesthetic experience does is this refamiliarization with the normal, it's an invasion of the cinematic in our everyday."

The phenomenon isn't limited to cleaning either: user Breanne Malonis (@bretomolonis) has been documenting a home renovation. The most popular videos in the series are usually timelapses of the step by step process of building furniture around the house. "The process of building a home and watching all of it come together from nothing can be very satisfying...every time we posted a before and after so many people seemed to be amazed by the process."

There are other elements at play in the success of oddly satisfying, yet ordinary, videos, according to Malone. Describing what psychologist and philosopher, George Herbert Mead calls "Symbolic Self Completion," Malone explained, "if I have all these things on my mental checklist of things to do around the house, I can get the satisfaction of crossing things off my checklist from watching videos...instead of just showing us before and after of rusty weights and then a gym, you can get the same sense of satisfaction and sense of self-completion watching each step as you would doing the whole project yourself."

This experience isn't just for audiences either, creators receive added benefits separate from shares and likes. Malone likens this to when someone posts pictures of themselves working out. "They take a picture of them at the gym on day one and people comment 'you go!' or 'that's awesome!', and in that moment you already have the benefits of working out. People are already congratulating you for your willpower so then you feel like you don't need to actually complete it, you've symbolically self completed."

Deluca, for his part, was shocked to see his videos gaining so much attention, but recognized the pleasure people derive from his videos and those like them, "it's a sensory thing, like cleaning the rust off the weights. I'm just like everybody else, I watch it, but I don't know what it is." He also added, "I think it's wholesome content and people like to see that you are working hard and putting effort into something."

With large parts of the world still stuck in quarantine, Malone wonders if all this attention might simply be a form of escapism. "The picture that is emerging from media studies and psych literature is that this is self-soothing the world is getting more chaotic, there is this desire to see something ordered and familiar, or more ordered." With uncertainty lurking, the hypnotizing moments tucked inside these TikToks holds a promise of order and perfection that keep us coming back for more.

Malone's simplest answer could explain why Emily Bennett (@emilyy.nicholee) was able to acquire over 400,000 new followers. Bennett used the quarantine as an excuse to turn her lakeside beach into a small oasis. The majority of the videos consist of tedious outdoor work: raking sand, pulling out weeds, and laying down bricks. "I think the series got popular because so many people are stuck at home right now. Everyone just wants to be able to get out of the house and be at the beach themselves, so seeing us at our little beach made people happy.

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SCHOFIELD, Wis. (WSAW) With all of the rainfall that happened over Fathers Day weekend, many homeowners dealt with water damage, which kept the restoration crews busy.

With everything from water intrusion to sump pump failures at peoples homes, it leaves a mess that needs to be cleaned up.

"You never know when mother nature is going to whip up a storm and once that happens the phone starts ringing," North Star Restoration Services Jay Cricks said. All hands on deck so to say, so everybodys working today.

Over the past weekend, North Star Restoration had nine water damage calls while K-Tech restoration saw around 20 different houses with water damage, and theyre all still working hard in the aftermath.

"When you have a large rush like this, every job can take from two to eight hours so people with limited crews out there they're trying to get to you as fast as they can," K-Tech Restoration Services President Craig Kersemeier said.

Kersemeier and Cricks said the best thing to do to prevent water damage is to check your sump pump regularly and to have a battery backup in case the electricity goes out.

If you do have a flooding problem in your home, its vital to take care of the issue before its too late.

"People believe that it's just the water that's in the carpet and they'd be surprised to know that for every hour that the water is sitting there, it can go up to an inch or so into your drywall or your paneling or things like so we dry the complete structure," Kersemeier said.

Other issues that could occur include electrical problems, damage to any items, and even some of the water could be sewage or animal waste, so its key to periodically check your sump pump.

If you do have a flooding problem, its important to remember to remove any valuables, bail any visible water, and ultimately call a professional restoration company to solve your problem.

