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Along with a more modern fa莽ade and lobby, the restaurant has sharper menu kiosk screens, improved landscaping and accessible parking, and a new Play Place children's area.聽

The renovations were overseen by the restaurant's new owners, Mc H & N Management of Sparta Township, New Jersey. The group purchased the McDonald's locations on Grant Avenue and Genesee Street in Auburn, along with additional locations in the Ithaca area and Southern Tier, from Cayuga Restaurant Group聽last August.

Mc H & N's Herb Thomas III told 人兽性交 that McDonald's tries to update its locations every five to 10 years, putting the 198 Grant Ave. one in line for renovations.

"This was an older restaurant in need of a facelift," he said.聽

Thomas and his parents, Nellie and Herbert Thomas II, added the upstate New York locations to several they have owned and operated in the New Jersey area for more than 20 years. Their first McDonald's were located in Youngstown, Ohio. Herb Thomas III joined Mc H & N about five years ago, bringing an education and background in finance to the family business.

The group's philosophy, Nellie Thomas told 人兽性交, isn't just serving hamburgers to customers but opportunity to employees of the world's largest fast food chain.

"Many of our people who go into management move up," she said. "People who may not have decided upon a career can develop one with McDonald's. It's a company where if you get trained in a management position, you really have the skills to take you anywhere not only there, but anywhere else. Companies are eager to hire people with McDonald's management experience."

In Auburn, those employees will be celebrated with a family night during the week of the Grant Avenue restaurant's grand reopening, Nellie Thomas said.

The changes at the restaurant won't stop that week, though. Herb Thomas III said mobile table service, where customers order at tables and have their food and drinks delivered to them, will come to that McDonald's in the future.聽Mc H & N is also discussing additions to the restaurant's menu, which has not changed with the renovations.聽聽

The Grant Avenue location saw its business dip as much as 40% during the renovation, Herbert Thomas III said, as the drive-thru closed for days and the dining room for months.

The restaurant's new owner seeks to make up for that loss, and in the process develop its 60 employees into the community's leaders of tomorrow.

"We came in with an understanding that this was an opportunity to take care of Auburn a little better, so we're trying to capitalize on that," he said. "Anything from making sure we're more hospitable and providing a better, quicker product to getting involved in the community and trying to develop the next generation of leadership."

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the $1.4 million plaza will also be held by the city's Department of Planning & Economic Development at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12. The plaza, and accompanying upgrades to State Street, were supported by $1 million from the city's Downtown Revitalization Initiative聽state grant, $400,000 from a city bond ordinance聽and $171,114 from the Emerson Foundation.

The opening of the plaza will conclude the saga of a property that since 2011 has been a prominent hole in the ground of downtown Auburn.

The last structure that stood there, the Kalet's department store, was demolished that year to make way for a performing arts venue. Three years later, the project was canceled by developers Cayuga Community College and the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival (now The Rev Theatre Company) due to repeated legal by lawyer Joseph Camardo, a neighboring property owner.聽

Since then, the property has sat vacant and walled off, hosting only gravel and overgrowth. But as soon as the city聽reacquired the property in 2015, it began聽working to redevelop that hole in the ground.

As Auburn officials navigated the possibility of continued legal challenges by Camardo, the city sought the public's say in the property's future. An outdoor space was the most popular idea, said Renee Jensen, a senior planner with the Department of Planning & Economic Development. To design the space, the city contracted with architectural firm Bergmann Associates, of Rochester.

Many of the ideas Bergmann designed into the plaza came from the public, Jensen said. Groups like Blueprint II, a local youth service program, suggested USB ports in the benches for charging devices. Another suggestion was the life-sized, stained concrete checkerboard in the plaza's center. The city is looking into securing life-sized chess and checkers pieces to go with it, Jensen added.

"It's particularly impressive," she said of the checkerboard. "It's just really unique and different."

