Ethel Winslow’s Story Archive

Gaia Works Gives a Helping Hand Year Round

This year has been a challenge for everyone — and particularly for non-profit organizations that provide essentials to underserved communities. Now with the second wave of COVID-19 washing over Indiana, groups like Gaia Works in Irvington are pressed from all sides: growing demand for services, and more obstacles to getting … Read More

Passion for Lincoln & Oldroyd Leads to New Book by Al Hunter

Author Alan Hunter graces our pages in his Bumps in the Night column every week, and spends his October weekends guiding folks around Irvington on his Ghost Tours. However, he also is an avid collector of Abraham Lincoln items, and is a collector of items on Osborn Oldroyd, the first … Read More

Spike in State COVID-19 Cases

On Sept. 24, Governor Eric Holcomb announced that he advanced the state to an updated version of the Stage 5 Back On Track Indiana plan and extended the state’s face covering mandate until at least Oct. 17. As of this writing (Oct. 12), the state has not extended the face … Read More

Drive-In Heartland

One of the generational markers is if you’ve been to a drive-in movie. Boomers most certainly have — in large and small towns, the drive-in was the place to be for dramas, both on the big screen and in the cars parked in neat rows. By the time the Gen … Read More

Irvington Ghost Tours Set to Begin October 2

For the past 18 years, Al and Rhonda Hunter and their merry band of volunteers have spent every weekend evening in October prowling the streets of Irvington, guiding those with an interest in local lore and history on the Irvington Ghost Tours. At first, the tours were small — maybe … Read More