Stories from Thursday, September 21, 2023

The City of Greencastle has announced that it has mailed surveys to every water customer of the city’s water utility. By October 2024, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the United State Environmental Protection Agency require all water systems to develop an inventory of drinking water service lines...

Putnam County Habitat for Humanity will hold its second gala this Saturday, Sept. 23 at 3 Fat Labs. The event will get under way at 6 p.m. with the Katz Pajamas performing live jazz and other genres. With a Roaring Twenties theme, attendees are encouraged to dress in period attire...

A Greencastle High School teacher has been selected as one of 13 teachers from around the state chosen for a program in which they will learn more about the policy that shapes education. Not only that, but Spanish teacher Matt Williams is the youngest of the group selected for the Teach Plus Policy Fellowship, a group that stretches from two to 26 years of teaching experience...

RUSSELLVILLE — With an application unable to be submitted last year, the effort is being renewed to secure state grant funding for repairs to the Russellville Community Center. Though it was sparsely attended, grant administrator Mike Kleinpeter and architect Henry Stellema of DLZ Corporation conducted a public hearing Wednesday evening to outline those needs, as well as the timeline for submitting a new application...

The DePauw University theater and music programs will present four performances of “The Addams Family,” Sept. 28 through Oct. 1, in Moore Theatre at the Green Center for the Performing Arts located on the DePauw campus. A musical comedy based on the familiar characters created by cartoonist Charles Addams, originally for The New Yorker and later the iconic 1960s television series, “The Addams Family” follows the plight of daughter Wednesday, who has fallen in love with Lucas, a boy from a “normal” family.. ...

DePauw University secured the No. 46 spot – and remained No. 1 in Indiana – on the preeminent list of the best national liberal arts institutions in the United States per U.S. News & World Report's 2024 college rankings published this week. The university also ranked No. 57 as a top performer for social mobility, a ranking that considers the percentage of students from all socioeconomic backgrounds who earn degrees. Other factors in social mobility include borrower debt and career earnings...

The Northview Knights showed the South Putnam Eagles why they are the Western Indiana Conference leader in volleyball on Thursday night at the Eagles Nest. The Knights relentlessly attacked the Eagles, who despite several valiant defense rallies fell 25-19, 25-8, 25-15...

The Greencastle Tiger Cub soccer teams were dominant in a sweep of the Edgewood Mustangs Thursday night at Harbison Stadium. Four goals from Micah Foss paced the boys to a 5-0 victory while a hat trick from Evie Briones and a pair of goals from Ali Dobbs gave the girls a 6-1 victory...

Clay is a senior at Greencastle and participates in three sports, soccer, swimming and track.. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Clay Glessner: “Sports are super important. Being able to go out and put your all into something, especially physically, is key in my happiness. ...

BAINBRIDGE – Facing North Putnam was going to be a struggle for Cloverdale’s volleyball team. Doing so short two of three seniors and with a third player not at 100 percent, forcing several freshman into the rotation, the Clovers took the brunt of a Cougar attack that enjoyed itself Thursday night to the tune of a 25-6, 25-6, 25-11 win...

More than 100,000 film lovers in more than 500 cities across six continents will soon gather in cinemas, museums, libraries and universities for the Finalists’ Films in the 26th-annual Manhattan Short Film Festival. The Putnam County Public Library will host the festival locally, showcasing 10 short films that attendees will be able to view and vote on...

A Google search for “medical alert bracelets” or “medical identification tags” yields many resources for obtaining these items, with assurances that they will protect the wearer. But this is not always the case. In complex or emergency medical circumstances, it depends upon the situation and current Indiana law...

John and Kathleen (Fleming) Bridgewater celebrated their 60th year of marriage on Sept. 21. They were united in marriage at the Bethesda Church in West Terre Haute. Their family includes daughter Tina Frame and husband Charlie and sons John Bridgewater, Brian Bridgewater and wife Jill and Bruce Bridgewater and wife Kris. They have seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren...

You may wonder if it is a good time to plant a new tree in your yard or not, and the answer is “Yes.” Fall is a good time to plant trees in your yard because we have cooler temps, weather conditions that reduce heat and water stress on trees and this is the time of year when trees are focused on root development. That root development means better establishment for the root system and more protection from next year’s summer heat and/or drought...