David Raymond Amos@DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos@alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks everybody and his dog knows why I enjoyed the circus in my old Hometown Watching an Upper Canadian bullshit about our history to a nasty French Clown who is afraid of goats was kinda special N'esy Pas?
Old Dorchester jail landlord Bill Steele meets Pain in The
Ass Blogger!!!!
I was asked to delete the beginning of the video..the law
papers and
everything...you know just show the tour and Bill explaining
the
details and history of the old Jail....In my view it would have
been
BOOORRIIINNGGG....This video shows the Good, the Bad and
the
Ugly....Love Bill Steele ways of explaining the history of the
Old
Jail...The old Jail is a Gold Mine for the Village
of
Dorchester...everyone from BOTH side should TAKE A PILL and
chilled
out....I believe Bill Steele is doing a fantastic job and we
NEED
people like him to make this world a better place to live
in
harmony....Where's the local MLA in this situation??? < Will
ask
questions when I'm in Fredericton >...Merci Beaucoup for giving
myself
and my friend a GREAT tour of history...:)..:)...:)
David Raymond Amos@DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos@alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks now that Chucky Leblanc the Nastiest Clown in NB has entered
the fray a lot of folks are gonna enjoy the Circus in my old Hometown
much to the chagrin of his evil buddy Carl Urquhart N'esy Pas?
Village of Dorchester and Firefighters should be ashamed of themselves in the Bill Steele case!
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David
Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews and 49
others
Methinks now that Chucky Leblanc the Nastiest Clown in NB has
entered
the fray a lot of folks are gonna enjoy the Circus in my old
Hometown
much to the chagrin of his evil buddy Carl Urquhart N'esy
Pas?
Old Dorchester jail landlord Bill Steele meets Pain in The
Ass Blogger!!!!
I was asked to delete the beginning of the video..the law
papers and
everything...you know just show the tour and Bill explaining
the
details and history of the old Jail....In my view it would have
been
BOOORRIIINNGGG....This video shows the Good, the Bad and
the
Ugly....Love Bill Steele ways of explaining the history of the
Old
Jail...The old Jail is a Gold Mine for the Village
of
Dorchester...everyone from BOTH side should TAKE A PILL and
chilled
out....I believe Bill Steele is doing a fantastic job and we
NEED
people like him to make this world a better place to live
in
harmony....Where's the local MLA in this situation??? < Will
ask
questions when I'm in Fredericton >...Merci Beaucoup for giving
myself
and my friend a GREAT tour of history...:)..:)...:)
Boy - the Village of Dorchester thinks I’m
going to be quiet about this ?
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41
Comments
Tina Power Who ripped it?
Bill Steele Tina Power I
ripped it up in front of the man serving me -
(nice guy - he laughed
too)
Irene Barry-folberg What's it say
Elizabeth
Gillespie-Flewelling Perhaps they should cease in harassing you
Karen
Steeves Elizabeth Gillespie-Flewelling Exactly
Dot McFarlane Wow. Talk
about the pot calling the kettle black.
Murielle Lucci Its just
stupid!!!!!!
Tom Wildhorse Ingram They know they’re beat on their initial
complaint
against you.
Now, they’re trying a preemptive strike with this
in anticipation you
winning BIG against them.
Lloyd Merrell Dc
spending more money on stupid shit
Joyce Barker Freedom of speech
Dorchester Village Office so go fuck yourselves.
Roseann Savoie what
about their camera are they allowed to have it
pointed are your house and
watching everymove you make i don,t think
so i,d call a lawyer
Derina
Bell Roseann Savoie invasion of privacy
Derina Bell What a
joke
Fred Drummond Wow! Are the elected officials in this town
passing
around the crack pipe ?
Billy give it to them, Hard !
What a
way for them to kill Tourism!
Fred Drummond Stay strong! You have lots of
support!
Jackie Sparrow Aweeee.. guess some corrupted jackass got there
feelers hurt..
Freedom of.speech.
They are grasping at straws and its
fucking pathetic
Bill Steele Jackie Sparrow sad as f
Jackie
Sparrow Bill Steele really is
Bill Steele It’s playing out perfectly for
me.
Lisa Rowett Carter Sounds like you may have just touched on a
little
truth that someone doesn't want spread around. Wonder what else
this
person is afraid will come out.
Bill Steele Lisa Rowett Carter
omg lots of stuff coming up now - this
summer will be lots of fun
-
Lisa Rowett Carter Bill Steele Makes you shake your head and think,
if
they had just played nice and been welcoming all along how
much
heartache could they have saved themselves and how much disgrace
and
attention did they themselves bring onto their village.
Tom
Lorette Anyone can give a lawyer a few bucks to write a scary
letter. Lawyers
joke about this.
Bill Steele Tom Lorette so true, I have a collection of
them - all
from politicians.
Jim Throop I wonder about your health ?
Your under an extreme amount
of pressure and if I remember right you had a
heart operation not that
long ago. Just a suggestion that maybe you should
get checked out ? A
Dr. might give you something to stay calm, cool and
collective. Cooler
heads will always prevail.
MacLeod Kim They are
public officials elected by their community not
children in a playground.
It’s sad that this is the route they’ve
taken.
Tony Gentile Hmmmm.....
quite interesting. Not knowing what the
closing comments were, I would say it
appears that they are more
concerned with workplace harassment and
discrimination policies than
anything else. My guess is that they want to
cover bases so employee's
see that the employer took some sort of
action.
