Touted as a “must-see, jaw-dropping” film, the documentary Burn will be screened at The Legacy Theatre on Wednesday evening, May 8. Burn tells the story of Detroit firefighters. But this first responder story is unique. Detroit is a city with more abandoned buildings and arson fires each day than cities twice its size. Los Angeles, […]
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Man on fire
J.R. Martinez says he used to worry that his appearance would frighten children. Now he proudly embraces the rippled burn scars that cover much of his face, hands and other body parts. In 2003, the former Army infantryman, now 28, was badly burned by a landmine in Iraq. Martinez survived the injury and overcame the […]
Historic Buffalo house still standing, for now
The survival of a mid-19th century structure, part of which could date as far back as the 1830s, is hardly assured, but the historic house located on the edge of Buffalo may not meet a fiery end as once expected. The owners of the house and the property on which it rests had donated the […]
