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Two important income tax deduction options
(Local News ~ 12/23/13)
Despite all of the discussion around the impending financial cliff, there is a way to lessen state income tax burden, which is not often discussed. Up to $200 per individual and $400 for couples filing jointly, given to an Indiana-funded university will receive a direct deduction of 50 percent of the amount given off the state income tax bill...
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PCF makes Christmas wish come true for local kids
(Local News ~ 12/23/13)
PUTNAMVILLE -- When it comes to kids, everyone wants to help make Christmas wishes come true. In many cases, the desire is more prevalent with incarcerated individuals. For offenders, the separation from children and family is more pervasive during the holidays than at any other time. To fill the void, three offenders assigned to the Shifting Gears program at the Putnamville Correctional Facility spent their time repairing 30 bicycles for donation to area children...
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Young musicians to play Rock to Read concert Saturday
(Local News ~ 12/23/13)
A concert with high school musicians as the acts will be hosted at the Moose Lodge at 6:30 p.m. Saturday with a $5 admission. The money raised will be for the Greencastle's Reading Improvement Center. The acts include Brandon Pershing, Fiona White, Carly Rhine, Wanted on Fire and the October Scene...
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Russellville Community Center to host rollerskating party
(Local News ~ 12/23/13)
RUSSELLVILLE -- The Russellville Community Center will host a rollerskating party 2-5 p.m. Saturday. The center will sell hot dogs, nachos and cheese and drinks. Skate rentals cost $3. All profits will help pay for costs at the community center. Everyone is invited to come out...
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New Life Baptist Church, Walmart work together to provide a merry Christmas
(Local News ~ 12/23/13)
For more than 50 local families, a visit to the New Life Baptist Church food pantry last Wednesday was about more than food to get through the week. It was a dose of Christmas cheer. For five years now, the church on the city's southeast side has been hosting a Christmas breakfast for the community's needy in addition to the weekly food distribution...
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GFD again supports the Giving Tree
(Local News ~ 12/23/13)
It's getting close to Christmas, and everyone is getting their last-minute shopping in. This also means it's that time of year again for the now annual "Giving Tree" by the Greencastle Fire Department. For anyone unfamiliar with the story of the Giving Tree, a firefighter's daughter, Lauren Elkins, spoke to her father about having GFD do something for a needy family over the holiday season...
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Greencastle street crew to begin Christmas tree pick-up on Jan. 6
(Local News ~ 12/23/13)
The Greencastle Department of Public Works will be conducting its annual Christmas tree pick-up starting Jan. 6 and continuing through Jan. 17. Residents within Greencastle city limits are advised to place only their live Christmas trees (no tree stands or decorations) between the curb and sidewalk...
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Williamsons capture third Chamber holiday lawn decorating contest
(Local News ~ 12/23/13)
The 2013 winners have been named in the annual Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce Homes for the Holidays Lawn Decorating Contest. Capturing first place and a $100 Walmart gift card is the Williamson family (Marty, Chris and Shelby), 1294 W. County Road 350 North, Greencastle...
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3.27 inches of rain but no White Christmas this year
(Local News ~ 12/23/13)
Putnam County may only be dreaming of a White Christmas right now, but had Friday and Saturday temperatures been colder, we might up to our elbows in icicles and snowballs for the holiday. The two-day rainfall storm total recorded outside Greencastle by local weather observer Diana Foust topped 3.25 inches, she told the Banner Graphic Sunday...
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Putnam jobless rate 7.3 %, tumbling to 52nd last month
(Local News ~ 12/23/13)
While Indiana's unemployment rate continued its downward trend during November, Putnam County went in the opposite direction, according to the latest figures released by the state Department of Workforce Development. The state's overall jobless rate fell slightly to 7.3 percent for November, an improvement of two-tenths of a percentage point over last month...
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Holly Jolly Christmas
(Local News ~ 12/23/13)
To bring some Christmas cheer to the residents at Mill Pond Laurie Neeley, a bus driver for North Putnam School Corporation, had the kids on her bus make Christmas cards.
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