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Program plans to better lives through training, tackling blight

Learning building trades could soon build better futures for participants who were chronically unsheltered or emerging from treatment programs or incarceration. Bridges for Life is developing a Building Together program that would provide low-cost housing and a six-month training program for participants renovating blighted homes. Tim Pierson and Jeff Holthouse of Bridges for Life updated […]

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Don’t get burned by being unprepared

April 8 presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: Wayne County will be in the middle of a total solar eclipse’s path of totality. It’s an event to enjoy as the moon moves between Earth and the sun, with the moon’s shadow casting the county into darkness for up to 4 minutes, depending on location. Preparation and attention […]

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Beat the Heat hopes to provide residents air conditioning

Richmond’s Beat the Heat program hopes to distribute window air conditioning units with an Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs grant. On March 18, Alison Zajdel of the Richmond Environmental Sustainability Commission requested that Richmond Common Council approve interlocal agreement with the Wayne Township Trustee’s Office and a city ordinance to accept $20,000 from […]

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IN Focus candidate forums beginning

Voters can hear from candidates facing opponents in May’s primary election during the IN Focus candidate forum broadcasts.  Whitewater Community Television is partnering with Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce and Western Wayne News to increase familiarity with Wayne County’s candidates. All programs air at 6 p.m. Thursdays.  Candidates for clerk and treasurer are being […]