Outside, a scaffold stretched across the front of the two-story home, framed by two extension ladders along both sides and with four newly installed windows peeking out from behind. Inside,
Meadville Redevelopment Authority is seeking bids for the demolition of two blighted Water Street properties that have been abandoned and deteriorating for years.
My nervous “afraid of the dark” wife is amazed that her brave husband will get up in the middle of the night to check out all the strange noises she hears.
This has been going on for more than half a century and, frankly, even I am impressed by my fearlessness.
Patiently, during the entire time of our marriage, I have been awakened in the middle of deep slumber to a voice saying: “Honey, did you hear that?”
I roll over and say, “What? I didn’t hear anything. Go back to sleep, it will be all right.”
A few minutes later: “I can’t sleep. I am worried.”