Monthly Archives: September 2020

Progress on Sandorf Park Continues on New Playspace

September 24, 2020 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Indy Parks recently unveiled progress on the new playspace at Sandorf Park, 2020 Dawson St., which is currently undergoing a makeover. This 6.5-acre park is located on the city’s near southside and is adjacent to Frederick Douglass IPS School 19. The park will not reopen to the public … Read More

Students, Recent Grads Encouraged to Apply for Statehouse Internship

September 24, 2020 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — State Rep. Cindy Kirchhofer (R-Beech Grove) said Eastside Indianapolis college students and recent graduates looking to gain valuable work experience should apply online for a paid internship with the Indiana House of Representatives at the Statehouse. Before the start of each legislative session, House Republicans hire interns to … Read More

Peanuts and Cracker Jack

September 24, 2020 | by Steven R. Barnett

For decades an afternoon at the local Indianapolis ballpark watching the “Boys of Summer” wouldn’t have been complete without a cup of beer, a hot dog in a bun, a bag of peanuts, and a box of Cracker Jack. Those lazy, hazy days of memory almost became nothing more than … Read More

City Announces Third Round of COVID-19 Relief Funding

September 24, 2020 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The City-County Council unanimously passed a third and final allocation of CARES Act COVID-19 Relief funding introduced by Mayor Joe Hogsett at a special meeting. The $76 million allocation extends existing programs formed in response to the pandemic, and funds the creation of several new initiatives. The fiscal … Read More

Applause!: Sept. 25-Oct. 1

September 24, 2020 | by Weekly View

• Eastside author of true crime novels Carol Sissom has a new book coming out, The Clue at the Haunted Bridge of the Monon Trail, just in time for Halloween. This book involves the murders of two girls in Delphi, Abby and Libby German, and she lays out the case … Read More