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Local filmmakers earn festival award

Their short film may have been about the challenges of loneliness, but Emily Hawkins and Maya Hawkins hopefully felt the love Friday when their creation won the Audience Choice Award at the 17th Annual Phantoscope High School Film Festival. The duo, students at Richmond High School, produced “Everybody’s Lonely” about a teenager struggling to get […]

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Western Wayne finalizing bond issue

A $12.2 million bond issue, designed to pay for building improvements and deferred maintenance without raising local property taxes, is scheduled to be finalized at the next Western Wayne Schools board meeting. The largest expense category is the projected $1.2 million to $1.5 million for reroofing both Lincoln Middle/High School and Western Wayne Elementary School. […]

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Photo gallery: Earth Day

Children and families gathered at Cope Environmental Center for the Family Earth Day Celebration, Saturday, April 20, 2024, in Centerville. Between nature education, displays, exhibits, activities, presentations, tree and shrub giveaways and hikes, there was plenty to keep curious minds busy and learning. Family Earth Day has been conducted locally for more than 20 years. […]

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Centerville Lions recognize ‘outstanding citizens’

The Centerville Lions Club named its 2024 Outstanding Citizens of Centerville during its April 15 awards banquet. Valerie Hood and Janel Sparks both received the award for their contributions to the community. Hood is a speech-language pathologist at Centerville-Abington Community Schools. Sparks is a community advocate who also opened Lavender and Sage, a gardening and […]

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County considers ending mobile home taxation

Some owners of mobile and manufactured homes in Wayne County may soon be exempt from property taxation. At the April 17 joint workshop between the county’s commissioners and council members, Treasurer Nancy Funk presented the option to end assessing personal property taxes on the structures, in part as a way to reduce the work her […]

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New family resource center aims to help kids, parents

Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) and its community partners are collaborating to raise awareness and educate the public in honor of April’s Child Abuse Prevention Month. DCS and its partners work to provide support for communities through preventive programs for families, including Healthy Families Indiana and Community Partners for Child Safety. DCS also opened […]

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Milton Minute for April 24

In and around Milton Milton park crowdfunding campaign update The boot drive originally scheduled for March 23 was held for Saturday, April 13, and netted over $1500 for the Park Fund. Volunteer fire dept. assisted with the boot drive.  The park board says, “A big thank you to everyone who came out to help, and […]