It wouldn’t be vacation time at Centerville-Abington Community Schools without a flood. At CACS’ April 10 board meeting, Assistant Superintendent Sean Stevenson noted that on Wednesday of spring break, half of Centerville-Abington Elementary’s cafeteria flooded before a custodian discovered it. A heating pipe installed in the recent elementary addition burst. Some records in a closet […]
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Council kills housing development plan 6-3
Cheers erupted from the audience after Richmond’s Common Council voted Monday night 6-3 against a proposed rezoning that was needed for a planned housing development to move forward. For close to three hours, attendees and council members spoke passionately about the issues raised by the Smith Hill Planned Unit Development. Those in favor of the […]
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Packed house bolsters LHS football hope
Worries about possibly losing the Lincoln Middle/High School football program and the hiring of a new coach has people “coming out of the woodwork” to help. A crowd jammed the LMHS cafeteria on April 10 for a Meet the Coaches meeting. At the same time, the Western Wayne Schools board met and formally approved Jeremy […]
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Native Hoosier, recent Earlham dad named college’s president
An Indiana native and Indiana University graduate whose child recently attended Earlham College has been chosen as its next leader. As of Aug. 1, Paul Sniegowski, a distinguished biologist and the Stephen A. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at University of Pennsylvania, will become president of Earlham College and Earlham […]
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Centerville, Hagerstown join county’s Stellar Pathways application
Centerville and Hagerstown are joining other Wayne County communities in seeking Indiana’s Stellar Pathways funds. Neither participated in the county’s Hoosier Enduring Legacy Program. Forward Wayne County’s Acacia St. John and county Commissioner Jeff Plasterer shared Stellar’s potential benefits during Centerville’s April 9 council meeting. St. John then also appeared before commissioners April 10, requesting […]
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Absentee ballot requests due April 25
There are a few ways voters can avoid Election Day crowds. Early voting began April 9 at Wayne County Courthouse, and there might just be one or two voters, if any, there at any given time. And, some residents qualify to vote from the comfort of their home. Those who are eligible to cast absentee […]
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Cemetery restoration largely completed
Two years after extensive damage to the historic Capitol Hill Cemetery, most of the vandalism has been repaired, and the man who’s doing the work plans to return this spring and finish it. On April 1, 2022, police and two of the volunteers who had spent years working to preserve Cambridge City’s earliest public cemetery […]
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Ivy Tech, IUE, Earlham celebrating special days
Alumni and friends of three local colleges and universities are invited to wear spirit gear, share memories, reconnect with friends and consider donating toward fundraising campaigns on special days. IU East All Indiana University campuses are celebrating IU Day on April 17. IU East is raising money for various needs, including its Chancellor’s Fund for […]
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Town supports effort for $8 million
Hagerstown became the first community to sign onto a program that might bring $8 million to Wayne County. Town Council agreed on April 1 to provide a letter of interest for the county’s Stellar Pathways application. It’s a funding program from the Office of Community and Rural Affairs which encourages regional cooperation on projects that […]
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EPA removes 4,800 tons of rubble from fire site
A five-month cleanup effort has removed most traces of last April’s devastating plastics fire from two of three North West F Street properties involved. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency removed about 4,800 tons of debris from the two city-owned sites — at 310 and 358 N.W. F St. — Mayor Ron Oler told Richmond Common […]