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After one resident heard rumors that the complex was destined to be scraped and developed into hundreds of new units in the hot Lowry neighborhood , he contacted an official with  Vivage Senior Living Solutions , the company that manages the facility — but that official reported back that the executive director didn 't know about the sale, either. Still, residents worried that they would suddenly get a thirty-day notice to vacate, and that would not be enough time to find a new home. Space is in short supply in metro Denver, and a move can be debilitating even when there are available spaces. Many of the seniors rely on Medicaid and Social Security, and switching those accounts to new addresses can be complicated, too. Nancy Schwalm, chief business development officer for Vivage, says that management knew there were offers on the table for the property, a circa 1938 building that was used as officers' quarters back when Lowry was an Air Force base ,  but were kept in the dar...

We finally found a place we both wanted to call home, a modern,  remodeled single-family townhouse in Bushwick   a few blocks from the M and J trains, and miraculously, it was within our budget. And because it had been sitting on the market for a few months, the sellers were entertaining any offer. Our realtor encouraged us to put a bid in. The bid process is relatively easy, especially if you have a realtor. After looking at the comparable properties in the neighborhood, we figured out a price we thought was reasonable,  10 percent below asking.   Our realtor emailed an offer, noting how much we would need to finance, and attached our mortgage pre-approval letter (more on that later). We sat and waited, nervously. Unfortunately, this part of the story doesn't have a happy ending. We actually ended up losing this house ,  and four other properties,  before eventually buying our current condo. It's the best of them all, but I may be biased because it's the one we got. Here ...

“When he walked through my door, I was like, ‘Holy smokes!’ ” said Coach Jay Thomas of Northwestern State, where Simon played collegiately . “But he’s just a gentle giant.” Simon was a star on the defensive line at Glen Oaks High School outside Baton Rouge, La., and caught the attention of several Division I football programs. But one play early in his senior season — the homecoming game — to change all that. Simon crumpled to the turf after blowing out a knee, pain searing through his body as coaches and trainers huddled around him. The damage was devastating. “I basically had to have everything reattached: my hamstring, my cartilage, A.C.L., L.C.L. and just different tissues in my knee,” Simon said. “That moment, I really didn’t think too much of it because it was my first serious injury, so I was just trying to get over that part.” It all hit him during the rehabilitation process, when the interest from colleges suddenly disappeared . Because of the severity of the injury, it wa...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Deon Simon is motivated by his painful past. The darkest moments came while he dealt with a severe knee injury and academic issues as a high school senior , leaving his future on and off the field uncertain. “It was a hard time,” the New York Jets defensive tackle said after a recent practice. “I didn’t know exactly what was going to happen at the next step, the next level. It’s been tough, but I stuck with it. “I put it upon myself that I won’t be denied.” Today, the 27-year-old Simon is a promising backup on Todd Bowles’ defense and a college graduate who has aspirations of becoming a U.S. Marshal when his playing days are over. “I definitely think about all that,” Simon said. “Where I come from, how I stuck it out to get to this point, I think about it all the time.” At 6-foot-4 and 332 pounds, Simon is a physically imposing presence . But his calm, soft- spoken demeanor reveals a humble soul, someone truly thankful to have overcome the obstacles that...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on the Spain attacks (all times local): 5:15 a.m. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has asked people to pray for a young Australian boy who is missing after a vehicle attack on a popular Barcelona promenade that killed 13 people. Turnbull said Saturday that the boy's mother was badly injured and is in a hospital following Friday's attack at the Las Ramblas promenade . Turnbull says the boy's family is searching for him. He did not release the boy's name. Turnbull says: "All of us as parents know the anguish his father is going through, and his whole family is going through, as they rush to seek to find him in Barcelona." Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says four Australians were injured in the attack. ___ 2:35 a.m. Police in Catalonia say they have searched two buses in their hunt for violent extremists believed responsible for a pair of deadly attacks in the northwestern region of Spain. Police say o...