MILFORD — The impending sale of Lakeland Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Milford by parent company Trilogy Health Services has inspired Harvest with a Heart, a Milford-based non-profit, to examine ways it may be able to utilize the building, expected to be vacant by 2019. Karena Wilkinson, manager of … Read More
MILFORD — At the Sept. 10 meeting of the Milford Town Council, Ryan Brauen of Wessler Engineering informed the council renovations to the town’s wastewater plant are roughly two-thirds complete. He cited two items impeding progress: The new return activated sludge pumps are clogging frequently; however, Brauen said a … Read More
MILFORD — Unlike recent years, the hearing of Milford’s 2019 budget, held before the monthly public meeting of the town council Monday, Sept. 10, was a well-attended affair in which Town Clerk/Treasurer Joellen Free fielded a number of questions from residents about how their tax dollars are allocated. The … Read More
SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Kids Olympics at the Harold Schrock Athletic Complex was cancelled Saturday, Aug. 25, due to inclement weather. Organizers with the Lakeland Youth Center and Syracuse Parks and Recreation have not yet determined if the event will be rescheduled. An announcement will be made early … Read More
MILFORD — Those attending the monthly public meeting of the Milford Town Council Monday, Aug. 13, were greeted at the door of the meeting room with a handout from the council containing an excerpt from the Handbook on Indiana’s Public Access Laws preceded by a request not to “assert … Read More
MILFORD — In spite of two wastewater rate hikes in the last six years, Milford’s utility remains in the red, a fact which prompted its town council to pass a motion commissioning a rate study by Umbaugh and Associates at a cost of $6,500. The vote was 2 to … Read More
MILFORD — Milford Redevelopment Commission held a brief discussion at its Monday, Aug. 13, meeting with Peter Massey of Trilogy Health Services about the company’s plans to vacate the Lakeland Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Milford by the end of 2018. According to Massey, via speakerphone, the company’s … Read More
PIERCETON — If the rest of the 2018 Pierceton Days Festival goes as well as the parade, Pierceton is the place to be this weekend. The parade, with its “Welcome to the Jungle” theme, started at 7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 3, and lasted roughly 45 minutes. … Read More
NORTH WEBSTER — Dixie Day is very much a celebration of the past — antiques malls, vintage snowmobiles, vintage tractors and The Dixie itself, an excursion boat built in 1929 — and the car show was no exception; nevertheless, modern versions of corvettes, camaros, mustangs and more were … Read More
NORTH WEBSTER — Organizers of the 10th annual Dixie Day Festival in North Webster were thrilled to see a large turnout Saturday, July 28, as visitors enjoyed ideal weather conditions in which to peruse the wares of food vendors, arts and crafts tents, antique dealers, car and boat … Read More
WINONA LAKE — In the early 1900s, long before the invention of such musical categories as “Christian rock” or “contemporary Christian,” Homer Rodeheaver, a charismatic trombone player and musical director for Billy Sunday, combined religious zeal with business acumen to make Winona Lake the Tin Pan Alley of gospel … Read More
MILFORD — Milford Town Clerk Joellen Free gave the first reading of the 2019 budget at the July 9 meeting of the Milford Town Council. The budget of $1,854,188 is an 8 percent increase over 2018, after holding steady for three years. A second reading of the budget will … Read More
MILFORD — The monthly meeting of the Milford Town Council, held Monday, July 9 was nearly three hours long, due in part to the last-minute cancellation of the June meeting caused by the absence of members Dan Cochran and Bob Cockburn. Among many developments was Derek Kreider being named … Read More
MILFORD — Milford Town Council again faced an onslaught of pointed questions from residents at its monthly meeting Monday evening, July 9. Many in the packed meeting room had come to voice concerns about the proposed extension of wastewater service to Camp Alexander Mack; however, citizens’ ire was further … Read More
MILFORD — On Monday, July 16, Milford’s Harvest with a Heart produce market will open for its 10th season. To commemorate the anniversary, a celebration is in the works to take place at the southwest corner of SR 15 and Emeline Street in Milford. Harvest with a Heart’s beginnings … Read More
MILFORD — The town of Milford turned out in large numbers despite the 90 degree heat for the 150th anniversary of the first Memorial Day. Those who died while serving in the armed forces were honored first with a parade and then a ceremony at Milford Cemetery. The … Read More
