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St. Bonaventure University officials today unveiled a $7.5 million plan to completely renovate Robinson and Falconio freshman residence halls and invest in common space upgrades to historic Devereux Hall, a residence hall for sophomores, juniors and seniors. Most of the money will be dedicated to Robinson and Falconio renovations, which will significantly enhance student rooms, lounge and other common spaces, hallways, restrooms, and laundry facilities. Devereux Hall upgrades, totaling approximately $250,000, will focus on common spaces, including the installation of a fireplace. The Robinson/Falconio project is being debt-funded and will cost approximately 70 percent less than building new residence facilities to replace them, university officials said. “We convened a university-wide team to consider our existing housing accommodations and options for meeting and exceeding student living expectations and needs,” said Nichole Gonzalez, executive director for Residenti...

Sunday’s fire in a dorm at St. Bonaventure University has been ruled arson, and investigators are trying to determine who started the fire. Sheriff’s deputies say two microwaves in Devereux Hall were stuffed with paper products and one of them caught fire at around 6 a.m. Between 250 and 300 students were evacuated and sent to the lobby of Shay-Loughlin Hall for about an hour and a half. Investigators have interviewed about 80 students so far. No one was hurt, and damage was limited to the area of the microwave that caught fire. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

Between 250 and 300 students in St. Bonaventure’s Devereux Hall were evacuated early Sunday morning after a microwave in the dorm caught fire. The fire was reported at just after 6 a.m., and students were sent to the lobby of nearby Shay-Loughlin Hall for about an hour and a half. No one was hurt, and the building had minimal smoke damage and scorching. Devereux Hall is St. Bonaventure’s first residence hall, and is the second oldest building on campus. (And, someone who works at this radio station lived there for 3 ½ years.) The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

I was looking at some of the searches that got people to this blog, and one of them was "allegany bradford." I'm assuming they meant Allegheny Bradford. Be that as it may, one of the other results on Yahoo will take you HERE . Devereux Hall was my "home" for 3-and-a-half years. Three-and-a-half wild, wacky, wonderful years, I might add. And if you want more Olean/Allegany memories, visit this page .