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Winter market set for Saturday in Greenfield
GREENFIELD — The Hancock Harvest Council on Saturday is hosting a winter market, an event it hopes to hold each first and third Saturday of each month through April. “The winter market has been very popular,” said Shelley Vail,...
Greenfield VFW post will host community breakfast Saturday
Members of Greenfield’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Lodge 2693 are hosting a community breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday. The purpose of the breakfast is to raise money for Hancock County’s Clothe-A-Child program. For $5, anyone who comes...
Teacher-training ideas not shared by 3 Hancock County principals
If the views of three Hancock County principals are any indication, Indiana’s superintendent of public instruction faces skepticism regarding certain proposals to change teacher-training standards. Tony Bennett wants to reduce the amount of...
Hancock County prosecutor's post stirs GOP fuss
County chairman’s decision to enter the primary race, irks incumbent, other entrant The Republican primary still is six months out, but the race among GOP hopefuls for the Hancock County prosecutor’s seat is heating up. Michael Griffin,...
Greenfield arts center lands Hoosier Salon traveling show
The Hoosier Salon has featured many notable artists, including T.C. Steele, William Forsyth and Eugene Savage, so when Greenfield was selected to host one of the Hoosier Salon’s traveling exhibits, the Hancock County Arts and Cultural Council...
Greenfield-Central cast gets a case of stage flight
Actors will soar in Greenfield-Central’s production of ‘Peter Pan’ Jordan Best spent a lot of his time lately helping another person learn to fly. Best, 16, a junior at Greenfield-Central High School, is a stagehand and operates...
Trucker shocked after load hits power line
Greenfield — A trucker was shocked and critically injured Monday when a grain silo he was carting on a flatbed truck hit overhead power lines in Hancock County. Donald Beck, 39, Shelbyville, was in critical condition at Wishard Memorial...
East suburban-area schools plan to offer H1N1 vaccinations
Districts prepare to conduct clinics as soon as they receive mist, shots Area schools have begun planning their own vaccination clinics for the H1N1 virus, but shortages of vaccine complicated their selection of dates for the sessions....
East suburban-area schools await H1N1 vaccine
Districts prepare to conduct clinics as soon as they receive mist, shots Area schools are planning their own vaccination clinics for the H1N1 virus, but they cannot yet select dates for the clinics because of shortages of vaccine. Greenfield-Central,...
Century-old lumber company closes its 2 locations
A century-old Central Indiana lumber company has gone out of business. Newcomer Building Supplies, founded in 1904, most recently operated stores in Greenfield and Mooresville. Both stores closed this week. “It’s a bad economy,”...
Greenfield moves ahead with 2nd roundabout
Greenfield city officials are proceeding with plans for a roundabout at the intersection of McKenzie Road and Franklin Street despite objections from Hancock County Public Library officials, who have cited safety concerns. “I appreciate the concern,...
Hancock Co. officials plan seasonal-flu shot clinic
GREENFIELD — Hancock County residents 18 and older can obtain seasonal-flu vaccinations Friday at a County Health Department clinic. The free clinic will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Greenfield Banking Co. branch at the intersection of...
It's Riley time
Thousands descended on Greenfield for the 40th annual Riley Festival. Despite forecasts of rain, Mother Nature favored the festival-goers by mostly confining the showers to the overnight hours. Most days of the Oct. 1-4 event featured a crisp autumn...
Pet vaccine clinic on Saturday
GREENFIELD — Pet owners may bring animals to a low-cost vaccination clinic Saturday. Organizers are restricting vaccinations to dogs and cats at the event from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hancock County 4-H Fairgrounds., 620 N. Apple St. Cost is...
Research puts new queen in the know
Until a few years ago, this year’s Riley Festival queen could not have told you the name of Greenfield’s most-famous son. Kyla Brummett, 16, a junior at Greenfield-Central High School, moved to the area from the Southern Indiana town of...
4 days of Riley Festival fun
Here is the schedule of events for this year’s Riley Festival: Today Fine arts and photography shows — Shelter house at Riley Park, 210 N. Apple St. Home arts show and quilt show — Memorial Building. Riley Home Open — 10 a.m...
Riley Festival brings economic boost
Besides providing a quaint celebration of Greenfield’s famous Hoosier poet, the fall Riley Festival also is the city’s biggest annual attraction and economic generator — enticing people from outside the area to come to town and...
Last of 2 H1N1 meetings tonight in Greenfield
GREENFIELD — Hancock Regional Hospital tonight will host the last of two public meetings on the flu caused by the H1N1 virus. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. at the Hancock Wellness Center, 888 W. New Road, according to a news release from Robin...
Cougars' stingy defense is a team effort
The Greenfield-Central High School girls soccer team has found the perfect formula to remain undefeated: Don’t let the opposing team score. The Cougars (11-0-1) have allowed just three goals through Monday’s victory over Pendleton Heights...
Hospital to conduct 2 meetings on H1N1
Greenfield — Hancock Regional Hospital will host two public meetings about the flu caused by the H1N1 virus. The meetings will be at 7 p.m. today and 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Hancock Wellness Center, 888 W. New Road, said a news release from Robin...
Hancock hospital plans H1N1 meetings in Greenfield
GREENFIELD — Hancock Regional Hospital will host two public meetings on the flu caused by the H1N1 virus. The meetings will be 7 p.m. Wednesday and 7 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Hancock Wellness Center, 888 W. New Road, according to a news release...
Apple festival kicks off fall fun at Tuttle Orchards
The apple picking and apple eating season began in earnest Saturday at Tuttle Orchards in Greenfield with the annual Caramel Apple Festival. About 3,000 people attended. There were plenty of activities for the kids, including a caramel apple hunt, a...
Retired pastor is as busy as ever
Bob Miller, 74, runs church program for young families A quiet, uneventful retirement hasn’t quite materialized for 74-year-old Bob Miller, despite planning ahead for his golden years. “I saw myself somewhere sipping ice tea,” the...
Housing plan raises concern
Greenfield man asks if time is right to add 100 low-income apartments Greenfield residents and officials are giving mixed reviews to a plan to use federal stimulus aid to build low-income housing on the city’s west side. The 100-unit apartment...
Volunteers are key to Humane Society
Growing up on a dairy farm in Spiceland, Melinda Wright developed a love for animals at an early age. She continues to help other family members show dairy cattle at the Indiana State Fair each year. Her love for animals also has led her to become an...
Greenfield police take a bike out of crime
This is the 3rd time for Greenfield department to use occasional patrols The Greenfield Police Department’s recently revived bicycle patrol lets officers have more interaction with residents. It also gives them a “leg up” on...
Gas leak evacuates part of Greenfield
GREENFIELD — A gas leak downtown prompted evacuations this morning of several homes and businesses, a police dispatcher said today. Police and fire officials evacuated buildings within a 2- to 3-block area from the intersection of Broadway and...
Greenfield low-income housing project gains $3.7M
GREENFIELD — A residential project will receive $3.7 million from the federal government as part of $164 million of stimulus funding the Obama administration is designating for affordable housing. The apartment project, Prairie Meadows, is part...
Greenfield police take a bike out to crime
GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Police Department’s recently revived bicycle patrol lets officers have more interaction with residents. It also gives them a “leg up” on combating certain types of criminal activity by allowing for...
County councilman eyes run for mayor
Greenfield — Richard Pasco, a Hancock County Council member, has filed paperwork to form a mayoral campaign committee. Pasco lost to eventual Mayor Brad DeReamer by seven votes in the 2007 Republican primary. He said Tuesday that state Sen....
