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Amish Structures for Work and Play

Enjoy the outdoors in Amish gazebos, pavilions and pergolas with screens to keep the bugs out. Kids and grandchildren get in on the fun with Amish swing sets. Protect all your garden tools, from shovels to mowers, in an Amish storage shed. Two-story buildings double your storage space without taking up much room. Keep your cars, trucks and tractors out of the weather with an Amish garage. Chickens, goats, horses, sheep and rabbits give your kids a hobby; house your animals in an Amish shelter. Choose chickens, and youll have fresh eggs.

Historic Stevensville, now a Maryland State Arts and Entertainment District, will host again this year the Sixth Annual Art in the Park, Saturday, September 27, from 9am to 4 pm. Artists and artisans of all media from paintings to woodworking, photography to jewelry offer their original works. Musical entertainment and food sellers will also be present. All historical sites will be open to the public, as will restaurants and shops. Artists at Work Studios and Gallery has been in town 18 years, featuring the original art of Jeanne Noble along with works from 30 other local artists. Island Arts/My Little Studio is home to Joan McWilliams and 50 other artists. Paris Grey is a lovely cottage and chic shop that carries Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. Trade Winds Exchange is an antique emporium owned by Patty McCool, who says Kent Island really is Treasure Island. Come see the treasures and enjoy your day at Art in the Park.

If you enjoy old hardware stores, youll like Art Things. From screen-printing to gilding, from oil painting to fabric arts, from comic art to clay: We have the tools and materials. Do you have a favorite pen, pencil or journal that you love? Come check out our selection. Handmade papers from all over the world will dazzle you, and the Creative Kids department grows as we head towards the holiday season. New this fall: QOR (pronounced core) watercolors made by Golden, a modern formula that makes the pigments seem to glow. Check out the video: http://www.qorcolors.com/videos/ qor-modern-watercolorsintroduction. Founded in 1966 and owned and operated by people who love to help customers with their creative projects, Art Things features an impressive inventory showcasing a wide range of quality materials chosen with value in mind. Please be sure to ask for a frequent shopper ARTCARD. The greeting card selection is carefully curated and represents many local artists. You dont have to think of yourself as an artist to find interesting and unique things in this shop: Browsers are welcome.

Belair Engineering is a woman-owned and -managed heating and air conditioning, standby generator, gas fireplace and plumbing contractor. Were celebrating our 53rd year of providing exceptional repair service and replacement installation for your furnace or heat pump heating system at great prices. All our technicians are drug-screened and mom-approved. We also provide you with a 100-percent satisfaction guarantee. Dont miss our Gas Fireplace and Standby Generator Show Saturday, October 4, from 9am to 4pm at our award-winning showroom, 15881 Commerce Court, Upper Marlboro. Refreshments will be served, door prizes awarded and huge savings can be had on last years models while they last. Bring your firebox measurements and digital pictures. Dont miss the show!

At Compass Stone & Tile Studio, we have the largest selection of porcelain, ceramic, stone and glass tile in the area. We offer complimentary design services to ensure that your vision comes to life. Our interior designers are here to guide you through our vast selection. Our advice is simple: Choose tile that you can live with for years. Its easy to repaint a room; its easy to change an appliance; but tile is here to stay. Tile will add value to your home and should not be overlooked in your project. We encourage homeowners to come browse our showroom as there are so many new styles. Right now, the hot look is tile that looks like hardwood. Unlike wood, there is no maintenance of the finish, and there is no wear and tear. Tile is easy to maintain. With the explosion of stainless steel appliances, there are many beautiful backsplashes with a hint of metallic. We were voted by Whats Up Magazine as the Best Tile Store, and we will continue to work hard to provide the best selection and service to our community.

Dr. Glass is a quality professional window-washing and power-washing service with professional men and women who have worked for our customers for many years. We guarantee your complete satisfaction with our work. We are responsible, punctual, careful and appreciative of all our client partners.

