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Greencastle Community Schools will find its calendar more closely in line with other county schools once the current academic year is complete. For the 2023-24 school year, the GCSC fall break and spring break should be in line with the other county school corporations, though its start date may remain a bit of an outlier...

ROACHDALE — As of Thursday, users of the Roachdale-Franklin Township Public library no longer have to worry about late fees. On Monday, the Roachdale Public Library Board of Trustees voted to become a “fine free” library beginning on Dec. 1. “Our library board understands that providing public access to materials, faxing, computer and wi-fi services is a necessity to our community,” board President Stephen Edwards said. ...

The Putnam County Community Foundation recently announced Luna Pope as the grand prize winner of the 2022 Darrell Wiatt Family Philanthropy Essay Contest. Pope is a seventh-grade student in Melissa Knipp’s class at Greencastle Middle School. In recognition of Pope’s accomplishment, Castlemakers, the charity of her choice, received a $150 grant. Additionally, Greencastle Middle School received a $500 grant...

As part of the National Rural Health Day celebration, Putnam County Hospital announced it has been recognized with a 2022 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in Patient Perspective. Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership Awards honor top quartile performance (e.g., 75th percentile or above) among rural hospitals in Quality, Outcomes and Patient Perspective...

Recognizing a need to facilitate mental health services locally, 100 Women Who Care of Putnam County recently awarded Mental Health America of Putnam County $6,000 toward this effort.

For the third year in a row, the Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department and the Greencastle Civic League are holding the Winter Wonderland Lights Festival in Robe-Ann Park. The park will be lit up beginning Dec. 3 and continuing through Jan. 6 from dusk to dawn each night. The lights display is open to the public and admission is free...

McDonald’s restaurants across Indiana and Southwest Michigan are supporting teachers by presenting a series of MAC Grants this fall. Each $500 MAC (Make Activities Count) Grant is designed to help local teachers fund new and exciting projects designed to engage their students in creative ways...

INDIANAPOLIS — Greencastle native Sarah (Monnett) Taylor has assumed a key leadership position in the lottery industry as president of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) during the recent World Lottery Summit held in Vancouver, B.C...

Anyone who is currently a home-based vendor or is interested in becoming a home-based vendor should know of recent changes to state law. Indiana recently passed a new law (HB 1149) which includes changes for home-based vendors in Indiana. The Putnam County Health Department and Purdue Extension are hoping to help better understand the changes to the new law as well as who qualifies as a home-based vendor and what food can be sold under the new law...

BAINBRIDGE -- Twenty-two veterans, including a band of brothers, were honored recently at the annual Quilts of Honor presentation by the One Stitch at a Time Quilt Club at Life Spring Church. Three Putnam County Snider brothers turned the event into a family affair as Halbert Jr., Billy Dale and Bernard each received quilts in honor of their military service. All three are Army veterans...

U.S. 231 North was shut down following a motor vehicle incident involving a semi and power lines. Greencastle firefighters and police, as well as the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, were dispatched to the area of County Road 200 North at about 6:40 p.m. for a snapped power pole...

Administrators, students and faculty from the four county high schools have again collaborated with the Washburn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to select one member from each senior class at his or her school in the annual Putnam County DAR Good Citizen competition...

RUSSELLVILLE — With significant headway made locally to fund the effort, repairs to the roof at the Russellville Community Center are waiting in the wings. Grant administrator Mike Kleinpeter and architect Henry Stellema of DLZ Corporation detailed the improvements and pursuing a grant from the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) at a final public hearing during the Russellville Town Council’s regular meeting last Wednesday evening...

The annual DePauw University Holiday Gala is scheduled Saturday night, Dec. 3 and Sunday afternoon, Dec. 4 in Kresge Auditorium of the Green Center for the Performing Arts. The Holiday Gala is an annual family-friendly event featuring all of DePauw’s large ensembles as well as various other acts. This year’s theme is Top 40 Holiday Hits...

Setting up an artificial tree for Christmas is nice and may give you the perfect tree shape, but nothing can replace the memories made with family when you visit a Christmas tree farm and select a real tree. Setting up a real Christmas tree has been part of the holidays ever since 1842. That year, Charles Minnegerode set up the first real tree in Williamsburg, Va...

Having received overwhelming support in the first year of a new program, Banner Graphic marketing representative Montica Patterson (left) presents a $2,950 check to Erin Sprinkle of the annual Thanksgiving Outreach Meal prepared at Greencastle Christian Church with help from Gobin Church and Greencastle Presbyterian Church...

Santa will stop by the Eagles Lodge on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. to visit members and their families. Members are encouraged to come and sign up their children 12 years old and under by Friday, Dec. 2 for Santa to hand them a gift. Raffles will also be held...

The Greencastle Church of the Nazarene, 580 S. CR 100 East, will have a Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vendors of all kinds will be on hand with food and snacks available for purchase. Santa Claus will be on hand and will be available for photos...

RUSSELLVILLE — The Russellville Community Center will host a small business market and holiday crafts this Saturday, Dec. 3 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. More than 30 vendors will be on hand with their wares. Breakfast and lunch items will also be available for purchase from the kitchen...

An open grief support group scheduled for this Thursday, Dec. 1`will not meet. The last meeting of the year is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. in the west classroom area of Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church. The group will continue in 2023 and be complemented by a support/book one...

Finding a lot more than trucks at a recent touch-a-truck event at First Baptist Preschool are Addy Beck (right) at the controls of a plane brought on site from the Putnam County Regional Airport and her co-pilot Mia Miller. Elsewhere, kiddos could be found exploring a Duke Energy truck, police cars, a farm tractor, a skid steer and even a fan boat courtesy of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division.

BRIDGETON – The annual Bridgeton Country Christmas celebration continues for a second weekend on Dec. 2-4. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays. The 1878 Barn, the Station, Collom’s General Store, the Artisans Barn at the Mill and shacks in front of Dr. Crooks’ building will be open and full of vendors...

As National Hospice and Palliative Care Month closes, the Putnam County Hospice and Palliative Care Association (PCHPCA) is advocating that anyone may request a hospice evaluation. “We encourage people to become informed about the benefits of palliative and hospice care as early as possible after being diagnosed with a serious illness,” PCHPCA President Tammy Hunter said...

DANVILLE -- Hendricks County Extension Homemakers and Hendricks Power Cooperative are sponsoring the 33rd annual Holiday Fest on Friday, Dec. 2 at the Hendricks County Conference Center 4-H Fairgrounds in Danville. Parking and admission are free for the 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. event...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Historical Society’s (IHS) Holiday Author Fair is slated for Saturday, Dec. 3 at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, 450 W. Ohio St. in downtown Indianapolis. Children/young adult author Troy Cummings of Greencastle is one of 60 authors expected to attend with his book, “Is This Your Class Pet?”...