The city of Richmond will issue more than $36 million in bonds to support an ongoing Blue Buffalo expansion project after a Dec. 16 Richmond Common Council vote. Blue Buffalo, which opened in 2018 at a Midwest Industrial Park site along West Industries Road, began a 169,000-square-foot expansion in 2023 that requires purchasing additional equipment […]
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Health officer: Vaping harms children
One in 10 U.S. high school students uses e-cigarettes. Dr. Jennifer Bales, the health officer for Wayne County, highlighted the dangers that e-cigarettes and vaping pose during the Dec. 17 meeting of the county’s health board. She said dangers of smoking, such as risk of stroke, heart disease, lung disease and cancer, are well-known, but […]
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‘Lights out’ for local food inspection violations
Inspectors discovered six critical and 24 noncritical violations during recent routine inspections of local food establishments. The violations included non-working lights, unsanitary employee practices and the presence of dirt, mold, and food debris in food and bar areas. Establishments are required to post the most recent routine inspection form adjacent to the front public entrance […]
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Breakfast, speakers celebrating King’s legacy
Organizations are beginning to announce events marking the birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and recruit participants for initiatives throughout the year. Ivy Tech Community College is organizing its annual “Living the Dream” breakfast at 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 20, at its Johnson Hall, 2357 Chester Blvd., Richmond. Doors open at 7:30 […]
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Grateful judge
Judges bear the weight of their rulings on their own, but the judicial system requires contributions from many. When Judge Charles Todd Jr. sat behind the desk in his Superior Court 1 chambers and spoke about nearly 16 years on the bench, he expressed gratitude toward all those people — his colleagues and staff, the […]
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Centerville receives funds for electric upgrade, kids’ shopping
Centerville’s having a mixture of good and not-so-good financial news, according to reports at Centerville council’s Dec. 11 meeting. Positive Wayne County, after a recommendation from Economic Development Corp. of Wayne County, is contributing $143,000 from its Consolidated EDIT Fund to upgrade Centerville’s electrical system. That amount is half of the town’s required match for […]
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Building Together transforms houses, people
The Building Together program has transformed a burned-out Crosshall Street house into a beautiful home while it tries to guide transformations within the men working on the renovation. Jeff Holthouse, the primary instructor, and Tim Pierson of Bridges for Life provided a Building Together update Dec. 18 to Wayne County’s commissioners. The commissioners provided $200,000 […]
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Studio, 1st-floor units OK’d for apartments
An apartment project at the former Elder-Beerman site can now officially include first-floor and studio units. Richmond’s Board of Zoning Appeals approved in a Dec. 18 meeting televised by Whitewater Community Television a variance from the 700-square-foot minimum unit size and an exception for the first-floor apartments in the central business district zone. Developer Flaherty […]
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Firefighters’ deal includes 4.5% pay bumps in ’25, ’26
Richmond’s union firefighters will receive a 9% pay raise across the next two years, triple the raises they’ve received during the 2023-24 contract. A new two-year contract between the city and Richmond Professional Firefighters International Association of Firefighters AFL-CIO Local 1408 was approved 3-0 by Richmond Board of Public Works and Safety members Dec. 19. […]
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$5M Lilly grant will improve Creitz, gorge
Wayne County Foundation successfully applied for a total of $5 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to improve two outdoor recreation spaces. LEI awarded 30 grants for quality of life improvement projects across the state. Community foundations and their partners were eligible for funding through LEI’s eighth phase of its Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow initiative, […]