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Murray, Snyder candidacies now face challenges
(Local News ~ 08/23/19)
With a challenge to a GOP candidate for Greencastle City Council now settled, the candidacies of two Democratic nominees have been challenged with the Putnam County Election Board. On Friday morning, Republican Chairman Beau Baird filed paperwork to challenge the candidacies of Democrat Steve Snyder for the Fourth Ward council seat and Democrat Dave Murray for one of the three at-large council seats...
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Society of Professional Journalists marks 110th anniversary where it all started
(Local News ~ 08/23/19)
“He serves best who serves the truth.” This sentiment adorns a patinaed bronze monument near historic East College, one that celebrates the founding roots of a professional organization committed to promoting freedom of the press and journalistic integrity...
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First Baptist Church welcomes Blodgett as associate pastor
(Local News ~ 08/23/19)
The congregation of First Baptist Church, Greencastle, is excited to welcome Pastor Tom Blodgett as its new associate pastor of youth and families. Tom and his wife Brianne are relocating from Janesville, Wis., along with their three children, Jameson, Cayden and Madison...
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Doc’s Inn to host August Business After Hours
(Local News ~ 08/23/19)
The Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce will take a bit of a trip back in time for the August Business After Hours. Doc’s Inn at 126 E. Washington St., Greencastle, will host the 5-7 p.m. networking event on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Doc’s Inn is a 126-year-old Queen Anne Victorian home registered as a national historic site...
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Delta Theta Tau
(Local News ~ 08/23/19)
The chapter of Delta Theta Tau awards two grants each year to local students...
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Elizabeth Ann Judy
(Obituary ~ 08/23/19)
Elizabeth Ann Judy, 90, of Greencastle, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019 at Mill Pond Health Campus. She was born March 6, 1929 in Putnam County, the daughter of Nelson and Carrie (Fowler) Carmichael and was a 1947 graduate of Greencastle High School...
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Betty Jean Hurst
(Obituary ~ 08/23/19)
Betty Jean Hurst, 91, of Greencastle, passed away peacefully at Life’s Journey of Avon on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Betty was born to Noble Allee and Mary (Hill) Allee at home on their farm near Mt. Meridian. She had wonderful memories of good times growing up with her older brother and two older sisters...
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Imagine That
(Local News ~ 08/23/19)
Cathryn Ensley, chairman of the local Imagination Library, accepts a check from Putnam County Comprehensive Services’ Aktion Club, a division of Kiwanis International...
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‘Health care in America’ forum set for Sept. 10
(Local News ~ 08/23/19)
A panel of national and local healthcare experts are coming together at the Washington Township Park Pavilion Center, 435 Whipple Ln., Avon, on Tuesday, Sept. 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. for an informative program about health care in America. Everyone is invited and there is no cost to attend...
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PCPL to host several events into September
(Local News ~ 08/23/19)
Myers’ Market will donate 10 percent of all grocery purchases purchased on Thursday, Sept. 5 to the Friends of the Library. The Friends of the Library will use all donated funds to support the Imagination Library which puts a book in the hands of children from birth through five years old each month...
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Court News for August 24, 2019
(Court News ~ 08/23/19)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Mallory Norris-Campbell, 35, Indianapolis, Level 6 felony possession of a narcotic drug Miguel Auyuro Samayoa, 36, Whittier, Calif., Class A misdemeanor false government identification, Class B misdemeanor counterfeiting a driver’s license...
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Putnam Scanner for August 24, 2019
(Police Logs ~ 08/23/19)
County Jail Five people were booked in the Putnam county Jail on Thursday. • At 11:36 p.. Jennifer Marie Buttery, 26, Roachdale, was booked in the jail on a writ of body attachment. • At 8:19 p.m. Miguel Auyuro Samayoa, 36, Whittier, Calif., was lodged at the jail for a fraudulent driver’s license...
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North Putnam HS alumni to celebrate 50 years Sept. 13
(Local News ~ 08/23/19)
The North Putnam Alumni Association will be hosting a 50-year celebration of North Putnam High School at this year’s alumni banquet on Friday, Sept. 13. All alumni and guests are encouraged to attend, and anyone who has an interest in North Putnam Schools is also welcome...
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A Little Bit Country
(Local News ~ 08/23/19)
Bringing their repertoire of ‘90s and ‘00s country favorites to the stage, When Country Went Pop headlines a night of country music at Greencastle Music Fest downtown Friday.
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Who’s News
(Local News ~ 08/23/19)
A 2015 Cloverdale High School graduate, BAILEE STEVENS, has graduated with honors from Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky. She majored in writing, rhetoric and communications and minored in biology. While at T.U., Bailee was a four-year lacrosse athlete and played basketball one year. ...
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