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Adopt-A-Block Volunteers to Help in Clean-Up

April 10, 2014 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — There are several organized cleanups happening on Great Indy Clean-Up (GIC) Day, Saturday April 26 on the east side. GIC focuses on volunteer cleanup of trash, litter and  brush from curbways, right-of- ways, greenways and waterways.  Community volunteers sign up via KIBI, and   organize and carry out cleanups. … Read More

New Development Planned for Irvington

April 10, 2014 | by Weekly View

IRVINGTON — The Irvington Development Organization (IDO) recently announced that it has secured a $500,000 grant from the City of Indianapolis to jump-start an eclectic retail development south of Washington Street that will be known as the Coal Factory. The Coal Factory encompasses 50,000 square-feet of property bounded by Bonna … Read More

Citizens Energy Group Receives Award

April 10, 2014 | by Weekly View

Citizens Energy Group employees accepted a Company of the Year award from Kathy Ertel (center), board chair of the Indiana Association of United Ways, recently. Pictured with Ertel and Katie Hackney (left front), United Way of Central Indiana, are Citizens employees Erin Noel, TBD, Justin Noel, Yvonne Perkins and TBD … Read More

Sheriff and Library Expand Gun Lock Giveaway Partnership

April 10, 2014 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Marion County Sheriff’s Office and The Indianapolis Public Library have expanded the gun lock giveaway program. The pilot program began with pick-up locations at six Library branches, however, the program’s popularity, including over 500 gun locks being distributed out of the Irvington Branch alone, led to expanding … Read More

Local Author Julie Young Releases YA Novel

April 10, 2014 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS_ After six books on local history including The Famous Faces of WTTV-4, Eastside Indianapolis: A Brief History, Historic Irvington and A Belief in Providence, local author Julie Young has branched into fiction and will appear at Bookmamas in Irvington on April 12 in support of her YA title Fifteen … Read More