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Sea Ranch | $549,000A newly remodeled 1979 house with two bedrooms and two bathrooms, on a half-acre lot

The wooden exterior of this house is a hallmark of the homes in the Sea Ranch community, reflective of the surrounding redwood trees. In early 2020, the owners did a renovation that preserved the original open floor plan, while updating the kitchen and bathrooms.

Sea Ranch residents have access to three community centers with swimming pools, one of which is about a five-minute drive from this house, as is the Sea Ranch Air Strip. The house is about a mile and a half inland, and several hiking trails are within easy walking distance.

Size: 1,474 square feet

Price per square foot: $372

Indoors: Wooden steps lead up to the entrance on the porch (there is also a side door). The front door opens into a small foyer off the main living space. To the left is a sitting area with wood-paneled ceilings, wood paneling along the far wall, a cast-iron wood stove and a window seat tucked into a corner. Large windows offer views of a grove of redwood trees.

To the right is a dining area separated from the kitchen by a breakfast bar with wood trim. During the recent renovation, the kitchen was outfitted with new appliances and recessed lighting, as well as a wet bar and an open pantry.

To the left of the entry is a bathroom with a walk-in shower and a washer and dryer. Carpeted stairs lead to the second floor, which has two bedrooms: a guest room at the top of the stairs and a master suite with built-in shelving and a combination tub and shower with a tree-facing window.

Outdoor space: The deck, which looks out onto redwood trees, is accessible from the living room and from two sets of exterior stairs. The driveway, with space for two cars, can be partially obscured from the street by a wooden screen.

Taxes: $6,863 (estimated), plus a $240 monthly homeowner association fee

Contact: Hanne Liisberg, Liisberg & Company, 707-785-3322; liisbergandcompany.com

This full-service building is one of a number of luxury condominium high-rises near downtown Los Angeles. Originally built as commercial space in the late 1980s, it was converted into a condo with 228 units in 2006. Amenities include an outdoor pool and spa and an indoor gym and recreational spaces.

The building is a five-minute drive from a number of attractions: the Staples Center and L.A. Live complex; Grand Central Market, a more-than-100-year-old indoor food hall; and the Broad museum. City Hall and the downtown court buildings are 10 minutes away.

Size: 790 square feet

Price per square foot: $696

Indoors: The front door to the unit opens into a small entryway with a coat closet off the main living area.

The right half of the open-plan space is dedicated to the seating, dining and kitchen areas, with large windows offering views of downtown Los Angeles. A dining nook is tucked into a corner of the living area, while a galley-style kitchen with granite counters and new stainless steel appliances runs along the opposite wall. Between the kitchen and dining nook is space for a sofa and chairs, with a glass room divider separating this part of the unit from the sleeping area.

Behind the divider is space for a queen-size bed. On one side of the sleeping area is a closet; at the back of the room is a door to a spacious bathroom with a combination tub and shower trimmed in blue tile. The bathroom also has a washer-and-dryer hookup.

The flooring throughout the unit is bamboo.

Outdoor space: On the 17th floor of the building is the Sky Deck, an outdoor space with a heated infinity pool and spa, a barbecue, cabanas and an outdoor dining area, all with panoramic views of the city. Amenities on the second floor include a gym, conference center and media room. This unit comes with two unassigned parking spaces in the buildings garage.

Taxes: $6,986 (estimated), plus a $921.49 monthly homeowner association fee

Contact: Olivia Noh, Compass, 213-999-3068; compass.com

This house was built by Gordon Wiser, a contractor who worked on a number of large-scale Bay Area projects in the mid-20th century, including Treasure Island, the Carquinez Bridge and the Richmond Shipyards, a major local employer in the 1940s and 1950s. Today, the Richmond Shipyards are part of Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park, a 15-minute drive from this house. The 2,789-acre Wildcat Canyon Regional Park, a popular hiking spot, is five minutes away, as is the Richmond BART station, with trains running to Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco.

Size: 1,056 square feet

Price per square foot: $520

Indoors: A red concrete path winds from the sidewalk through a yard landscaped with drought-sensitive plants.

