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SOUTH BEND — The city's historic preservation agency Monday rejected a request by South Bend schools officials to demolish the old Marquette School building , a plan that has been in the works for years but has met with resistance from preservationists. The South Bend-St. Joseph County Historic Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the South Bend Community School Corp .'s request to demolish the 1937 building to create more outdoor space for the current Marquette Primary Montessori Academy . Elicia Feasel, the commission's executive director, recommended that the panel deny the request. In a report to the commission, she concluded that the school corporation had failed to prove the types of safety issues that would justify demolishing a local historic landmark . The commission agreed and voted 4-1 to deny the district's request for approval to demolish the building. Several members faulted the school corporation for building the new Marquette school in...

Elected officials are calling for the authorities to investigate the manager of a local condominium for harassing residents. " /> 47-55 39th Place View Full Caption SUNNYSIDE — Elected officials are calling for authorities to investigate the manager of a condominium for harassing residents — threatening them and monitoring their personal lives, as well as plastering the building's lobby with pro-gun posters, pictures of Hitler and Mussolini and other images they say are offensive. City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer and State Sen. Michael Gianaris want the state Attorney General 's Office to look into Neal Milano, a board member and property manager at the building on 39th Place and 48th Avenue, where they say he's been terrorizing his neighbors. This includes threatening them with fines or eviction if they do something he doesn't like, residents say, as well as decorating the lobby with a bizarre collage that includes images of infamous dictators , a ...