The rest of the plaza was designed for easy pedestrian use, Jensen said. Whether they want to sit and read or downtown workers want to have a scenic lunch, the space will accommodate them. Small pieces of the property were sold to neighboring owners for similar uses, like caf茅 seating for A.T. Walley & Co. and patio space for R&M Real Estate Group. Camardo will use his piece for parking.

The August concert series is the only programming the city has planned at the plaza for now, Jensen said, but there will likely be more. She could also see the space being used for events not organized by the city, such as CNY TomatoFest. After watching downtown Auburn's hole in the ground become something that existed only on paper for years, it's not hard to imagine the possibilities.

"Seeing it on paper is one thing, but seeing it in person is a whole other feeling," Jensen said. "It looks absolutely amazing."

He told Victim No.聽2, whom he met in San Francisco this year, that he was involved in counterespionage projects involving China and Russia.

The woman identified as Victim No.聽1 has known Kiernan since middle school, the FBI said, and connected with him for a job in California in 2020.

"Major convinced her that his identity needed to be protected and thus, he could not use his credit card, obtain new credit cards, pay for hotels, nor pay for other expenses using his name," the complaint states. "Victim No.聽1 reported that she used her own money, totaling approximately $17,000 over the course of one month, to purchase hotels, meals, Ubers, alcohol, and cannabis for Major."

Victim No.聽1 told investigators that she stopped communication with Major in October 2020, but he then began sending frequent texts and emails and attempted to call her up to 1,000 times per day. She reported the threatening messages to the Auburn Police Department in January 2021, but local law enforcement authorities said they could not investigate because the alleged conduct took place in California.

"For the next year, Victim No.聽1 reported that MAJOR continued to send Victim No.聽1 serious threatening messages and emails about killing her and her family members using different accounts that Victim No.聽1 hadn鈥檛 blocked," the FBI complaint states.

Major began reaching out to Victim No.聽1's father with the threatening messages, but he also at one point told the father he had arranged to reimburse Victim No.聽1. Major had his mother, who worked at Auburn Community Hospital with Victim No.聽1's father, write a check to her for $25,000. That checked bounced, and Michelle Major was arrested in April 2021 for knowingly issuing a bad check.

Auburn City Court records show Michelle Major's case is still active, with an appearance scheduled for Aug. 5. According to the FBI complaint, Michelle Major has been ordered to pay $100 per month for five years to Victim No.聽1.

The federal investigation of Major began in June when Victim No.聽2, who said she was swindled out of $111,000, filed a complaint with the FBI National Threat Operations Center. She did this after connecting with Victim No.聽1, at Major's request. He said he wanted her help "to make things right with" Victim No.聽1, whom he falsely claimed was an ex-girlfriend, according to the FBI complaint.

When Victim No.聽2 heard from Victim No.聽1 about Major's conduct, she "quickly realized that she was being victimized by MAJOR and needed to get away from him," the complaint states.

The FBI said Major realized the two women were communicating, so he escalated his threatening communications. As recently as July 10, he sent Victim No.聽1 a series of threatening emails that said "YOU WILL DIE OVER THIS IF YOU DONT SMARTEN UP" and "I WILL MAKE SURE YOUR FATHER DIES A BRUTUAL DEATH."

On July 13, FBI investigators obtained a search warrant to track Major's cellphone, and found it in the area of Ames, Iowa. He was located and taken into custody in Iowa on Tuesday and charged with stalking.

A federal judge has ordered he be held, and scheduled a detention hearing for Monday in federal court in Iowa. The U.S. Attorney's Office is asking that Major continued to be held, saying he is a flight risk and a threat to the safety of others.

The stalking charge against Major is punishable by up to five years in prison and/or a fine of up to $250,000.

Sunday will be the second time Homick-Reese and her family partner with Patrice Henry, owner of the Irie Jamaican Queen food truck, to serve free, no-questions-asked meals to members of the Auburn community. On the menu will be a choice of fried chicken, pulled pork or a hot dog, with ziti, baked beans, a choice of water or soda, and a cookie or brownie for dessert.

Homick-Reese told 人兽性交 that she and Henry started organizing the giveaways to provide the people of Auburn some relief as inflation raises the price of groceries and other essentials.

