Morrisson-Reeves Library in Richmond will move at least some of its operations to a temporary space while its building undergoes major renovations to address problems. The library said in a Nov. 20 press release that a recent facilities assessment revealed “significant issues” with the building on North Sixth Street in Richmond’s downtown, including deteriorated masonry, […]
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Chris Hardie is the owner and publisher of the Western Wayne News.
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Cambridge City council reviews blight updates
Cambridge City’s town council continued efforts to stay on top of blighted properties and other eyesores during its Nov. 11 meeting. Public works superintendent Ken Risch said that several properties on Front Street are seeing progress, and that he’s in the process of writing letters related to other properties that may need to be torn […]
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Centerville schools approves staff raises
WWN was unable to send a reporter to the Nov. 12 meeting of the Centerville-Abington Schools board. This meeting summary is based on provided meeting minutes. The board approved 5-0 a 2% pay increase for noncertified staff to take effect with the first paychecks of Jan. 2025. The change will lower the cash balance in […]
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School board encouraged to add AI policy
The Richmond Community Schools board began its Nov. 12 meeting by welcoming its newest member, Michael Elorreaga, who was sworn in Nov. 7. Elorreaga replaced former member Peter Zaleski, who resigned Oct. 7 citing “irreconcilable differences” with the board. Hibberd teacher Tiauna “T” Washington observed that RCS does not have a policy to address the […]
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Centerville advances comprehensive planning
Everyone speaking at the Nov. 12 public hearing agreed that Centerville needs a new comprehensive plan, and the town will soon find out if it will receive $50,000 in grant funding to make that happen. The hearing was an important step in advancing the application to Indiana’s Office of Community and Rural Affairs, which was […]
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What do national elections mean for local news?
As a local newspaper focused on covering what’s happening in Wayne County, every week we make the decision to exclude coverage of what’s happening elsewhere — in the state, across the nation and around the world. We know you have plenty of options for reading nonlocal news coverage, and so we don’t need to pretend […]
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$825K in sanitary district payments missing
Richmond Sanitary District banked more than $800,000 less than it should have on nearly 1,000 deposits made during a 6 1/2-year span, according to a State Board of Accounts investigation. Jennifer Wilson was fired from her sanitary district position following an internal investigation initiated after Richmond Police Department received a tip about the shortfalls, according […]
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Local donors give to range of political causes
While there are no local political polls that predict which national candidates Wayne County voters might choose in the upcoming election, there’s one set of data that might shed some light on how your neighbors are thinking about it: campaign contributions. The Federal Election Commission collects and publishes information about political donations as shared by […]
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Flashing stoplights raise council’s concern
At the end of an otherwise uneventful 14-minute Richmond Common Council meeting, member Bill Engle raised a question about a flashing stoplight experiment that is irritating some motorists. Engle said that constituents in his district contacted him to ask why the traffic lights across North A Street near North 12th Street in downtown Richmond were flashing […]
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Pardon our dust: Building projects coming soon
As Wayne County’s commissioners advanced three major infrastructure projects for county buildings, they also began wrestling with how to schedule them in a way that doesn’t disrupt government operations. During their Oct. 24 meeting, commissioners awarded a wiring project to Northern AV Group of Indianapolis. The work will involve running new cabling to each employee […]