Irregardless, you are entitled to free speech and expressing
your
opinion as long is it is not slanderous or libelous. If you want
to
call them fuck heads, you should be okay.
Bill Steele Tony Gentile
I suggest the person go on workplace
compensation if that’s an issue and they
have stress on their job. I’m
Not afraid of bullies.
Irene
Barry-folberg Always put "it's my opinion they are... ". That's
different
then saying "they are... "
Danielle Cormier Irene Barry-folberg You so
right... he can say
whatever the hell he wants, in your opinion :-) just
always remember "
in your opinion " Bill Steele !!! You have more support
then tou
relize ;)
Kim Watson ur perfectly entitled to ur opinion...
and last time i
checked free speech
Kim Watson they wanna take that
away now too?!?! lol. i laugh at them.
they are idiots
Bill Steele Be
nice people - you could be next !
Kim Watson Bill Steele tell them to
come at.me... lol. i am sure they
will appreciate what i hVe to
say
Roseann Savoie oh hell that was funny
Kristin Kierstead Bahaha
hahaha hahaha seriously? Are the rest of us
going to get a letter as well? I
don't know anybody with nice things
to say.. especially about the CAO. Do you
suppose she runs home crying
to her cop bf every day? Lmfao!
MacLeod
Kim I was one of them. I still think it’s petty
Gail McNeely Alden I
still think you should take your driveway away
from them assholes
Bill
Longworth RUN FOR MAYOR BILL---ANNOUNCE NOW AND GET FB CAMPAIGN
UP AND
RUNNING---ISSUE TO PROMOTE TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT
Replying to @DavidRayAmos@alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks a snobby Fed and his nasty lawyers etc have raised quite a stink in my old hometown Dorchester New Brunswick N'esy Pas?
Fire marshal slams doors shut on Dorchester jail turned Airbnb
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David R. Amos
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Methinks my evil
political foe Carl Urquhart the Minister of Justice and Public Safety
and his lawyers are gonna have fun explaining my email to his minions
and the Mayor and Council of my old home town. Everybody knows that ex
cop has been trying to have me jailed for years and he did manage to
have the RCMP falsely arrest me and assault me just over 11 very long
year ago N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos Methinks
there are a couple things about this string of news items about the
Dorchester jail that should concern two Ministers of Heritage. The
federal liberal Minister Pablo Rodriguez cannot deny that CBC was
promoting the history and the sale of the jail before anyone ever heard
of Mr Steele and then promoted his use of it afterwards. The provincial
conservative Minister Robert Gauvin should consider the importance of
the preservation of such a historic structure and act accordingly N'esy
Pas?
David R. Amos Methinks
Geoffrey Downey cannot deny that his boss Carl Urquhart the Minister of
Justice and Public Safety and his lawyers know me quite well N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos Methinks CBC used our taxpayer funds to pay a reporter to stay in this jail not that long ago N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos Methinks
inquiring minds would like to know the name of the fire marshal and the
name of the lawyers suing Mr Steele about his goats on behalf of the
Town of Dorchester N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos Methinks everybody in Dorchester loves a circus N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos Methinks
whereas the Village of Dorchester.have failed to get Bill's goats with a
ridiculous lawsuit they have dreamed up anther way to harass him N'esy
Pas?
David R. Amos
Reply to @David R. Amos: Go Figure
"Mayor Jerome Bear declined to comment on the lawsuit while it's before the courts.
“I am so disappointed that a small village of 400 people is suing me for
three goats,” Steele said. “It’s the most ridiculous headline you could
see anywhere.”
Until his court date on May 6, Steele has been presented with two
options: pay $1,500 to apply for an amendment to the zoning bylaw or
move to an existing agricultural operation."
David R. Amos
Reply to @David R. Amos: I knew i smelled a snobby Fed
"In addition to being recognized for the Aboriginal Role Model
Initiative, he is also a recognized leader in his community. To name a
few of his accomplishments, he has worked as a volunteer firefighter, is
the President of the Westmorland Chapter of Crimestoppers (a non-profit
volunteer organization dedicated to the promotion of crime prevention),
has been a member of the Municipal Council and is currently the Mayor
of the Village of Dorchester."
Sandra Wood-Szauter
Reply to @David R.
Amos: That's precisely what I thought. This is nonsense. I've heard
nothing but positive comments about lodging at the Dorchester Jail. This
feels a bit shady.
Brian Cohen Does this place meet fire regulations for a hotel??
A simple question.
If yes, then this should be resolved quickly.
If no, fix it or sell it, but stop whining about it.
Hotels have these codes to protect not only the guests but also the hotel owners
David R. Amos
Reply to @Brian Cohen: What hotel?
David R. AmosContent disabled Reply
to @Brian Cohen: I don't know Dr Sebastien Cohen personally but perhaps
you do. Methinks will ask him in writing to talk to Dr Manoj Bhargava
and Dr Zlatco Banic. Somebody should decide who is crazy and who is
corrupt. Everybody knows I have the proof of Carl Urquhart and his buddy
Greg Thompson having me falsely arrested by the RCMP and locked up
their looney bin before the economy took a nosedive in 2008. Anyone can
Google our names or simply checkout YouTube N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos Reply to @David R. Amos: Why is it I am not surprised?
David R. Amos Reply to @Brian Cohen: Methinks CBC should pay better attention to what is published within their domain N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos Reply
to @David R. Amos: Methinks you can be a redundant a you wish to be
with your attempt at a tricky question The fact is CBC clearly states
that the Dorchester jail is now merely an Airbnb N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos Reply
to @Brian Cohen: Methinks if you wish to argue about the refurbishment
of a historic hotel your time would have been better spent debating
issues in the NCC N'esy Pas?
