Witham Hosts BBQ Fundraiser

The Witham Health Services Volunteer Organization will host a fundraiser with Jawbone BBQ on Wednesday, March 11, from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the ER entrance in Lebanon. The menu will include pulled chicken, pulled pork, cheesy potatoes, green beans with sausage, spinach salad and banana pudding. Jawbone BBQ will donate 10% of all sales from…

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Red Cross Looking for Volunteers

People of all ages make up approximately 4,200 volunteers in the Indiana Region, including members of Gen Z who participate through nearly 20 Red Cross Clubs at universities and high schools across the Indiana Region. Generation after generation – from Gen Z to the Silent Generation – our community has shown that compassion is one…

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Local Students Serve as Senate Pages

State Sens. Brain Buchanan (R-Lebanon) and Scott Baldwin (R-Noblesville) welcomed the following local students to the Statehouse who served as Senate pages. Pages spend a day at the Statehouse touring the historic building, observing debates from the Senate floor and interacting with their state senator. Students in grades six through 12 participate in the page…

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Local Student, Educator Honored

Josie Liebke from Butler University was one of 28 first-generation Indiana college students who got a boost to their education funds this academic year and re-connected with influential educators who helped along the way after being named “Realizing the Dream” recipients by Independent Colleges of Indiana. These scholarship recipients, one from each of Indiana’s private,…

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Spartz’ Bills to Reduce Costs for Farmers, Consumers

Rep. Victoria Spartz (IN-05) recently introduced a set of bills ahead of the upcoming Farm Bill reauthorization aimed at lowering costs for farmers and consumers, improving equipment safety, and increasing transparency. The Farm Freedom to Repair Act would ensure farmers have the right to repair the digital agricultural equipment they own, helping reduce costly delays…

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Carmel Forms Transportation Committee

Demonstrating a continued commitment to transparency, accountability and fiscal stewardship, Mayor Sue Finkam has signed an executive order establishing the Carmel Transportation Committee.  The newly formed committee will review and provide expert commentary on the City of Carmel’s forthcoming Capital Improvement Plan and Program. By integrating resident expertise and legislative oversight, the Committee will ensure that the City’s long-term infrastructure investments…

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Still Time to Take in Vanities

Photo courtesy The Belfry Theatre and Indy Ghost Light The curtain has gone up on the Belfry Theatre’s production of Vanitiesr, a poignant and humorous exploration of friendship, ambition and growing up. But it’s still on stage through March 15 at The Cat Theatre in Carmel. Performances remaining are 13 at 8:00 p.m. and March…

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Heights Superintendent Shares Update

Northern Hamilton County Community Partners are working to better understand the childcare and out‑of‑school needs of families across the Hamilton Heights School District. As part of this effort, we are inviting parents and caregivers to share their experiences related to childcare (ages 0–3), preschool (ages 3–5), and before‑ and after‑school care and out‑of‑school opportunities (ages…

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Westfield Introduces Plan Tonight

The City of Westfield will introduce its draft Comprehensive Plan, Advancing Westfield: Looking to the Horizon, during the City Council meeting tonight at 7 p.m., beginning a public review and consideration process that will take place over the coming weeks. The Comprehensive Plan is a long-range policy document that helps guide how Westfield grows and…

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Do You Remember U.S. President David Atchison?

For much of U.S. history, until the presidential transition of 1933, presidential inaugurations occurred on March 4. After that disastrous transitional which saw the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations simply ignoring each other during an economic meltdown that only got worse, the date was moved up to the Jan. 20 we have today.   Enter one of presidential histories’ more unusual figures: David Rice Atchison, president for…

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