The front door opens directly into the living room, which has a wide, arched window facing the street, a fireplace trimmed in bricks painted robins-egg blue and original hardwood floors that continue throughout the house.

The living room flows into a dining area illuminated by an antique fixture. To the right of the dining room is a doorway to the kitchen, which has blue linoleum floors and a breakfast nook surrounded by a bay of windows. The kitchen cabinets are original to the house. A door in the kitchen leads to a lower-level garage with a washer and dryer.

A short set of stairs in the dining room leads to the second level, where there are two bedrooms and a bathroom with peach-colored tiles and a separate tub and shower. The guest room is large enough to hold a full-size bed; the master bedroom, across the hall, has a street-facing window. A linen closet is built into the hall between the bedrooms.

Outdoor space: A strip of grass separates the house from the back patio and garden, where there is space for an outdoor dining table. A previous owner planted raspberry bushes and citrus trees in the backyard, which also has a dedicated vegetable garden. The garage, attached to the house, holds one car.

Taxes: $7,137 (estimated)

Contact: Josh Dickinson, Zip Code East Bay, 510-323-3669; zipcodeeastbay.com

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Everyone in Greenacres knew the house because of the elaborate decorations home owner Inga Olson cooked up each Halloween.

In the annals of luxury real estate in Westchester, Scarsdale has a reputation as the king of tear downs, with wealthy buyers pulling down historic houses from the 1920s, 30s and 40s to build bigger dream homes in their place.

Many times with these old houses in Scarsdale someone gets their hands on them and knocks them down, saysAgnes Seminara-Holzberg, who is now representing Inga Olson and Brad Bodine, in the sale of their 1914 Georgian Colonial, which has seven bedrooms, six bathrooms and 6,550 square feet of interior space.

Inga Olson grew up in this 1914 Georgian Colonial in Scarsdale. The home has seven bedrooms, six bathrooms and 6,550 square feet of interior space. Every part of this house has a memory for me, Olson says.(Photo: Kyle Nolon/VHT Studios)

It turns out that Olson grew up in the house, which is in the Greenacres neighborhood, and she and her husband had undertaken a major renovation and expansion of the old charmer in 2004.

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Seminara-Holzberghas nothing but praise for the work the couple did on the house, as they doubled its square footage with a new master suite and open-plan family room/kitchen while keeping her father in his old master bedroom. They also added a new garage with a lot more space than the one designed to hold a Model T.

They adopted it, they modernized it, expanded it and saved it,Seminara-Holzberg says. But they stayed true to the older home and mimicked it in the 2014 addition its a house that has evolved.

This Scarsdale house was designed by Charles H. Cullen, the architect who designed the Scarsdale Golf Club.(Photo: Kyle Nolon/VHT Studios)

Renovating an older house takes a lot more money than knocking it down and starting over, she adds.

For Olson, the decision to sell the home shes lived in since she was a toddler is both obvious and painful.

This house is humongous and the taxes are ridiculous, she says. It kills me I grew up in the house, raised my family here, took care of my parents here.

Every part of this house has a memory for me, Olson says. Its like pulling off a Band-Aid really slowly. I love this house, everything about it.

But their two children are now grown and the house is just too big for the couple, she says. Literally, we live in two rooms.

I mean, when it takes you 10 minutes to answer the door, you know its time, she adds with a laugh.

Richard and Maribeth Olson bought the house in 1962. Their daughter, Inga has lived here her whole life. She and her husband renovated and remodeled her childhood home.(Photo: Kyle Nolon/VHT Studios)

The house was designed by Charles H. Cullen, the architect who designed the Scarsdale Golf Club and some of the buildings in the Gansevoort Market in Manhattans Meatpacking District.

Her parents, Richard and Maribeth Olson, bought it in 1962 when Inga was a year old. Her father was an art director and freelance commercial photographer whose clients include Kodak, Jell-O, Ford and Prudential Life Insurance. Maribeth was a fashion illustrator for the likes of Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue and Bonwit Teller.

After she died in 2000, my dad asked us to buy the house so he could stay there, Olson says. They kept him in his original bedroom until his death in 2012.

