Monthly Archives: October 2022

City Announces Leaf Collection Dates

October 20, 2022 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Department of Public Works (Indy DPW) has announced this year’s leaf collection will begin on Monday, Nov. 7. Residents can leave up to 40 bags of leaves for pick-up per week on their regularly scheduled collection day during the four-week collection period at no additional cost. … Read More

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Receive $2.4 Mil. Gift from MacKenzie Scott

October 20, 2022 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 18, 2022) – Girl Scouts of Central Indiana today announced that it has received a $2.4 million unrestricted gift from philanthropist and novelist MacKenzie Scott. The $2.4 million gift is one of the largest unrestricted donations ever received from an individual donor in the organization’s history. It will … Read More

Halloween Broom Lore and Superstition

October 20, 2022 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in November 2010. While trolling the endless labyrinth known as Facebook, I ran across a page created by a coven of self-described “Solitary female witches in the Indianapolis area” known as “Ravensgrove”. The entry was titled, “Halloween Broom Lore and Superstitions” and it made me think, … Read More

100 Years Ago: Oct. 21-27

October 20, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, October 26, 1922: The stockroom at police headquarters where confiscated liquor is stored is filled and additional space must be found to take care of the liquor seized by police that is arriving daily at headquarters. Judge Delbert Wilmeth, city judge, and police officials are … Read More

Jingles

October 20, 2022 | by CJ Woods III

This column originally appeared in July 2011. I was musing on stuff when my aimless wandering led me down the jingle path. Not jingle, as in spurs, but “jingle-writing,” as in what Charlie Sheen’s character did on the hit television show, “Two And a Half Men.” I wonder if there … Read More