Monthly Archives: April 2021

Composted Leaf Mulch Now Available

April 29, 2021 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Composted mulch created from leaves collected during 2020′s leaf collection is now available for pick-up at South Side Landfill. Residents can pick up mulch at no cost while supplies last. Residents wishing to pick up mulch should bring their own shovel and be prepared to shovel mulch into … Read More

Paramount Named One of Two Indiana Green Ribbon Schools

April 29, 2021 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The U.S. Department of Education today released the names of the 2021 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools, District Sustainability Awardees, and Postsecondary Sustainability Awardees. In Indiana, Paramount Brookside, a K-8 public charter school in Indianapolis, and Discovery Charter School in Porter were named U.S. Department of … Read More

“ . . . How Does Your Garden Grow?”

April 29, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

Gardening came to the Indianapolis east side neighborhood of Irvington as naturally as an April shower, and over the years the community became known as “the Garden Spot of Indianapolis.” Early accounts tell of gardens fashioned in stiff geometrical designs — stars, crescents, and triangles — ablaze with colorful geraniums, … Read More

100 Years Ago: April 30-May 6

April 29, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, May 4, 1921: The “doo-dad” is the curse of the modern American home,” declared Ross Crane of the Art Institute of Chicago in remarks given at the opening of the Better Homes Institute he is conducting at Tomlinson Hall under the auspices of the Indianapolis … Read More

Things Change

April 29, 2021 | by CJ Woods III

As a 14-year-old high school student, I worked as a page in the open stacks of the University of Pittsburgh library. My job was one of the benefits of my mother’s labors in the household of a regent of the university. She cleaned house and her son shelved books. Everyone … Read More