This Scarsdale house was designed by Charles H. Cullen, the architect who designed the Scarsdale Golf Club.(Photo: Kyle Nolon/VHT Studios)

The first thing we did was a complete renovation of the original house, starting in 2002, she says. It was in such bad repair, including rotting beams from termite damage.

We did everythingnew plumbing, new wiring, all new windows, a new roof, new shingles, new walls, Olson remembers.

Richard and Maribeth Olson bought the house in 1962. Their daughter, Inga has lived here her whole life. She and her husband renovated and remodeled her childhood home.(Photo: Kyle Nolon/VHT Studios)

One of her favorite rooms in the old part of the house is the glass sunroom off the living room. We used it more when I was growing up, she says. My father had a green thumb and he grew palm trees and lemon trees.

Shes also crazy about the elevator they installed because of her fathers hip replacement surgery.

Now my husband and I wonder how can we live anywhere else without an elevator, Olson says. When my dog comes back from a walk, he passes out in front of the elevator waiting for me to open it.

Architectural details in this classic Scarsdale colonial include crown moldings, dormers, original pantry cabinets, generously proportioned rooms, hardwood floors, 10- to 13-foot ceilings and French doors.(Photo: Kyle Nolon/VHT Studios)

The house has an array of other amenities, including two fireplaces, a gym and sauna, a high-end audio system, a four-car heated garage, a covered patio and a second-floor balcony overlooking the large back yard.

Architectural details include crown moldings, dormers, original pantry cabinets, generously proportioned rooms, hardwood floors, 10- to 13-foot ceilings, French doors, wide doorways and beamed ceilings. The master suite has a walk-in closet and a spa bathroom.

Its just kind of sweet to live as an adult in the house you grew up in, Olson says. My son has my old room, my fathers room is now the guest room.

She remembers her old tree house, sledding in the back yard, always taking the stairs to her room two at a time, and the way the upstairs floorboards creak when you step on them in a certain way.

When I grew up, you played outside, so I knew the ins and outs of every yard in the neighborhood, Olson says.

For a number of years, everyone in Greenacres and surrounding towns knew her house as the Halloween House because of the elaborate decorations and scary live-action drama Olson cooked up.

Im guessing we got around 750 to 1000 trick-or-treaters, along with two Scarsdale cops to direct traffic in front of the house, she says.

The house is quite near the Greenacres School and walkable to the Hartsdale train station,Seminara-Holzberg says.

Prices in the neighborhood and the houses immediate vicinity tend to be $2.5 million-plus,she says.

At 0.61 acres, its the sixth-largest plot of the 25 Greenacres homes currently on the market,Seminara-Holzbergsays.

Unusual for Scarsdale,she says, the house has three complete levels that are all above ground, with no true basement.

Meanwhile, given Scarsdales history, Olson worries about the future of her wonderful old home. Im afraid that whoever we sell it to will tear it down.

This home in the Greenacres neighborhood of Scarsdale is known as the "Halloween house" for its annual decorations. It is on the market for $3.4M(Photo: Kyle Nolon/VHT Studios)

75 Huntington Ave., Scarsdale

Price: $3.4 million

Estimated annual taxes: $50,108

School district: Scarsdale

MLS: 6039854

Contact:Agnes Seminara-Holzberg,William Pitt and Julia B. Fee Sothebys International Realty

Bill Cary is a freelance writer who lives in the Hudson Valley.

Homeowner Inga Olson and her family are the current owners of the home. Inga grew up here and provided some interesting history of her family home's prior owners:

Mary and Sumner Ross Hollander (around 1915-1920): The couple werethe first owners of the home and was used as their country estate. Sumner'sgrandfather foundedL.P. Hollander, a large furnishing goods firm in Boston. The senior Mr. Hollander sent his grandson to New York City to runits department store at 3 E. 57th St.

