Monthly Archives: December 2021

New Pal Sailor Wishes Family a Happy Holiday

December 23, 2021 | by Weekly View

By Stephanie Fox, Navy Office of Community Outreach MILLINGTON, Tenn. — A New Palestine, Indiana, native serving in the United States Navy will celebrate the holidays with his fellow shipmates in Manama, Bahrain, serving with Public Works Department (PWD) Bahrain, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Europe Africa Central (NAVFAC EURAFCENT). “The … Read More

Mt. Comfort Corridor Receives Indiana READI Funding

December 23, 2021 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) Board of Directors approved plans to award $500 million to support regional development plans across 17 regions representing all 92 counties. This competitive process considered applications for the Indiana Regional Economic Acceleration … Read More

100 Years Ago: Dec. 24-Jan. 6

December 23, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, December 27, 1921: Several hundred police officers, many in plain clothes, will be snooping around New Year’s Eve on the lookout for bulging hip pockets and the old, familiar smell of “wet” goods. Revelers fortunate enough to have any “drinkable” whisky, wine, or gin — … Read More

A Right Jolly Old Elf — Collecting Vintage Santas

December 23, 2021 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Santa Claus, as we know him today, first appeared in the 1823 Clement C. Moore poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” where he is described as “chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf.” This figure was popularized in 1863 with a series of illustrations by Thomas Nast that appeared … Read More

Do Some Good

December 23, 2021 | by CJ Woods III

From the front passenger’s seat of my friend’s car, I noticed a man running down the sidewalk. Washington Street was busy on this Saturday afternoon as my friend piloted us westward toward our meeting at our favorite cidery, and the man was galloping gamely, dodging slow-moving pedestrians, and ignoring stop … Read More