National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) is usually on April 16, the day after tax returns are due. However, since the income tax filing deadline was postponed this year until July 15, NHDD was also postponed to July 16. The date was inspired by Benjamin Franklin’s quip that “nothing in life is certain but death and taxes.”...

After taking a few months off, the Community Conversation program will return this week with a slightly different look. For the rest of the year, these monthly conversations with elected and appointed government officials will take place over Zoom. The first Zoom conversation is set for 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8 and will feature Putnam County Public Library Director Matt McClelland and PCPL Board President Kayla Flegal...

ROACHDALE -- After leaving open whether his contract would be renewed during its regular June meeting, the North Putnam School Board retained Athletic Director Roger Busch in a short special meeting Tuesday evening. With Busch present at the meeting, the board approved a revised contract through which the athletic director is stipulated as an at-will employee. This means that he can be dismissed for any reason...

Despite two special meetings called to consider rescinding a street closing decision, the Greencastle City Council stood behind its original June 11 determination Tuesday evening. The issue at hand was the closing of Fifth Street between Avenues D and E from 10 a.m. to midnight on July 4 for a neighborhood block party as proposed by Larry Dickerson and Harold Barger...