Tenants unite to Edgewater building owner to clear water damage, make repairs
"I think Trigild has done what a lot of landlords refuse to do, which is work with and negotiate with organized tenants."
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"I think Trigild has done what a lot of landlords refuse to do, which is work with and negotiate with organized tenants."
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"We definitely buy and keep bottles of water and gallons, just in case, because anything can happen."
"It's a humiliating problem to continue to put a small bandaid on something when our state and federal government must apply some form of help or relief to the Village of Robbins."
"We're going to have picnic tables and chairs. We're going to have a gaming trailer where the youth can play video games. We're going to create a golfing space so they can do miniature golf."
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"Actually, when I first saw him, I didn't think it was him. I thought it was someone else acting like Jay-Z."
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"Everybody has just come together to support this family. Last night, we gathered together at 7 o'clock. About 200 people showed up to pray the rosary," Father Burke Masters said.
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"Walls were shaking. Doors were shaking. And I heard this loud wind that I thought the roof came off. It turned out to be a front porch. It blew away."