Ecoasis Garden Center is a traditional garden center offering eco-friendly alternatives, sustainable landscaping supplies and gardening products for growing in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Ecoasis sources most of our plants from local growers as well as shrub and tree growers from the Eastern Shore. The store is stocked with earth-friendly products, rain barrels, composters, eco-mats, bio-logs and much more. Also on site are chickens that produce eggs for sale and bees for local honey. We have other farm-to-table products from local growers. Our large garden produces wonderful as-local-as-it-gets vegetables and herbs, and we supplement our produce stand with vegetables from the Southern Maryland farmers auction. Ciminellis Landscape Services, our sister business, offers landscape and hardscape installation. Like us on Facebook and sign up for our monthly newsletter to receive great gardening and landscaping advice and special discounts. Visit our Apple Festival September 27 and 28 for free apple tastings, apple cider and apple butter as well as food tastings and a cooking demonstration Sunday from 11am-3pm. Dont miss visiting our beautifully restored Amish barn full of local art, garden gifts and antiques. Find us on West Central Avenue in Bowie just one mile from Rt. 301 from the west and the Patuxent River from the east on the border of Anne Arundel County and Prince Georges County.

Right around the corner is the best little bank you may never have heard of, and it just may be the bank you need for your fall home projects. Essex Bank, with offices from Rockville across Maryland to the Bay, hits the sweet spot between small community banks and big impersonal institutions. What distinguishes Essex Bank from competitors is a sense of person-to-person responsiveness, whether the customer is a family or individual, a small business or a large corporation or municipality each of which are current Essex Bank customers. Flexibility is also something customers find at Essex Bank, especially small-business owners who typically are ignored by large banks when it comes to funding needs. Homeowners in particular will be attracted to the availability of construction and lot loans, and single-closing construction-to-permanent mortgages, even for renovations and additions. Bay-area Essex Bank locations include Crofton, Arnold and a stunning new branch in Annapolis, at the corner of West Street and Chinquapin Round Road. Treat yourself to a totally new banking experience by visiting Essex Bank today. Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender.

Fall is the new spring. Its a great time of year to rejuvenate your landscape or plant a new one. Whether its dividing those overgrown iris, planting a new tree or a complete re-do, Greenstreet Gardens is here to help. Great landscapes start with great soil. We recommend Bumper Crop. Chock-full of micronutrients, it gives roots an added boost. Choose the right plants for the space. Varieties that need full sun will not thrive in shade, and shade-lovers will wither in sun. Before you plant, consider the amount of space available. Young plants grow. Yes, you can prune them to an extent. Trying to keep a plant three feet wide when it wants to be 10 feet will stress the plant and you. Instead, choose a plant that will fit the space and give it room to grow. Bring fall color into your landscape with seasonal favorites: mums, pansies, ornamental kale, cabbage and grasses. Great companions, these plants look terrific in containers or planted directly in the garden. Our full-service nursery is stocked full of everything you need for a fantastic fall. Stop in and chat with one of our experienced staff. Because success grows here.

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Hamilton firefighters say a suspicious fire destroyed two garages and damaged five houses plus a motor home in the 600 block of Sycamore Street around 6 a.m. today.

A woman taking her dog outside this morning saw the flames in the air.

She said her dog needed to go outside and when she let the dog out, she saw the flames in the back and called 911, Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Shaw said.

The fire marshall is on scene, and investigators are still trying to determine the cause. Shaw estimates damages at $200,000. No injuries were reported.

The fire may have started in one of the garages and then spread to the second garage and eventually the six homes, according to Shaw.

The house at 611 (Sycamore Street) had severe siding damage. Siding was melted off from the heat, Shaw said.

Houses at 609 and 623 Sycamore St. also had siding damage from the heat, he said.

Two homes 615 and 619 Sycamore Street had their garages complete consumed by the fire, according to Shaw.

Both of those homes also had one-room additions that were a complete loss, Shaw said.

A motor home located behind 623 Sycamore St. was also damaged.

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Boston Society of Architects members are promoting an Allston Esplanade along the Charles River as an offshoot of the Massachusetts Department of Transportations planned $260 million Mass Pike Allston interchange realignment.

A pair of Boston Society of Architects (BSA) teams developed two plans for the three-plus acres of parkland to spur MassDOT to consider the larger implications of its project beyond roadway changes once it opens up new land for redevelopment, according to architect and BSA vice president Tim Love.