Robert andMarion Wormser (around 1920-1936). They were the second owners. Wormer'sdaughters were socialites and there are fun articles about the parties they attended. One daughtermarried Lyman Bloomingdale, one of the brothers who founded the Bloomingdales Department store. (The Bloomingdale estate was just up the road from our house) another sister married a Guggenheim.

Harold and Beatrice Shevers (around 1936-54). Harold Shevers wasPresident of the Apsey Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Franklyn (Dyke) and Catherine Brown (around1954-1962). Dyke worked as the Vice President of the Ford Foundation, and later started the Athenian School near San Francisco.

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GREENVILLE It has been a labor of love.

And Greenville resident Roberta Aubuchum has almost completely restored the Zachary Lansdowne house a historical landmark on the corner of Third and Locust in Greenville.

Many may be well aware of who Zachary Lansdowne was others may not.

I had no idea (who Zachary Lansdowne was) when I bought the house, Aubuchum said. I just needed a big house with tall ceilings. My sister told me to talk to Fred Hoblit. That he was interested in selling the house.

It didnt take long for Aubuchum to look into the history of the historic house.

I have always been into genealogy, she said. I have my familysgeneology back to the 1700s in France. I would go to the courthouse, museums, cemeteries anywhere you would go to get information.

Born in Greenville, Lansdowne was appointed to the United States Naval Academy September 2, 1905 and commissioned Ensign June 5, 1911.

He subsequently served on the destroyer USS McCall (DD-28), and in the Ohio Naval Militia. After completing his aviation training, he became Naval Aviator 105.

Lansdowne was assigned to duty with the Royal Naval Air Service during and after World War I, to study dirigibles. He was awarded the Navy Cross for distinguished serviceas one of the crew of the British airship R-34, which in July 1919, made the first successful nonstop passage from England to the United States.

He married Margaret Kennedy Ross (September 30, 1902 June 9, 1982) on December 7, 1921 in Washington D.C. They had two children. She remarried after Lansdownes death.

On February 11, 1924 Lansdowne took command of the rigid lighter-than-air ship, USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), and was killed when she crashed at Ava, Ohio, September 3, 1925.

He was buried later that month in section four at Arlington National Cemetery.

But, Lansdowne knew before thee flight to Ohio that it would be a difficult if not impossivle one.

In fact, he refused when first given the assignment, saying it would be too dangerous with all the lightning storms in Ohio at that time of the year. After he was told he had to, Lansdowne went over all his final papers with his wife before leaving.

The crash of the Shenandoah was the trigger for United States Army Colonel Billy Mitchell to heavily criticize the leadership of both the Army and the Navy, leading directly to his court-martial for insubordination and the end of his military career.

Along with Landowne, 12 crew members also lost their lives.

Lansdowne was played by Jack Lord in the 1955 film The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell.

Since buying the house 20 years ago, Aubuchum has been restoring the house to as it was originally wherever possible.

I started 20 years ago and have been doing it ever since, she said. The big thing was I was battling cancer. Going through chemo and surgery, I would get a little done here and a little done there.

There is still some work to be done with the porch. I found what it looked like. I have the pillars, I just have to find a contractor to do the work.

The house is an amazing combination of items she has inherited from her family over the years and Lanstowne memorabilia as well and that includes the backyard.

It is (an amazing house), she said.The floors were all carpeted. I pulled it up to restore the hardwood floors. Almost all the glass is original. There are only three new panes of glass in the entire house. I am really pleased with the way everything has turned out.

Zachary was born in Greenville. The family lived here and then the Hoblits. I am the first non-family member to live here. At Christmas time, I will put 20 Christmas trees up.

Throughout the process, Aubuchum had one thing in mind.

I wanted to do something that would please the Landtowne family, she said.

And she has accomplished just that, with a labor of love.

Roberta Aubuchum has almost completely restored the historic Zachary Lansdowne house at the corner of Third and Locust in Greenville.

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Two years ago, when the Pistons were looking to rebuild their front office, they requested permission to interview Troy Weaver, who was a sought-after assistant general manager with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Thunder refused, and the Pistons moved forward with Ed Stefanski leading the front office, but they left the spot of general manager vacant.

