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Fallen Hendricks deputy was 2015 Cloverdale graduate (4/16/24)PLAINFIELD — The Hendricks County deputy who died early Tuesday morning was a Cloverdale High School graduate. Deputy Fred Fislar, a 2-1/2-year deputy of the Hendricks County Sheriff’s Office, was responding to a motor vehicle crash on Avon Avenue north of Township Line Road for a personal injury crash. A passenger car with only the driver inside struck a utility pole resulting in downed power lines...
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Temporary changes to affect Franklin Street traffic, parking (4/15/24)With orange INDOT signs all over town and traffic winding its way around in a quest for the point of least resistance, the long-anticipated U.S. 231 reconstruction project is under way. And with it are coming some adjustments to driving and parking, most notably downtown and along East Franklin Street...
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DePauw Theatre to present ‘The Revolutionists’ April 18-21 (4/10/24)DePauw University Theatre will present four performances of Lauren Gunderson’s “The Revolutionists” April 18-21 in Moore Theatre at the Green Center for the Performing Arts located on the DePauw campus. Described by the playwright as “a revolutionary dream fugue,” “The Revolutionists” imagines a French Revolution-era friendship between playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle and the queen of France, Marie Antoinette herself...
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Cloverdale School Board considers sports practice facility (4/11/24)CLOVERDALE — Presented with nine designs for a new practice and training facility, leaders at Cloverdale Schools are considering each’s feasibility. Speaking to the Cloverdale School Board on Wednesday, Kyle Miller and Steve Schaecher from Schmidt Associates outlined layouts in different configurations. Pros and cons were noted with each...
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Ben Fiest sworn in Friday at Greencastle Fire (4/15/24)A “short and sweet” ceremony with family attending had Ben Fiest make it official Friday evening at the Greencastle Fire Department. To say the least, it was a great deal for him to be sworn in by Mayor Lynda Dunbar as the department’s new full-time firefighter. In the same turn, the occasion was much about gratitude for him...
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Amanda Brown seeks Putnam County Council seat (4/15/24)The following is part of a series of biographies of county candidates for the upcoming election. Candidates were asked to submit a biography of no more than 500 words describing themselves and their qualifications for office. Only candidates who submitted biographies by the announced April 8 deadline are featured...
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Big Walnut Water line in danger from bank erosion (4/15/24)In an unfortunate bit of irony, the water supply for a local water company may be in peril by the very creek whose name it bears. Big Walnut Water President Jeff Mace made an appeal for funding to the Putnam County Commissioners on Monday, as water lines for the company are near to being exposed along the bank of Big Walnut Creek. Mace noted that the situation is “really kind of dire right now.”...
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County needs $3.5 million annually for bridge needs (4/15/24)Based on numbers presented Monday morning by County Engineer Jim Peck, Putnam County needs $3.5 million annually for needed bridge upgrades. That’s about $3.3 million more than is currently allocated annually. In a work session following the regular commissioners meeting Monday morning, Peck presented the bridge needs for the next several years...
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BZA approves variances for West Washington St. project (4/11/24)Preoccupied with tackling a flooded basement at a property he owns at North Salem, petitioner Jeremy Black was late to the Greencastle Board of Zoning Appeals party but in plenty of time to win BZA approval on his latest project. Amicable to waiting on Black to arrive rather than tabling his request until the May meeting, the BZA unanimously approved his two variance requests for property at 408 W. Washington St.:...
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Chad Colvin seeks Putnam County Council seat (4/15/24)The following is part of a series of biographies of county candidates for the upcoming election. Candidates were asked to submit a biography of no more than 500 words describing themselves and their qualifications for office. Only candidates who submitted biographies by the announced April 8 deadline are featured...
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Temporary changes to affect Franklin Street traffic, parking (4/15/24)9With orange INDOT signs all over town and traffic winding its way around in a quest for the point of least resistance, the long-anticipated U.S. 231 reconstruction project is under way. And with it are coming some adjustments to driving and parking, most notably downtown and along East Franklin Street...
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Cloverdale School Board considers sports practice facility (4/11/24)5CLOVERDALE — Presented with nine designs for a new practice and training facility, leaders at Cloverdale Schools are considering each’s feasibility. Speaking to the Cloverdale School Board on Wednesday, Kyle Miller and Steve Schaecher from Schmidt Associates outlined layouts in different configurations. Pros and cons were noted with each...
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Fallen Hendricks deputy was 2015 Cloverdale graduate (4/16/24)4PLAINFIELD — The Hendricks County deputy who died early Tuesday morning was a Cloverdale High School graduate. Deputy Fred Fislar, a 2-1/2-year deputy of the Hendricks County Sheriff’s Office, was responding to a motor vehicle crash on Avon Avenue north of Township Line Road for a personal injury crash. A passenger car with only the driver inside struck a utility pole resulting in downed power lines...
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Ben Fiest sworn in Friday at Greencastle Fire (4/15/24)3A “short and sweet” ceremony with family attending had Ben Fiest make it official Friday evening at the Greencastle Fire Department. To say the least, it was a great deal for him to be sworn in by Mayor Lynda Dunbar as the department’s new full-time firefighter. In the same turn, the occasion was much about gratitude for him...
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DAZE WORK: Franklin Street blues: Be careful out there (4/18/24)3One of my favorite all-time TV dramas, “Hill Street Blues,” was noteworthy not only for a great opening instrumental theme but how it set the tone each week with a gritty police department sequence. As you might remember, big strapping character actor Michael Conrad portrayed Sgt. Phil Esterhaus, who at the end of the opening precinct rollcall, cautioned officers with a dramatic pause and the words, “And hey, let’s be careful out there.”...
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‘He wanted to help people’: Those who knew him at CHS recall fallen Hendricks Deputy Fred Fislar (4/18/24)2While a student at Cloverdale High School about a decade ago, Fred Fislar was a three-sport athlete with a mischievous grin and a charisma that drew in others. But there was something more that coaches and friends saw in the young man that those who knew him called Freddy...
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County needs $3.5 million annually for bridge needs (4/15/24)2Based on numbers presented Monday morning by County Engineer Jim Peck, Putnam County needs $3.5 million annually for needed bridge upgrades. That’s about $3.3 million more than is currently allocated annually. In a work session following the regular commissioners meeting Monday morning, Peck presented the bridge needs for the next several years...