Theyre both proposals that have lots of advantages and lots of interesting ideas that we think MassDOT should consider very seriously, he said. Their mission is to redesign the highway interchange. Were saying, Here are some issues we think you should think about, too.

The proposals involve relocating Soldiers Field Road away from the Charles, creating a river crossing for cyclists and pedestrians and a new MBTA station.

It was a useful exercise for us to come in and show MassDOT what kind of neighborhood could result from what theyre doing, Love said. The visions are realistic and financeable through the value of the real estate.

The interchange project is set to start in early 2017. MassDOT did not respond to Herald inquiries.

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Danish developers Realdania BYG and Arkitema Architects, working with the Danish Technological Institute, have designed and constructed an experimental prefabricated home that's made primarily from plywood. Despite this, the Maintenance-Free House shouldn't need any significant maintenance for at least 50 years, thanks to a glass "shield" that keeps it safe from the elements. The overall lifetime of the home is also expected to be at least 150 years.

Completed in 2013, the Maintenance-Free House is part of the same six-house experimental development on the Denmark's island of Fyn that includes the Adaptable House we reported on earlier this year. Somewhat confusingly, the development also contains another "Maintenance-Free House" that's built from brick.

The home has a total floorspace of 156 sq m (1,679 sq ft) and draws design cues from a traditional wooden Danish longhouse. It features a simple, open layout inside, with a large central space comprising a living area, and dining and kitchen area, flanked by a bathroom and technical room. Four skylights increase the already ample available natural light, and stairs lead to a mezzanine with two loft spaces. There's also a total of four bedrooms and one bathroom.

The Maintenance-Free House was prefabricated in a factory and transported by truck to Fyn. The basic structure was assembled over a couple of days using screwdrivers, with the total on-site build time being under two weeks. It comprises 18 frames of bonded high-strength prefabricated plywood, with a steel skeleton.

Since plywood won't stand up to a battering from the elements however, Arkitema Architects covered the entire envelope with a layer of toughened recycled glass sheets, fitted to provide an unbroken surface. In this way, the vulnerable plywood shell is protected from the weather.

The Maintenance-Free House is also raised off the ground by 30 cm (1 ft) on stilts, and there's a small gap between the plywood roof and its glass shield. This creates a natural chimney effect and draws in air from underneath the home, pushing it up to the gap between the plywood and glass shield, before it is expelled out at the top of the roof without any need for complicated mechanical ventilation.

We've no exact figure on its price, but are assured it's around the Danish norm for a home of its size and type. Though it's still an ongoing experiment, the Maintenance-Free House will eventually be sold once it has proven itself reliable.

Sources: Arkitema Architects, Realdania BYG via Arch Daily

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Full planning permission has been granted for the extension of The Square shopping centre in Tallaght, which will create 300 construction jobs and 400 retail jobs when it is completed.

The 40m project is being funded by Nama and will add 200,000 square feet of retail space to the centre.

The management team of Indego, which is the holding company with majority ownership of The Square, welcomed An Bord Pleanlas decision.

This very welcome decision from An Bord Pleanla is a huge boost locally to the Tallaght area, and an immense vote of confidence in the future of The Square as it continues to realise its status as a town centre, with the potential for hundreds of jobs to be created in the construction phase as well as sustainable long-term retail employment, said Indego CEO, Bernard Hamill.

The development provides for flexible large retail floor space, currently lacking, and a department store. The implementation of this proposal will see The Square town centre completely rejuvenated.

The decision follows the original decision to grant planning permission for the new development by South Dublin County Council earlier in April 2014.

Indego said in a statement that discussions had already started with a number of interested parties for the anchor and medium-space retailer users. Moreover, with planning certainty, the strategy and timeline for implementation of this important retail development can be actively advanced, it added.

The centre has been rejuvenated with the ongoing support of Nama in the past number of years; a new 13-screen cinema has opened, together with 25 new brands being added to the centres offering, enhancing significantly the tenant mix. These initiatives have been delivered under a new management team who have overseen a substantial footfall increase in the same period.

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