A Friday night benefit concert will help Cambridge City-area businesses recovering from flood damage. Cambridge City Area Chamber of Commerce and Kicks 96 are organizing the Canal Came A-Roaring event. Residents are invited to shop and visit with local businesses beginning at 5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 4, at Creitz Park Pavilion, behind the fire station, […]
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Millicent Martin Emery is a reporter and editor for the Western Wayne News.
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Employer: Make sure water rate increases are fair
A major Cambridge City manufacturer asked town council members to be as fair as possible to businesses when considering a potential water bill increase. Council conducted a public hearing regarding proposed water rates along with its Monday, Aug. 10, meeting. That discussion was just more than 24 hours before heavy rains led to catastrophic flooding. […]
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Cambridge City begins rebuilding
Although the town’s water still needs boiling and hundreds of homes remain damaged, Cambridge City businesses have begun rebounding from the flood and students are back in school. “We know there is still a tremendous amount of work ahead of us, but we are continuing to work every day to help Cambridge City recover,” the […]
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Centerville celebrates perfect IREAD score
Centerville-Abington Community Schools celebrated several academic successes and helping a neighboring district, and reviewed preliminary enrollment numbers. Testing During the Aug. 19 board meeting, CACS celebrated earning a 100% passing rate on IREAD, Indiana’s required reading test for second and third graders. Assistant Superintendent Sean Stevenson said CACS was one of nine Indiana public school […]
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County’s work-based learning hits snag
Despite Centerville-Abington Community Schools Superintendent Mike McCoy believing Wayne County is among Indiana’s best-prepared counties for the new work-based learning program, he said a significant issue has arisen that’s keeping many students out of workplaces. HEA 1098 requires employers purchase workers’ compensation insurance for unpaid interns. McCoy said about 80% of CACS interns are unpaid. […]
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Reading scores rising
School leaders are recognizing their students and employees for successes on Indiana’s reading test for second and third graders. Indiana Department of Education recently released results from spring and summer Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination, or IREAD-3, testing to the public. Most Wayne County districts were above or near the state’s 88.7% pass rate; two […]
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WWS ‘lucky’ to hire new superintendent
A few hours before officially being hired as their superintendent, Melissa McIntire exchanged high-fives with Western Wayne Schools students and walked kindergartners to their classrooms. Wayne County had postponed the first three days of school because of catastrophic community flooding. Monday, Aug. 17, might have been one of the most unique and rewarding first days […]
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Water flowed ‘like Niagara Falls’
After hearing steady rain fall throughout the night, starting at 1 a.m. Aug. 12, Hagerstown councilor Donnie Benedict began preparing to protect his Turnpike Road home later that morning. With a tractor and loader, he made berms to go around what he calls a “barndominium.” Around 12:30 p.m., Benedict went inside to eat lunch and […]
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Williamsburg pumps 10M gallons
Fearing that houses would begin collapsing and running on little sleep, Williamsburg firefighters sounded a statewide alarm to get help with remaining high water. Many impacted residents have been able to start drying out their homes and businesses from Aug. 12 floods, but a week later, Williamsburg still faced unique challenges, including a lack of […]
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Main Street Centerville: Bring parking spots back
Main Street Centerville members have requested town officials provide information they believe could help justify reinstating 18 downtown parking spots. Tom Peck, who runs Centerville’s farmers market through MSC, presented a public records request during council’s Aug. 11 meeting. MSC aims to gather more statistics, including records regarding crashes and traffic, police responses and calls […]