What's next for the controversial Château Laurier addition?
Critics say they're looking at options, including a legal challenge
Kate Porter · CBC News · Posted: Jul 12, 2019 4:00 AM ET
Brian Taylor First the goats, and now this. Obviously there's more going on here than meets the eye.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Brian Taylor: YUP
David R. Amos Reply
to @Brian Taylor: Methinks Minister Jeff Carr, the MLA Megan Mitton and
the MP Dominc Leblanc wish to forget that the prison system the current
Mayor works for used to have a HUGE farm within the Village of
Dorchester until Steve Harper decided to shut it down in 2010. However
the former mayor Mel Goodland certainly has not Perhaps Mr Steele should
ask him about what is the harm in possessing 3 goats N'esy Pas?
Terrance
Thomasen I can rent a no power log cabin without any emergency services nearby but I can't stay here. Somethings wrong with the picture
David R. Amos
Reply to @Terrance
Thomasen: Methinks it will be pretty comical picture when the Mayor
winds up with egg on his face N'esy Pas?
Joseph
Cluster Easy
fix: Just hire the said guest as a construction worker like the second
requirement stated. There's something amiss to this story, why is the
general public restricted from occupancy of this building.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Joseph
Cluster: Methinks a really big missing issue is why the Dorchester Town
Council deemed that it had to waste taxpayer funds to hire a lawyer to
sue this man simply because he owns 3 goats N'esy Pas?
Jim Thomas Don't
forget what happened in Winnipeg last week - "an incident that led
dozens of people to be treated in hospital" for carbon monoxide
poisoning that could have killed them.
Fortunately, the hotel was in compliance with regulations for smoke and
CO2 detectors, and "passed its most recent carbon-monoxide detector
inspection, in 2017" according to CBC reports.
David R. Amos
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Reply to @Jim Thomas: Methinks if you could read all my replies you would not be so bored N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos Reply to @David R. Amos: Oh My My Methinks its interesting one cannot reply to this dude N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jim Thomas: If you are still bored trust that it is not my fault
Zapata Rigoreto Simple
story. Building does not meet fire code regulations for its use. Ask
any business how this works. Simple solution is to adhere to the
regulations (like everyone else). Why does everyone think they should
get a free ride? It's a hotel now. Fire regulations are there to
protect the public from shady operators.
David R. Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Zapata Rigoreto: If true then why does CBC block my comments?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Zapata Rigoreto: Methinks CBC has already proven that this story is not as simple as it seems N'esy Pas?
Mark
(Junkman) George Reply to @David R. Amos:
Having seen the inside of a jail cell, or three, over the years it's
hard to imagine the quantity of flammable materials in the entire
building?
I will give you that very likely there are wood beams in the floors, and
roof, but short of flooding the building with gasoline and lighting it,
I can't imagine that building EVER simply burning down.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Mark
(Junkman) George: I concur However I vividly recall the night the Court
House that once stood in front of it burning down very quickly.. It
looked like the movie "Gone With The Wind" The scary part was my Father
was inside the building passing my brother and I his paperwork out his
office window while the fire raged above him.
Jimmy Vee Looks like a secure place to grow pot
David R. Amos
Reply to @jimmy vee: What is your point?
Roger Bernstein Bro
stop being a baby, if it’s a viable business take a loan and make it
safe, if it’s not move on. Everyone wants to cry to the media for help
these days.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Roger Bernstein: Methinks you would do the same if you were being harassed by the local government N'esy Pas?
Tony Chamberlain
Reply to @David R. Amos: Maybe he should follow the law like everyone else.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Tony Chamberlain: Methinks you have a stake in this nonsense N'esy Pas?
Roland
Stewart ol ok for construction workers to be at risk but not the general public.
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Roland
Stewart: Construction workers don't generally sleep on the work site.
If a fire broke out, they would already be awake. They would presumably
notice the fire and exit the site quickly.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Roland
Stewart: Methinks a very dumb bureaucrat wrote that nonsense for the
benefit of his buddy the Mayor N'esy Pas?
Brian
Cohen Reply to @David R. Amos:
So does this building meet safety codes for a hotel or not?
Methinks you skipped that part.
n’esy pas is gibberish in both official languages
David R. Amos
Reply to @Brian
Cohen: So you say but I was raised in Dorchester which is is on the Bay
of Fundy and everybody knows exactly who I am and what I mean. Methinks
not many people with your last name live in New Brunswick and I don't
know any but I bet the shrink Dr Cohen who works for GNB would at least
confirm that I certainly don't speak gibberish N'esy Pas?
Brian
Cohen Reply to @David R. Amos:
So people in Dorchester know who you are.
Lucky them.
Does this place meet fire regulations or a hotel??
Yes or no?
If no, people knowing who you are isn’t going to change it.
N’esy pas is still gibberish in both official languages
Tracy Amos Reply
to @David R. Amos: My last name is the same as yours and I also grew up
in Dorchester. Methinks this guy loves playing the victim. The whole
goat issue could have been fixed from the get go by applying for an
amendment but he felt he was too special for that. He started a go fund
me page to get help to fix the jail roof (which is also unsafe) but had
enough to buy the house across the street? If he put his money on fixing
things for his business and doing things the right way instead of
screaming "discrimination" he might not see so many road blocks. N'esy
pas??
