Some Mobile Manor residents fear they can’t afford rate hikes they expect from the mobile home park’s new owners. When addressing Richmond Common Council on July 6, Ron McFadden, president of the Richmond Mobile Manor Residents Association, advocated the city adopt an ordinance protecting mobile home park residents. At least 16 other residents from the […]
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Richmond, Indiana is the county seat of Wayne County and sits in the eastern part of the county near the Ohio state line. Full of rich history, vibrant culture and beautiful landscapes, the city offers a wide variety of experiences, neighborhoods, events and community opportunities to residents and visitors alike.
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BZA brings shed business into compliance
A misunderstanding led a Hagerstown-area business to violate terms of its zoning variance, but that’s no longer a problem. The Wayne County Board of Zoning Appeals amended its 2023 variance of use to bring Elam Lapp’s shed-building business into compliance. The board met July 9. Lapp said he believed the 2023 variance permitted him to […]
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Bucket truck to cost RP&L $220,800
A Circleville, Ohio, company will provide Richmond Power & Light with a new 48-foot bucket truck. RP&L’s board, which is composed of Richmond Common Council members, awarded the bid to Utility Truck Equipment during a July 6 meeting. The truck will cost $220,800 with a Feb. 19, 2027, estimated delivery date. RP&L General Manager Tony […]
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BZA vote provides coffee, pet treats
By next spring, coffee lovers and their furry friends could have a new east-side place to pick up treats. The Richmond Board of Zoning Appeals on July 8 approved 5-0 a variance of development standards that will enable Schlosser Coffee 2 of Portland to build a Scooter’s Coffee at 4563 National Road E., the former […]
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Esther Etherington is serving a summer internship at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club
Esther Etherington, a 2022 graduate of Richmond High, is living her dream this summer. She’s one of only 24 college students nationwide to receive a three-month paid internship through the USGA’s Pathways Launch program. Announced last September, the Pathways Launch program is a paid internship program for undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate an aptitude […]
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Board declines employee grievance
The Richmond Board of Works ruled in favor of the defendant in a grievance case at its July 2 meeting. As first reported in the June 24 WWN, Matthew Reed claimed his reappointment from paratransit driver to bus driver with Rose View Transit violated the Amalgamated Transit Union 1474’s collective bargaining agreement. He cited financial […]
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Author shares therapy ‘Frequency’
A chance meeting in the gym led to Jerrod Johnson exercising more than his body. The Richmond native wrote “A Man’s Perspective Vol. 1: Feminine Frequency,” a book and musical project transcribing his journey in therapy and reflections on love, trauma and the human experience. After a final breakup with his child’s mother, Johnson took […]
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Music Walk of Fame victim of vandals, theft
A historic Richmond site has been vandalized. Twenty medallions from the Starr-Gennett Foundation’s Walk of Fame were dismantled last month. The Gennett Records Walk of Fame is embedded in the Whitewater Gorge Trail along South First Street at the Starr Piano Company site. In a June 21 social media post, the Foundation’s board of directors […]
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Bicentennial time capsule opened at Freedom Jam
Nationwide celebrations of the 250th year of U.S. independence have included reflecting on the country’s past, present and future. In Wayne County, a snapshot of the community’s history took center stage as a time capsule from 1976 was opened. The original contents of the capsule, a tall metal cylinder, were sealed and placed under Freedom […]
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Lilly gifts art museum $500K
The Richmond Art Museum received a $500,000 grant from Lilly Endowment to support and strengthen its operations. The gift was one of 12 Lilly Endowment grants dedicated to support Indiana art museums’ cultural impact in their communities and regions. The grant allows RAM to execute a strategic and master facilities plan for growth in the […]