"Times are really hard right now," she said. "The price of food is absolutely ridiculous."

Henry parks the the truck outside Homick-Reese's Van Anden Street home to serve the meals. It's also outside her home that for three years, Homick-Reese has stocked a table with 40 to 50 free items for people in need to take as they please. Last week there were new clothes, including children's clothes, but the items have ranged from food and soap to pillows and school supplies.

A longtime human resources professional who last worked at Villa of Hope in Rochester and is now in private duty, Homick-Reese said she feels compelled to help people any way she can. For almost a decade she's been preparing Thanksgiving and Christmas meals for Auburn families, eight to 10 each holiday, and collected donations from family and friends on social media to support the effort.聽

Through another one of her efforts 鈥� cooking Sunday meals for families of people with cancer 鈥� Homick-Reese met Henry. The Irie Jamaican Queen operator suggested using her food truck to serve meals to the community. Excited by the idea, Homick-Reese began seeking donations on social media. Whatever she and Henry didn't have money for, they bought themselves.

The first giveaway took place Sunday, June 26. Fifteen minutes before it was scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., there were people lined up on Van Anden Street. All 150 meals were gone by 12:30 p.m.

"It was amazing,"聽Homick-Reese said. "The food was excellent and the people were very, very appreciative."

Homick-Reese's husband, Steve Reese, cooked the chicken and her daughter, Mara Homick, helped Henry in the food truck.聽

Some of the people who came for meals asked if they could take some home for family members who were sick or disabled, and though聽Homick-Reese didn't plan on accommodating them at first, she did anyway. Other people donated whatever money they had to the organizers, she said, even if it was just a dollar. She wants the giveaways to be as confidential as they can be.

"Just show up," she said. "We don't ask for nothing."

Homick-Reese hopes to continue serving the free meals the last Sunday of the month through October, due to the cold. As soon as next month she and Henry would like to offer the community the opportunity to order their meals off the Irie Jamaican Queen menu of jerk chicken, beef patties and more. With enough support, she said, that shouldn't be a problem either.

"A lot of these people can't afford to go out, or go to a food truck," she said. "We'd love to open it up so they can order anything they want."

Police said that Young then initiated a traffic stop but Gause failed to comply and proceeded to attempt to elude the officer. The vehicle continued onto John, Owasco and Miller streets, police said, before Gause got out and ran to the Mill Street Dam, began jumping fences and hid behind shrubbery near Owasco Street, where Young and officer Luke Parker arrested Gause in front of 67 Owasco St. after a brief struggle.

The APD said the officers recovered eighty-five individually packaged glassine envelopes containing heroin and seven baggies containing cocaine. Based on the quantity of drugs, Gause was charged with two felony counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance. He was also charged with misdemeanor counts of unlawful fleeing of police officer, resisting arrest and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

The APD said that the Finger Lakes Drug Task Force assisted along with the Cayuga County Sheriff鈥檚 Office.

In a separate Thursday news release, the APD said that at about 2:13 a.m. Thursday, officer Nicholas Gehm initiated a traffic stop on Fitch Avenue when a vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign but that the operator continued driving.

Police said the driver, later identified as Kyreese T. Gilliam, 26, of 18 Chapman Ave., Auburn, continued eluding police until abruptly stopping in front of his residence and running into the backyard.

Gehm and officer Anthony Spinelli gave chase and reported that Gilliam was repeatedly reaching into the waistband area of his pants as he was running. The officers caught up to Gilliam and were able to take him into custody after a brief struggle as Gilliam continued to physically resist arrest, police said.

The APD said Gilliam was in possession of a loaded 9mm handgun, more聽 than one-half ounce of cocaine and more than $4,000 cash.

He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, all felonies, in addition to resisting arrest and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

The APD said the Finger Lakes Drug Task Force assisted in the investigation.