Brian
Cohen
Reply to @David R. Amos:
So people in Dorchester know who you are.
Lucky them.
Does this place meet fire regulations or a hotel??
Yes or no?
If no, people knowing who you are isn’t going to change it.
N’esy pas is still gibberish in both official languages
David R. Amos
Reply to @Tracy Amos:
Interesting to hear another point of view but are we of the same Clan?
Methinks the obvious question should be who is your Father because I
certainly don't know you yet I definitely know Wayne Feindel the dude
who suddenly quit the Council last month which is rather interesting too
N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos Reply to @Brian Cohen: "If no, people knowing who you are isn’t going to change it."
Methinks you forgot the fact that I ran for public office six times thus
far and sued the Queen and more lawyers than most folks can name N'esy
Pas?
Cam Randal Will
government officials (fire marshals) be checking for fire alarm and
sprinkler systems in all properties listed on Airbnb? This seems like a
waste of taxpayer's money. Really, how many private homes have alarms
and sprinkler systems? Many homes might not even have a working fire
alarm.
Renting rooms on Airbnb is like buying stuff on kijiji, and the
government should keep their noses out of private homes and businesses.
Tony Chamberlain
Reply to @Cam Randal:
I think you do not have a understanding of what a fire alarm is. The
building had a commercial fire alarm which the fire marshal probably
been in there before to check on the building.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Tony Chamberlain: Yea Right
Tony Chamberlain
Reply to @David R. Amos: And you know better do you work in Sprinklers and fire alarms? I do.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Tony
Chamberlain: Nope Methinks everybody in Dorchester and the government
knows who I am If not they should feel free to use Google N'esy Pas?
Tony Chamberlain
And knowing who you are matters to anyone ?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Tony
Chamberlain: Methinks you should ask your buddy the Attorney General of
New Brunswick N'esy Pas? Check out this old file around page 20 or so.
Tony Chamberlain Johnny
it is because the building contains a comercial fire alarm system with
sprinkler it must be in working order even if the building is closed and
no one is in the building. A lot of these other places fly under the
radar because they never had a fire alarm or sprinkler system in the
building.
David R. Amos
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Reply to @Tony Chamberlain: Yea Right
David R. Amos
Reply to @David R. Amos: Oh My My
David R. Amos
Reply to @David R. Amos: Methinks I struck a nerve N'esy Pas?
SarahRose
Werner "I
didn't build this place, it's been a jail for 150 years" - 150 years
ago the building codes were a lot different than they are now. People
renting space in the building have a right to be sure that it meets
*current* codes.
Tony
Chamberlain
Reply to @SarahRose
Werner: Unfortunately older buildings are grandfathered under the code.
If the building gets major renovations then the building must be brought
up to the current fire code. If the occupancy changes from a jail to a
hotel then the fire alarm requirements might have to change depending on
what is currently in the building.
SarahRose
Werner
Reply to @Tony
Chamberlain: "If the occupancy changes from a jail to a hotel" - That's
my point. The change in use should have ended the grandfathering.
David R. Amos
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Cry me a river
Tony Chamberlain Anytime
you have a building with a fire alarm and a sprinkler system it must be
inspected on a yearly basis. The fire alarm must be working with
monitoring to a call center to notify the fire department of a fire to
have occupancy. Home smokes for house holds do not count!. This is why
he cannot have it rented.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Tony
Chamberlain: You do go on and on and on Methinks folks should smell
something fishy about your motives N'esy Pas?
Tony Chamberlain
Reply to @David R. Amos: Maybe I actually know how this stuff works.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Tony Chamberlain: Me Too
Johnny
Jakobs You own nothing. The government controls everything.
How many other Airbnb or Bed & Breakfasts dont have a fire suppression system?
If the publicly funded fire marshal wont comment(transparency)... than
it's fair to assume the government is trying to control its citizens.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Johnny
Jakobs: Methinks it something personal between Steele and the snobby
Mayor Perhaps that is why he named one of goats Deputy Mayor N'esy Pas?
June
Arnott Sounds
fishy. I think they need a non partisan fire marshal to check this
out. We all know how the “mayor” has anterior motives here. Sketchy.
CBC, keep digging. There is a great story to expose here.
Tony Chamberlain
Reply to @June
Arnott: Seems legit to me fire alarm system and sprinkler system isn't
working. The fire marshal will do the same for any building in the
province.
Reply to @June
Arnott: I Wholeheartedly Agree particularly in light of the fact that I
was born and raised in the area and that jail was on my paper route way
back in the sixties when my Father worked in the old Court House in
front of it as the County Administrator
June
Arnott Reply to @Tony Chamberlain: are you a friend of the mayors??
Lorne
Allen I
saw that coming when i first heard of the conversion. Lot of hate for
airbnb so if you have any deficiencies you are bound to get reported by
rival innkeepers or nearby residents. Fire Marshall should have posted a
sign barring minors and informing adults of the risk: my safety is my
business not the government's.
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Lorne
Allen: Not seeing my tax dollars wasted is my business. This includes
tax dollars spent to pay firefighters to put out fires at buildings that
aren't up to code and tax dollars spent on providing medical care for
people injured in such fires.
David R. Amos
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Yea Right
David R. Amos Reply
to @SarahRose Werner: Methinks if the Mayor and Council were legit they
would not have to waste tax dollars hiring a lawyer to sue Mr Steele
over his goats N'esy Pas?
