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Meet the Teacher: Debbie Froman
Grade/school: First grade, Eastern Hancock Elementary. Number of years teaching: 23 1/2. Work e-mail: dfroman@eastern hancock.org Background/schooling: Bachelor’s of science degree in elementary education, Olivet Nazarene University, 1984;...
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...
McCordsville plans for boom
Several new projects help position town for growth Despite the recent economic slowdown, McCordsville officials still see growth on the horizon. They point to an expanded wastewater treatment plant and ongoing construction of a new medical facility...
Mount Vernon High School to present 'Seussical'
FORTVILLE — This weekend, Mount Vernon High School students are presenting “Seussical the Musical.” The show will be performed at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the school, 8112 N. Hancock County Road 200 West. Tickets to...
McCordsville completes $1.5M wastewater plant
MCCORDSVILLE — Town crews have completed a $1.5 million wastewater treatment plant expansion. In addition, town officials are preparing to wrap up a $700,000 sewer project. Increasing the size of the treatment plant has more than doubled the...
Bus, van collide in Fortville, 2 hurt
A collision in Fortville between a Mt. Vernon Community Schools bus with no students aboard and a van sent the two drivers to hospitals this morning. The accident happened at the intersection of Meridian Road and east 900 North at 9:15 a.m., said...
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...
Hancock County prosecutor's post stirs fuss among GOP hopefuls
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, who serves as chairman of the Hancock County Republican Party, became the first to announce...
3 Hancock County principals defend training in how to teach
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...
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...
Trucker hits power lines, shocked near Greenfield
GREENFIELD, Ind. — A trucker was shocked and critically injured today when a grain silo he was carting on a flatbed truck hit an overhead power line in Hancock County. Donald Beck, 39, Shelbyville, was in critical condition at Wishard Memorial...
Home is where program's heart is
New Palestine family benefits from roofing company’s volunteers who repair homes Who says you can’t go home again? That’s a question being answered by about 35 hard-working volunteers from Bone Dry Roofing, a company on...
Greenfield to open time capsule from 1956
Later this month, Greenfield residents will learn the answer to a long-hidden mystery. What items were stuffed inside a time capsule placed in the former city hall when it was built in 1956? “The suspense is building,” said Larry McGuire,...
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,...
Hancock Co. out of all flu vaccines
GREENFIELD — The flu vaccine clinics of Hancock County Health Department remain “in a holding pattern” as it awaits shipments of both H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccines, said Jerry Kieffer, a nurse with the agency. The county is out of...
Lumber business closes up shop
GREENFIELD 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...
Semistate experience gives an edge to New Palestine's Courtney Edon
New Palestine junior Courtney Edon has been in this situation before: preparing for a cross-country semistate in Carmel. But she’s never gone into the meet with this much confidence. Edon won the New Palestine Sectional last week and followed...
Missed opportunities in soccer regional don't spoil New Palestine's win
When a soccer team scores five goals and the coach’s biggest complaint is it missed out on a couple of more scoring chances, it likely was a very good night. Such was the case for the New Palestine boys as they rolled to a 5-1 victory Saturday...
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,...
Girl Scouts' 'Haunted Trail' offers twist to holiday theme
You never though of Girl Scouts as scary? Stroll down Girl Scout Troop 594’s “Haunted Trail” in Hancock County and you might change your mind. The half-mile-long trail twists and turns through pastures and woodlands near the Mohawk...
Hancock County distributes 700 doses of H1N1 vaccine
The Hancock County Health Department has received 700 doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine, which it has distributed to three health-care providers in the county. Hancock County’s H1N1 vaccine is in the form of a nasal mist. County health officials...
Schools complain about water company
Southern Hancock Schools officials have filed a complaint with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission against Indianapolis Water for what it says are attempts to get the school district to pay an excessive cost for a water main extension. The...
Southern Hancock school officials file complaint against water utility
Southern Hancock school officials have filed a regulatory complaint against Indianapolis Water for what it says are the utility’s attempt to get the school district to pay an excessive cost for a water main extension. The dispute stems from the water...
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...
