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Lynda Dunbar announces candidacy for city mayor
(Local News ~ 01/09/23)
Lynda Dunbar filed her declaration of candidacy for mayor of Greencastle on Jan. 4. She made her official request to be placed on the primary ballot as a Republican mayoral candidate. The election will be held on Tuesday, May 2. Dunbar currently serves as the clerk-treasurer for Greencastle. ...
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Banner Graphic welcoming primary candidate bios
(Local News ~ 01/09/23)
In advance of the Tuesday, May 2 primary election, the Banner Graphic is requesting brief biographies of any candidates taking part in the primary. Each candidate for city or town office in the 2023 primary is eligible to submit a story for publication between now and the election...
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Johnson’s clerk-treasurer bid makes three city candidates
(Local News ~ 01/09/23)
A fellow Republican seeking the city clerk-treasurer seat currently occupied by Lynda Dunbar is the only new filing for the May municipal primary in recent days. Mikayla Johnson has filed to seek the Republican nod for the clerk-treasurer position that Dunbar will be vacating with her recent announcement that she will seek the mayor’s seat in the 2023 election...
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Volunteer firefighters voice concern about safety with solar farm
(Local News ~ 01/09/23)
RUSSELLVILLE — As finances and land use have been weighed for and against the Cold Spring Solar Farm in Russell Township, volunteer firefighters are looking at how public safety figures into its implementation. On their end, they have been troubled about not being consulted by county officials and, until last week, representation from the project on how emergency responders would tackle various potentials. The scale of responses, equipment and training figure into their worries...
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Fillmore council weighs landlord-tenant utility bills
(Local News ~ 01/09/23)
FILLMORE — With issues cited with a particular billing in the last year, Fillmore leaders perhaps furthered a precedent locally on the responsibility for utility payments Thursday evening. Clerk Works’ Monica Bray, who is continuing to assist the town independently, brought concerns to the Fillmore Town Council regarding payments for a duplex on Westwood Road. The root of this lay in whose name the payments were expected to be made...
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New voting machines will require extra space
(Local News ~ 01/09/23)
New voting machines coming to the county for 2024 will mean an added level of election security. It will also mean the need for extra storage space. That is what new County Clerk Tracy Bridges and the Putnam County Commissioners will have to grapple with over the coming months with the arrival of 94 new voting booths, each one outfitted with a voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT)...
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Community Foundation welcomes new leaders for the new year
(Local News ~ 01/09/23)
The Putnam County Community Foundation recently said farewell to our outgoing board members who completed their terms of service with the Community Foundation on Dec. 31. We extend our deepest gratitude to Jeff McCall and Carolyn Mann for their dedicated service to our organization and community...
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Beginning to Look a Lot Like...
(Local News ~ 01/09/23)
With Christmas more than two weeks in the past and the calendar well into January, Paul Hinton of the Greencastle Fire Department removes a bow and greenery from a South Jackson Street lamp post Monday afternoon. Hinton and his GFD colleagues took advantage of relatively mild weather to un-deck the halls around downtown.
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DePauw Chamber Symphony tour concert tonight
(Local News ~ 01/09/23)
The DePauw Chamber Symphony plays its pre-tour concert tonight, Monday, Jan. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium in the Green Center for the Performing Arts on the DePauw University campus. Admission is free. As a part of the 2023 Winter Term project for the ensemble, the Chamber Symphony will take its January tour to Austria and Germany and will feature a work by DePauw composer, Eliza Brown. Major performance venues in Vienna, Salzburg and Munich are on the tour, running from Jan. 10-19...
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Ruby Jane Pleake
(Obituary ~ 01/09/23)
Ruby Jane Pleake, 98, of Cloverdale, passed away on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023 at The Waters. Ruby was born June 9, 1924 in Hodgenvile, Ky., to parents Everett and Alma Scott. She attended and graduated Amo High School. She married Jewell V. Pleake on April 6, 1947, and he preceded her in death in November 1983...
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Daniel Russell Holmes
(Obituary ~ 01/09/23)
Daniel Russell Holmes, 59, of Greencastle, passed away on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Born April 13, 1963, in Indianapolis, he was the son of William and Mary (Shelley) Holmes. He was a graduate of Mooresville High School, Vincennes University, and received his bachelor’s degree from Indiana State University...
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Next Living with Low Vision meeting Jan. 17
(Local News ~ 01/09/23)
The next Living with Low Vision meeting will be on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at Putnam County Comprehensive Services from 10-11 a.m. The guess speaker will be Matthew Owens from Athletico. He will discuss maintaining optimal balance practice with aging and/or sight loss...
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Co-Alliance returns $45 million in patronage to farmer-members
(Local News ~ 01/09/23)
Indiana-based agriculture and energy cooperative Co-Alliance Cooperative Inc. is welcoming a new year by paying $45 million in patronage to eligible farmer-members who did business with the cooperative in 2022. The $45 million represents an unprecedented cash return as a member-owned business and is reflective of the profitable year the cooperative business saw...
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Making a meal with what’s on hand
(Local News ~ 01/09/23)
Struggling to make meals with what you have on hand? Are you wanting to make a favorite recipe, but missing some of the ingredients? Are you tired of buying ingredients that you only use once? Here are some examples to spark your imagination:...
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