Fire marshal slams doors shut on Dorchester jail turned Airbnb
Order says no one from the public can stay in former jail that owner turned into a business
An order issued Friday by a fire marshal calls for no one from the general public to enter the former Dorchester jail. (Bill Steele/Facebook)
A fire marshal's order has slammed the doors shut on a former jail turned Airbnb in southeastern New Brunswick.
Bill Steele, who owns the 15-cell former jail in Dorchester, said he doesn't plan to leave the building where he lives.
"I
am absolutely not leaving this place," Steele said Friday. "They're
going to have to drag me out of here … I'm going to barricade myself in
here."
A
copy of the order Steele posted on Facebook dated July 12 says the
building can't be used for sleeping accommodations or as a place of
assembly. It restricts occupancy to construction crews. The order
doesn't explicitly say why it was issued.
The order points to two sections of the Fire Prevention Act
related to filing plans for converting buildings with the fire marshal
for review. It also points to a section on fire hazards in sleeping
accommodations or places of assembly.
Steele said in an
interview the fire alarm and sprinkler system don't work. He said the
building does have working smoke detectors.
"I didn't build this
place, it's been a jail for 150 years," Steele said. "They want the
fire sprinkler system back on now and all this stuff."
Bill
Steele, who purchased the former Dorchester jail in 2017 and has rented
out cells on Airbnb, says the fire marshal has ordered the building
closed to the public. (Tori Weldon/CBC)
The fire marshal who signed the order declined to comment Friday afternoon.
Geoffrey
Downey, a spokesperson for the Department of Public Safety, said in an
emailed statement that the Office of the Fire Marshal can inspect places
of assembly or accommodation to ensure compliance with applicable codes
and standards.
"When an inspection reveals non-compliance that
risks the safety of occupants in the event of fire, an order may be
issued limiting occupancy until compliance is achieved," Downey said.
"In all such cases, the building owner is provided specifics as to what is required to achieve compliance."
The former jail was built in the 1800s and was the site of the province's last double hanging. (Submitted/Bill Steele)
Steele purchased the former jail in the Village of Dorchester, south of Moncton, for $150,000 in 2017.
The two-storey
brick building was built in the early 1800s. It was the site of New
Brunswick's last double hanging in 1936. The jail closed more than 20
years ago.
Soon after purchasing the property, Steele began renting cells on the website Airbnb for $34 per night.
The two-metre by three-metre cell inside the former jail that Steele rented on Airbnb. (Brett Ruskin/CBC)
He's
cancelled Airbnb bookings for the next month including those of people
expected to stay Friday evening. He worries it will cripple his
business.
In 2017, Steele told CBC News the building still had
its original features, including a gym and yard surrounded by a
chain-link fence.
"It's all original," he said of the fixtures that include the stone blocks separating the cells, steel doors, and windows.
Village lawsuit gets the goat of B&B owner in Dorchester
CTV Atlantic
Published Thursday, February 14, 2019 2:46PM AST
The man who runs the Dorchester Jail Airbnb is facing a lengthy lawsuit after refusing to give up his goats.
The village says owning the animals violates a zoning bylaw and that
the goats have to go -- but new documentation may help him keep his
furry friends.
Bill Steele says he was shocked when he received 500 pages of court documents from the Village of Dorchester.
In the winter time, Steele’s goats are pretty much out of sight, that's because he built a personalized barn from an RV.
“I was extremely upset,” Steele said. “I started crying. I couldn’t believe that they’d be taking these extreme measures.”
The court documents show all of Steele’s social media posts and include
a USB filled with evidence of the goats on his property.
“They're saying that I’m running a farm,” Steele said. “That I have an
agricultural operation and that I’m not in compliance with the
commercial zoning of my property.”
In the winter time, Steele’s goats are pretty much out of sight, that's
because he built a personalized barn from an RV. That's where Rhea,
Deputy Mayor and Princess reside when it's cold.
The village is also asking the courts to not allow Steele to own any animal in the future.
With the loss of his son, and a recent heart attack, Steele says his
goats offer emotional support and he now has a doctor's note he hopes
will back him up.
“I now have a document that gives me permission to have the goats as emotional support animals,” Steele said.
Steele plans to present the Horizon Health letter to the CAO of the village and before the judge in May.
Mayor Jerome Bear declined to comment on the lawsuit while it's before the courts.
“I am so disappointed that a small village of 400 people is suing me
for three goats,” Steele said. “It’s the most ridiculous headline you
could see anywhere.”
Until his court date on May 6, Steele has been presented with two
options: pay $1,500 to apply for an amendment to the zoning bylaw or
move to an existing agricultural operation.
His hope, however, is that the village will recognize his goats are more than just pets.
Bureaucrats order Dorchester Jail B&B owner to get rid of his goats
Published Thursday, July 12, 2018 4:53PM ADT
Bill Steele runs the Dorchester Jail BnB and thought some goats in prison attire would be an added attraction.
But Steele recently got a letter telling him the goats have got to go.
“It basically said I had to get rid of the goats by July 20,” Steele
said. “I was in violation of the zoning of my area. They are not
permitted. There's no animals, including lions, allowed in Dorchester.
I'm glad they specified that.”
“I was in violation
of the zoning of my area," said Bill Steele. "They are not permitted.
There's no animals, including lions, allowed in Dorchester. I'm glad
they specified that.”
Bill Steele brought in three goats to provide an added attraction at his Dorchester Jail BnB.
Some bureaucrats have ordered these goats to be released from jail.
The Southeast Regional Service Commission in Sackville, N.B., says
keeping farm animals is an "agricultural activity” that is not permitted
in the village centre zone.
