Monthly Archives: August 2019

Steeped in History Irvington House History & Workshop Tour

August 15, 2019 | by Weekly View

IRVINGTON — Learn how to investigate the history of your home with free sources, and learn about the history of Irvington homes from two of Irvington’s premier historian/storytellers, Paul Diebold and Bill Gulde. A two hour tour will take place on Satuday, Aug. 17 from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. beginning at … Read More

2019 Blaine Jarrett Memorial Scholarship Awarded

August 15, 2019 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Board of Directors, members, and volunteers of Buck Creek Players and the family of Blaine Jarrett recently announced this year’s Blaine Jarrett Memorial Scholarship recipient. This year’s recipient is Eleanor Bennett. The Blaine Jarrett Memorial Scholarship Fund is managed by Buck Creek Players and is supported by … Read More

McLaren in IndyCar for 2020

August 15, 2019 | by Steve Nicewanger

The big news in automobile racing this week is the announcement of a merger between McLaren Racing and Arrow Schmidt-Peterson Racing for the 2020 season and beyond. McLaren attempted to field a car in this year’s Indy 500 with disastrous results. Working with Andretti Autosports and Honda, the team tried … Read More

World’s Longest Yard Sale Eclipsed, Reprint

August 15, 2019 | by Al Hunter

This column is a reprint from August18, 2017 2017 was the 30th anniversary year for the 127 Yard Sale, a.k.a. “The World’s Longest Yard Sale,” which started in 1987. I’ve written about the yard sale before and my wife and I have taken this long strange trip several times now. … Read More

A Day In The Life

August 15, 2019 | by CJ Woods III

Walking east on Douglass Drive, a street in the Borough of Wilkinsburg just outside of Pittsburgh, Penn., I see fat white cumulous clouds, their bottoms smudged with a grumbling gray, posed against an impossibly blue sky, a blue I’ve never been able to coax onto a canvas. From the thick … Read More