Monthly Archives: May 2018

New Kindergarten Eligibility Requirements

May 10, 2018 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — In March 2018, the Indiana General Assembly passed a bill that requires children to turn 5 years old by Aug. 1, 2018 to enter kindergarten for the 2018-19 school year. Previously, children would be allowed to enroll if they were 5 by Sept. 1. Students who turn 5 … Read More

Construction Project Season Begins

May 10, 2018 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The City is investing an estimated $88 million in infrastructure improvements and $30 million in stormwater improvements during the 2018 construction season. This work is in addition to the recently announced approximately $10 million investment to rebuild the Indianapolis street maintenance team and purchase new equipment to help … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: May 11-17

May 10, 2018 | by Weekly View

From The Indianapolis Star, Saturday, May 4: In response to the depredations by dogs, cats, chickens, cattle, horses, hogs, and other pests on some of the 45,000 vacant lots being cultivated by patriotic citizens for war gardens, Mayor Charles Jewett and Chief of Police George Coffin warned that city ordinances … Read More

The New 1950s Kitchen

May 10, 2018 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

They can be kitschy cool and flamboyant or sleek and sophisticated. They can exude simplicity or wild abandon. They can take you back to your days as a teen, or indulge your sentimental side with thoughts of your grandma’s homemade cookies. “They” are Retro-Mod kitchens of 2018. In contrast to … Read More

Happy Mother’s Day!

May 10, 2018 | by Steve Nicewanger

2018  Kentucky Derby Kan-Tuc-Kei  is an Algonquin word that means “Dark and Bloody Ground” and is what the Native Americans called the region before the white settlers arrived. For last Saturday’s 144th Run for the Roses at Church Hill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky was the dark and muddy ground. The 2018 … Read More