Rhea, Princess, and Deputy Mayor may be dressed like previous occupants of the jail but they're not considered a household pet.
“They say traditional farm animals are not allowed as pets and stuff
like that,” Steele said. “Well, let's make something clear; I'm not a
traditional person. I don't live in a traditional house. I live in a
jail.”
The service commission has given Steele three options:
Apply to amend the zoning by-law;
Remove the animals from the property and house them on land zoned for agricultural uses; or,
Move them outside village limits.
He has until July 20 to make a decision.
Since Steele received the letter saying he couldn't keep the goats,
he's had the community rally behind him. They started a Facebook page --
which already has 1,700 members -- just for the goats. They say they're
going to do whatever it takes to keep them, even if that means a
petition.
"Why a guy can’t have a couple of goats over the course of a summer to
promote a business in a community that is starving for business, it's
hard to understand,” said goat supporter Howard Carr.
As for the deadline?
“I guess they come back on the 20th and see that I still have my goats,
and that place writes a letter to the village office and then the
village will have to take legal action against me,” Steele said.
But Steele says he's not worried about the worst-case scenario and doesn't plan to break the goats out of jail anytime soon.
'I'm tired of playing house': Ontario garbage worker plans to retire to defunct N.B. jail
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Published Monday, March 27, 2017 2:44PM ADT
DORCHESTER, N.B. -- A retired Ontario garbage worker has decided to spend his retirement in jail.
Bill Steele of Oshawa, Ont., recently bought a defunct New Brunswick jail with a history of hangings.
The 50-year-old man plans to sell his house and take up residence at
the old Dorchester gaol -- listed for $159,900 -- which was
decommissioned more than 20 years ago and features 15 original jail
cells.
Photos
Bill Steele poses
in a selfie in front of a former jail in Dorchester, N.B. in this
undated handout photo. (THE CANADIAN PRESS / HO - Bill Steele)
A former jail is shown in Dorchester, N.B. in this undated handout photo. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Bill Steele)
Steele said he's always had a passion for collecting antiques and
"morbid stuff," and wanted to retire somewhere unconventional, near
where his father grew up in Pictou, N.S.
"Everybody lives in a house and I'm tired of playing house," said Steele in an interview.
"One person who lived in Toronto -- Billy Jamieson -- he had a
collection of shrunken heads and he lived in a really cool loft, and
that really inspired me to live somewhere unusual with my collections."
Steele said he may start a museum in part of the historic building,
where two infamous convicted murderers -- 19-year-old Arthur Bannister
and his 20-year-old brother Daniel -- were hanged. The brothers had
killed a 30-year-old woodsman during the abduction of his infant
daughter, who also died.
An article published in The New York Times at the time said on Sept.
24, 1936, the brothers walked silently to the gallows, "where they stood
back-to-back as the nooses were placed over their heads."
"Both were pronounced dead at 2:27 a.m. Their bodies were cut down and
placed together in a single pine coffin covered with black cloth. The
same ropes used for the execution lowered the coffin into a grave in the
prison yard," the article reported.
Steele said he's eager to research the history of his new home, and hopes to find the Bannister brothers' final resting place.
"I'm not going to disturb them, of course, but I'll look for a marker
or something," said Steele. "I know they were bad guys but they're still
human and I'd at least like to recognize where their grave is."
The 1,200 square metre building features a brick facade with many
rectangular energy-efficient windows, which replaced the jail's original
windows. It includes an apartment where the previous owner, Andrew
Partridge, once lived.
Partridge bought the former jail "on a whim" about 17 years ago. He
said initially he had no idea what he was going to do with the property,
but eventually he started up a gym inside one section of the building.
He said he's held many parties and family gatherings there.
"I knew that it was time for me to move on and I've come to grips with
that," said Partridge in a phone interview. "I don't have any regrets
but certainly there are memories being left behind."
Steele said he's already been contacted by a family member of a former
inmate. He said one woman whose son struggles with PTSD wanted them to
visit the jail before he changed anything.
"I told them, absolutely. Do whatever you want to do, if it's going to help you," he said.
Steele said he also hopes the jail and his life in Dorchester will be
somewhat of a fresh start, as he is grieving the loss of his 25-year-old
son to heart failure.
"I sent him a message saying 'Hey, look what dad's got. I'm ready to
buy this. Get better. Don't worry about anything and just get better for
us.' He never read that message and passed away," said Steele.
A jail in Dorchester has
been sold to an entrepreneur from Ontario hoping to transform it into a
bed and breakfast. Guests will stay in real jail cells. CBC's Brett
Ruskin stays the night. 1:38
When
I checked in to the jail, I was shown the room where I would spend the
night, handed a key and told "a lot" of people had been killed in the
building.
"And probably more than we know about," said Bill Steele, owner of the jail in Dorchester, N.B.
A cell like this one will cost roughly $34 per night when the old jail in Dorchester, N.B., opens as a bed and breakfast. (Brett Ruskin/CBC)
Steele
and I were on the top floor of the two-storey brick building built in
the early 1800s. He bought it in March and took possession of it this
month. Steele paid between $100,000 and $150,000 for the property — but
that's not what he wanted to talk about.
"That's
where they hung the noose," he said, pointing at the ceiling. "And they
dropped down through to the first floor through a trap door where
you're standing."
I took a step to the left.
The worst
of New Brunswick's criminals were hanged through that trap door from the
time the jail opened until the mid-20th century. A new linoleum floor
covers the door now — but just knowing it was there was enough.
