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Joy Ike to play this week’s Summer Music Fest concert
(Local News ~ 08/07/17)
The Greencastle Summer Music Festival continues Wednesday, Aug. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church with a free concert featuring Joy Ike, a singer/songwriter from Philadelphia. This will be Joy’s first visit to Greencastle and she will be joined by percussionist Ryan Socrates and bassist Jason Rafalak...
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Beauchamp wins LPS feature event
(Professional Sports ~ 08/07/17)
PUTNAMVILLE – Lincoln Park Speedway played host to a super-sized slate of racing on Saturday night with a full card of racing as well as three make-up features from a rainout on July 22. In the weekly show, Brent Beauchamp, a veteran of Lincoln Park Speedway’s 5/16th-mile surface, dominated on his way to a second sprint car victory of the season at LPS. Coal City’s Cole Parker held off the competition after a caution with two laps remaining in the UMP Modified main event...
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Putnam Scanner for 8-8-17
(Police Logs ~ 08/07/17)
County Jail Ten people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Sunday • At 5:05 a.m. Shellie Ann Todd, 36, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail for driving while intoxicated-refusal and leaving the scene of an accident. Saturday • At 7:15 p.m. Charles Wesley Richard Powell, 29, Cloverdale, was arrested for battery, intimidation, resisting law enforcement, disorderly conduct and on a Marion County warrant...
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Family dance party at PCPL
(Local News ~ 08/07/17)
The Putnam County Public Library will host a family dance party Friday, Aug. 11 at 11 a.m. for families and children at least two years old. There will be a free dance, guided dance and musical games. The library is located at 103 E. Poplar St., Greencastle...
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Gleaners food give-away at Armory after all
(Local News ~ 08/07/17)
The Gleaners Senior Mobile Pantry will return to Greencastle on Thursday, Aug. 10 at Greencastle Christian Church on Primrose Lane off U.S. 231 South. The food giveaway is open only to seniors age 55 and older and runs from 10-11:30 a.m. Participants are asked not to arrive before 9:30 a.m...
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Unicorn-like 1917 Grant Roadster earns Best of Show
(Local News ~ 08/07/17)
We’ve all heard the stories for years how some lucky duck would find a rare, mint-condition car of some sort tucked away in an old barn somewhere. A real needle in a haystack. Like finding a unicorn or bumping into sasquatch at a rock concert. Stories like that have always carried about as much validity as the old traveling salesman and the farmer’s daughter tales...
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DPU School of Music All-Access passes on sale today
(Local News ~ 08/07/17)
Sale of new 2017-18 All-Access Passes to the DePauw School of Music concert season will be available for purchase Aug. 8 through Sept. 10. In addition to savings on the popular Green Guest Artist Series, this year’s pass, which will use the center’s new Eventbrite ticketing system, continues to offer convenient “swipe and go” admission to a wide array of events, including the U.S. ...
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Jones School set for sale to developer
(Local News ~ 08/07/17)
There remain i’s to dot and t’s to cross — fitting for a building where generations of local children learned to read and write — but Jones School on Greencastle’s West Side is poised to sell to an Indianapolis developer. On the recommendation of the Joint Property Committee, the commissioners voted unanimously Monday to sell Jones School, which served as the courthouse annex from 2002 through 2011, to Milestone Ventures Inc. ...
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Old Trail Inn recipes bring memories to life for museum diners
(Local News ~ 08/07/17)
Delicacies synonymous with a restaurant that has been out of business for more than 50 years delighted a Putnam County Museum dinner group Sunday as a sell-out gathering of 80 people relived a Sunday dinner at the Old Trail Inn. When Putnam County Museum Executive Director Lisa Mock asked those who had actually eaten at the Old Trail Inn to raise their hands, about a third of the audience complied...
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Mysterious and spooky 'Addams Family' musical to hit Playhouse stage
(Local News ~ 08/07/17)
The third Putnam County Playhouse production of the 2017 "Season of Laughs" is a musical comedy, "The Addams Family," opening Thursday at Hazel Day Longden Theatre in Greencastle. Show dates are Aug. 10-12 and 16-19. Tickets may be obtained by calling the box office at 653-5880 from 5-7 p.m. each evening or stopping by the theater off Round Barn Road from 5-7 p.m...
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