Carpenter Falls Unique Area is a 37-acre property with steep terrain and waterfalls. It was conveyed to the DEC in 2008 by the Finger Lakes Land Trust. Among the project's improvements are the following:

鈥� New on-site paved parking lot for 20 single vehicles, designed with green infrastructure to manage stormwater;

鈥� Bicycle rack to accommodate cyclists;

鈥� Accessible toilet with a screened enclosure near the parking area;

鈥� New elevated boardwalk accessible to visitors of all abilities, leading 630 feet from the parking lot to an observation platform;

鈥� Accessible observation platform where visitors can view the 90-foot-tall Upper Carpenter Falls;

鈥� A new trail with stone steps to safely guide hikers down a steep ravine to view Upper Carpenter Falls from a stream-level vantage

The DEC said that in addition to the new accessibility features, the elevated boardwalk and stone steps will protect sensitive soil and vegetation from destruction and erosion sometimes caused by pedestrian traffic on the site鈥檚 steep slopes, which will also help safeguard water quality in Bear Swamp Creek and Skaneateles Lake.

鈥淐arpenter Falls is one of the recreational, tourism, and environmental gems here in Central New York and DEC is committed to continuing to help improve and enhance the experience for all visitors while also continuing to protect the natural resources of this critical watershed,鈥� Commissioner Seggos said in a press release. 鈥淒EC designed the new features and upgrades unveiled today to help increase safety, reduce long-term environmental impacts to the area, and protect water quality in Skaneateles Lake, a popular recreation destination and drinking water source, and we look forward to continuing to work with our partners to build upon this progress throughout the region.鈥�

The nature trail had been closed since September due to the construction.

The accident shut down traffic through the heavily traveled area, with Route 104 being a main east/west route across the northern part of Cayuga County, and Route 38 a main connection between the Sterling and Fair Haven areas and points south such as Port Byron and Auburn.

A Life Flight helicopter crew reportedly landed in a parking lot near the scene at about 5:37 p.m. At about the same time, an ambulance was reported to be en route to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse.

The helicopter departed at about 6:10 p.m.

Routes 38 and 104 were opened back up to traffic just before 7 p.m.

Police said the vehicle crashed into a tree and caught on fire following the impact. Reitz was the sole occupant.

The sheriff鈥檚 office said in a news release Friday afternoon that the investigation was still ongoing and that additional information would not be immediately available.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Detective Robert Guarnieri at (315) 253-3545 or leave information at .

The sheriff's office said that was assisted by the Cato Fire Department, Conquest Fire Department, CIMVAC Ambulance, New York State Police, the Cayuga County 911 Center and the Cayuga County Coroner鈥檚 Office.

Police said Clark is originally from the Rochester area with a parole address in Rochester but had been frequenting 71 Owasco St. in Auburn. On Monday, members of the Finger Lakes Drug Task Force reported that they saw Clark get into the backseat of car in the vicinity of Owasco Street at about 7:21 p.m. and began following the car.

As the vehicle traveled northeast through the city while utilizing side streets, the task force coordinated with the APD to conduct a traffic stop.

The car was pulled over on North Seward Avenue near Franklin Street, and police said that Clark was positively identified after officers interviewed the occupants. Clark initially refused to exit the vehicle after being commanded multiple times to do so, police said, and when he finally got out of the car, he tried to run.

After a brief struggle in the middle of North Seward Avenue, Clark was handcuffed and found to be in possession of a loaded 9mm handgun, police said, which was located in his waistband. He was also reported to have been in possession of 31.7 grams of powder cocaine, 10.7 grams of crack cocaine and 24.3 grams of a cutting agent, along with over $2,000 in cash.

Clark was arrested and held pending centralized arraignment on felony charges of criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a controlled substance.

He was later charged for his alleged role in the June 26 shooting on charges of first-degree criminal use of a firearm, first-degree assault and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He is being held in the Cayuga County Jail.

As for the other person involved in the shooting, the APD said the investigation is still pending.

The APD is asking anyone with information regarding the incident at the Lavish Lounge to contact Investigator Charles Augello at (315) 258-9880 or by email at craugello@auburnny.gov. Calls can remain confidential.