Reminders of the past
The jail was filled with these reminders of the past. Steele's plan is to preserve and share them.
He
wants to turn the Dorchester jail into a bed and breakfast and has
listed it on the online hospitality site Airbnb. Steele says he's
received hundreds of inquiries.
Before he swung open the barred
doors, I asked to stay a night. The CBC paid $34 and I was given my
pick of the six two-metre-by-three-metre cells.
The cells where guests can stay are two metres by three metres. (Brett Ruskin/CBC)
The black bars were rough to the touch and paint was peeling from the wall. The air in the cell was musty and cool.
It didn't
smell, considering there was an old toilet in there. Calling it a
toilet is, perhaps, an insult to modern plumbing. It was a bowl,
recessed into a short wooden box, with a hinged lid.
Steele said it was decorative and that I should use the bathroom facilities with running water upstairs.
Later
on, I made the mistake of trying to close the lid on the old toilet.
Not only was the wood oily, but there was also something green on it. It
was firm, sticky and coated my fingers with a gooey, mint-smelling
substance.
I rushed out to my vehicle for a palm-sized amount of hand sanitizer — a luxury unavailable to the former residents of the jail.
I still don't know what the green stuff was.
The main hallway in the Dorchester jail leads to the cells where paying guests will sleep. (Brett Ruskin/CBC)
To help him learn more about the jail, Steele invited Joyce Barker for a visit.
Barker,
whose father was the jail guard in the 1940s and '50s, had lived in the
jail for years. She didn't think it was an odd place to live while she
was there, but she can't figure out why anyone today would pay to stay
in a cell overnight.
"They're crazy," Barker said.
"I don't know why they'd want to do it. But if that winds their watch, then OK."
Joyce Barker lived in the jail during the 1940s and 1950s. (Brett Ruskin/CBC)
She
also said she had no doubt there was paranormal activity in the jail,
which has been the scene of a killing, at least one suicide and dozens
of hangings.
"Sure it's haunted," Barker said. "We don't know
who they are, but the rocking chair has rocked in the living room when
we lived here."
'I see you'
Although it had been a
warm day, the temperature overnight dropped both outside and inside. I
was happy I'd brought a sleeping bag — at Steele's recommendation —
because even though he brought me a heater, there was still a slight
chill in the air.
The jail was quiet and dark, and I felt like I was in a stone cavern at the centre of the village.
I
fell asleep staring at penciled drawings on the wall. There was a hand,
with an eye drawn into the palm. "I see you," it said next to the hand.
An image remains on the wall inside a cell in the Dorchester jail. (Brett Ruskin/CBC)
Overall,
the discomfort from the bed, the cold and the claustrophobia were
mostly offset by the uniqueness of waking up to sunlight streaming in
between jail cell bars.
Steele said he has received requests to stay at the jail from across the country. It officially opened to guests this week.
Wi-Fi throughout the jail offers remarkably fast internet access. (Brett Ruskin/CBC)
Bill Steele says he will offer overnight visitors an experience close to what prisoners might have had. (Submitted/Bill Steele)
For
$34 a night, guests will get a private room, a comfortable bed, a
guided tour and an experience of a lifetime, one New Brunswick Airbnb ad
says.
Except, the night won't be spent in a hotel, but at the notorious Dorchester jail.
"You'll
be able to enjoy the village, spend the night find the history behind
the actual building and the area and you'll have a great time," retiree
Bill Steele said, who bought the unique piece of property in March.
"I don't think there's anywhere else in the world to sleep in a death row cell."
Guests
won't be getting a luxurious hotel stay but a 'bare bones" experience
of what it was like for former Dorchester inmates to sleep in jail.
"It's just like you're camping," he said. "Bring something to sleep in."
Steele said the experience could be a family affair.
"You
can bring your parents, you can bring your kids, you can bring anybody
you want and spend a night in there and experience something you just
can't go around and experience."
Appeal of history
According to a local historical group, the jail was built in 1800. (CBC)
Steele
said the biggest appeal for people to stay overnight at the jail is
learning about the building's history, which includes New Brunswick's
last double hanging, in 1936.
The Bannister brothers of Berry
Mills, 17-year-old Arthur and 20-year-old Daniel, were convicted of
murder during a botched kidnapping attempt that left three members of a
family dead. The brothers were hanged at 1 a.m. and buried together in a
pine box behind the jail.
The grave was not marked, but Steele said he plans to find it and mark it.
"I think everybody kind of deserves that."
The jail building was built in 1800 and closed 20 years ago. The last execution in the province was in 1957.
Much like it was in old days
Bill Steele becomes the official owner of the old jail in Dorchester on June 1. (Submitted/Bill Steele)
"It's all original," Steele said.
"It's rustic and it's just the way it was when people were there even in the '30s."
But no guest need worry about being locked in a cell, Steele said.
With
a beautiful view from every cell, the building has its original
fixtures, including the stone blocks separating the cells, steel doors,
and windows that allows the natural light to shine through.
Inquiries already
Bill Steele says he is ready to leave city life behind to live in Dorchester. (Submitted/Bill Steele)
Steele said he is looking for memorabilia and historical photos related to the jail to showcase.
Since
buying the property, Steele has been nicknamed the "Jail guy," and
people are already calling in hopes of experiencing what he's offering.
This is an opportunity to maybe take some quiet time for yourself and have a good sleep and think about things.- Bill Steele, owner of former jail
"I think we're going to be extremely busy," he said.
