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- Conservation Day is your chance for eco-action
Letters, phone calls and emails not getting your message across to your elected officials? The Indiana Conservation Alliance (INCA) gives you the chance to speak with them about environmental action face to face.…
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- TURF’s up: Saving a downtown treasure
Nothing serves contemporary art so well as an historic setting. by David Hoppe If you have yet to visit TURF, the art pavilion created by IDADA (theIndianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Association) at If you have yet to visit TURF,the art pavilion created by the IndianapolisDowntown Artists and Dealers Association at the old city hall building onAlabama Street, stop procrastinating.… [ Read more ]
- Referendum madness
The drama over the GOP’s proposed right-to-work law is far from over, but the issue of whether a voter referendum can solve the gridlock is all but finished. by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz If you are following the right-to-workdebate in the IndianaGeneral Assembly, you probably have whiplash from your head spinning backand forth trying to figure out where things are going. You are not alone.Events are changing so frequently thatby the time this post is written we could be staring down an entirely differentset of political circumstances.Oneelement that seems to be sorting itself out, however, is whether a voterreferendum could ease the right-to-work gridlock.… [ Read more ]
- Funding worries for American Indian Center
Federal money supporting local NativeAmerican workforce development may evaporate if Congress approves an effortto streamline a variety of job-training funds.
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- Slideshow: The Speak Easy launch party
A few hundred people gathered Wednesday night at the launch party for The Speak Easy, a coworking space/”clubhouse” for Indy startups, entrepreneurs and investors. by Tristan Schmid A few hundred people gathered Wednesday night at the launch party for The Speak Easy, a new coworking space/”clubhouse”/non-profit for Indy’s startups, entrepreneurs and investors. We mentioned The Speak Easy in “Anti-Timesucks growing in Indy”; check out photos of the launch:… [ Read more ]
- Senate attacks animal fighting
A bill that would boost penalties for attending an animal fight passed the Senate on Thursday, despite concern about increasing the number of felony crimes. by The Statehouse File Zach OsowskiThe Statehouse File Abill that would boost penalties for attending an animal fight passed the Senateon Thursday, despite concern about increasing the number of felonycrimes.… [ Read more ]
- New AAA App Makes Auto Buying Easy
Buying a new car is certainly stressful, but being armed with AAA’s new Auto Buying Tools app can make the process a lot easier. Available on the Apple iPhone, AAA’s new Auto Buying Tools app gives consumers the ability to modify car details in real-time and refresh pricing data on the show room floor. “This [...] - Primary care visits critical to health: Checkups can help keep doctor away
Submitted by Wishard Health Services “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” has long been a popular phrase to encourage healthy eating and living habits. Staying healthy is more complicated than this simple phrase and regular health checkups are vital for living a healthy and active life. A study conducted by the Centers for [...] - Beware of winter falls
Amid ever-changing Indiana weather, CICOA advises that winter typically brings an increased risk of falls. Hazards for seniors include icy steps, snow and other items like space heater cords. - CICOA aids in home rehab
Central Indiana Council on Aging (CICOA) Aging and In-Home Solutions is partnering with Rebuilding Together Indianapolis and the NFL on Feb. 3 to revitalize homes in the Super Bowl Legacy Neighborhood on the near east side. The “Kickoff to Rebuild” event mobilizes hundreds of volunteers, past and present NFL members and players, community leaders, well-known [...] - Cottages help keep dementia patients focused
Submitted by American Senior Communities Dementia is a term that describes a wide array of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills caused by damage to brain cells. In dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease, the lapses in memory are severe enough to affect a person’s ability to perform everyday activities. “Currently, [...]
- ‘Hilly Hundred’ riders fill up on fried chicken, cider
How much fried chicken does it take to feed 5,000 hungry cyclists? It may sound like a joke, but Greenwood resident Daina Chamness has to know the answer, right down to the last chicken leg. - Public safety director has become a lightning rod
Public Safety Director Frank Straub has four academic degrees on the wall of his second-floor office in the City-County Building, a picture of himself with former President Bill Clinton behind his desk and an Indianapolis Colts hat on a shelf. - 3 hurt when vehicle strikes Eastside house
Three people were injured early today after the vehicle in which they were traveling crashed into an Eastside house. - Kennedy outlines neighborhoods proposal
Democratic mayoral candidate Melina Kennedy on Sunday unveiled a neighborhood plan that she says would take the city back to grass-roots policies. - Divers search Georgia lake for Plainfield man in wheelchair
ACWORTH, Ga. — Authorities say divers planned to resume a search Monday for a 68-year-old man in a wheelchair who fell into a Georgia lake while getting off a large boat. - New app will help you find a place to park
Worried about finding a place to park Downtown? You guessed it: There’s an app for that. ParkIndy, the group that operates the city’s privatized parking meters, continues to tap into the growing market for smartphones. Officials today will announce plans for an app that maps available parking spaces Downtown.
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