Troy Weaver is the new general manager of the Detroit Pistons.(Photo: Detroit Pistons)

This time, they circled back. This time, Weaver was ready and available.

Weaver joins the Pistons staff with the task of reinvigorating a franchise that hasnt had a playoff win in more than a decade. When the season is scheduled to resume in July, the Pistons will be on the outside looking in, one of eight teams eliminated.

Although team owner Tom Gores and Stefanski have conceded that the Pistons are beginning a rebuild, Weaver isnt so quick to use that term.

This isnt a rebuild its a restoring. Theres been greatness here, Weaver said Monday in his virtual introductory press conference. The Motor City deserves a consistent winner back on the floor.

The Pistons and Weaver is a union two years in the making, as the Pistons had an unusual structure to their front office, with Stefanski as the senior adviser to Gores, but handling many of the responsibilities of a president of basketball operations and general manager.

With Weaver, the Pistons get an ideal candidate to usher them into the next phase of their franchise development, as Weaver worked with Thunder general manager Sam Presti to make Oklahoma City one of the pillars of the Western Conference, including four appearances in the conference finals and one trip to the NBA Finals.

Getting a fresh start with a rebuild with the Pistons is a challenge, but Gores said the Pistons went all out to get the best person for the job.

(Weaver) had all the track record and everything on his resume that made complete sense. We had actually tried to talk to Troy a couple years ago and Oklahoma City wasnt quite ready to let him go, so hes been on our radar for a while, Gores said. Ed has come in and done a great job of stabilizing our front office and cleaning some things up.

We just felt it was time to go big or go home lets just go get the best. We have a great coach ready to go and Dwane (Casey) and Troy have a great chemistry theyve built.

The timing of Weavers hiring and the Pistons emergence from two years of perilous salary-cap maneuvering along with a critical upcoming high draft pick and space under the cap makes adding Weaver a priority.

Weaver sees the fit as a good opportunity to use what hes learned under Presti to begin to lead in the Pistons front office and to use his experience to right the ship.

I just felt like I looked at where the Pistons were at this time, trying to surge forward and become a competitive team again. Ive been in those situations, when I first went to Utah after (John) Stockton and (Karl) Malone, Utah was trying to restore their franchise and I was a part of that, Weaver said. My last 12 years in OKC, we just built it from the ground up. My skills and my talents and leadership and training Ive had with the Jazz and Thunder actually made this a great fit for myself and thank God the Pistons saw it the same way.

One of the primary tasks for Weaver in his first weeks will be assessing the roster and deciding which pieces to keep. That starts with stars Blake Griffin and Derrick Rose. Both have had injuries, but the mix of veterans and young players can be a benefit.

You have two veteran big-time players that are looking to restore their careers: Blake Griffin, who is a perennial All-Star, and Derrick Rose. Both guys have had some injury history and theyre looking forward to building their careers back, Weaver said. That stood out and were excited to get them healthy and help us moving forward.

The second piece is the young players on the roster: Sekou (Doumbouya), (Luke) Kennard, Bruce Brown and Svi (Mykhailiuk) and (Christian) Wood. We feel like we have a good mixture of young guys with those two staples to start there.

The Thunder lose one of their keystones in the front office, but Presti was gracious in congratulating Weaver.

Troy has been an integral member of our organization since 2008. Aside from being a terrific basketball executive, Troy's personal values of honesty, unity, and hard work make him a great addition to the Pistons organization.

The Pistons could not have found a better person to lead and direct their franchise.

Weaver will guide the Pistons day-to-day operations and one of his first orders of business will be assembling the remainder of his staff, which will include adding at least one new assistant general manager, after the departure of Malik Rose. The NBA announced Monday that Rose accepted a position as vice president of basketball operations in the league office.

The Pistons are one of eight teams whose season ended because of the COVID-19 pandemic and will not be part of the 22-team restart that is planned for late July in Florida.

They finished the season at 20-46 and will have a likely top-five draft pick and possibly $30 million in salary-cap space when the offseason hits in October.

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