But
Steele promised his guests will have a very good night's sleep in the
cells, which offer a great opportunity to slow down and relax.
"I
think a lot of people did a lot of thinking in those cells, so I think
this is an opportunity to maybe take some quiet time for yourself and
have a good sleep and think about things."
The jail has 10 bedrooms, which will have lighting, eight bathroom facilities, a gym and Wi-Fi.
Steele gets the jail keys June 1 and will be booking guests soon thereafter.
Bill Steele says he is ready to leave city life behind to live in Dorchester, N.B. (Submitted/Bill Steele)
New
retiree Bill Steele says he was looking for a unique piece of real
estate and he found it — in a decommissioned jail for sale in
Dorchester, N.B.
"I was looking for something strange and unusual," the Toronto man said.
Steele
said he was impressed by the building, which contains 15 cells, a gym, a
yard surrounded by chain-link fence topped by coiled barbed wire, and
an apartment where the previous owner once lived.
He bought it. The closing date is June 1.
Former owner Andrew Partridge had the building on the market for two years. The last asking price was $159,000.
Steele
said the building has a colourful past. It was built in
1800 when Dorchester, was a bustling centre of shipbuilding, and closed
for good about 20 years ago.
Steele takes ownership of the former jail on June 1. (Submitted/Bill Steele)
"Something
I'm looking forward to investigating further is the history of the
Bannister brothers that were hung there," Steele said.
He's has also been contacted by some former inmates who've asked if they can revisit the building.
"You know, kind of get rid of some of the demons."
He said he feels a responsibility to be compassionate about the requests.
Bill
Steele, who lost his son Billy on March 1, says the purchase was going
to be a surprise for the young man who died of heart failure. (Submitted/Bill Steele)
He also likes the surrounding community that he's already begun to explore.
"The view is amazing. I love the community that it's in, that it was in the downtown part of Dorchester. I was just in awe."
New start
Steele
said he was looking for a change of pace after 29 years of working as a
transfer station operator for the city of Toronto.
"I decided
to retire and cash out my pension. I've had enough, I'm 50 years old and
you know, I'm not getting any younger, I feel great, I've never felt
better so now's the time."
He has been grieving the recent loss
of his 25-year-old son, Billy, to heart failure. The purchase of a
retirement property and relocating to the East Coast was something he
had planned to surprise his son with.
An antique dealer on the
side and a self-described collector of unconventional items, Steele said
he might open a shop or an inn of some sort. Friends and relatives are
interested in visiting him once he moves into the former
Dorchester lockup.
"I might even set up a curiosity museum," he said.
"It's
going to be quite the adventure arriving there. I've gotten lots of
messages from complete strangers welcoming me and offering to help me
out. I really feel I picked the right place, absolutely."
Bill Steele says the decommissioned jail has lots of possibilities. (Submitted/Bill Steele)
Anyone
in the market for an out-of-commission jail? Andy Partridge is putting
his 15-cell property up for sale. Take the tour. 1:15
For sale: The old Dorchester count
Anyone
in the market for an out-of-commission jail need look no further than
the village of Dorchester,
where Andy Partridge is putting his 15-cell
property up for salPartridge said it was an impulse buy
when
he put in a bid 16 years ago upon hearing the property was up for sale.
As the only bidder, he won.
The idea was it would be an investment
property.
"I have a gym upstairs."
According
to a local historical group, the jail was built in 1800. Partridge says
it was the 'site of the last double hanging that happened in Canada.'
(CBC)
Partridge said the jail was in operation until about 20 years ago and the cell walls still have artwork from former inmates.
One elaborate pencil drawing shows cartoon cat Garfield with his owner John behind bars.
"I
had rented out some of these cells for storage, secure storage as you
can see and in the upper part it was my apartment for about four years."
Built in 1800
The old Dorchester county jail features 15 cells, solitary confinement, a gym and a yard complete with coiled barbed wire. (CBC)
A
local historical group said the jail was built in 1800 when Dorchester
was a bustling centre of the the ship-building industry. Partridge said
the jail used to feature public gallows outside, but it was moved
indoors.
"I was told that this area was used to house the
inmates on death row, the ropes came down through the from ceiling and
that was the end."
"There were many people hung here."
While Partridge doesn't live in the building anymore, he isn't squeamish about the jail's gruesome history.
"It was just a roof over my head."
"The quarters upstairs are really quite comfortable."
Exercising in former jail's gym
Jail
House Enterprise is Partridge's gym. He also rents out storage space in
the cells, calling it, 'secure storage, as you can see.'
Sue
Briggs has a membership at the former jail's gym and she doesn't mind
exercising just metres from what used to be southeastern New Brunswick's
death row.
From the treadmill, she said, "It doesn't bother me a bit, it's got everything I need."
Sitting
in the middle of town, behind the village office which was also the
former court house, the yard features a cement court and basket ball
net, surrounded by a chain link fenced topped with coiled barbed wire.
The
unusual property has been on the market for two years. Partridge said
he's reduced the price twice and is now asking $159,000, but is in no
hurry to sell. He said he'll wait until the right buyer comes along.
"My
main goal was to have something here that would benefit the community
and ideally the new buyer, it would be awesome if they thought the
same."
Partridge said he's looking to sell the former jail as
part of his retirement plan. But looking back over the last 16 years he
said if he could do it all over again, 'I'd have bid on it, It's been an
interesting occupation."
Jail
House Enterprise is Partridge's gym. He also rents out storage space in
the cells, calling it, 'secure storage, as you can see.' 
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