By Paula Weinman | Contributor Each year, Duke University assigns voluntary summer reading to its incoming freshman class. This year, Duke freshman Brian Grasso told* his class, via Facebook, that he wouldn't be reading this year's book-Alison Bechdel's illustrated memoir Fun Home-for moral reasons. ...
By Paula Weinman | Echo This month, Marion's annual Walkway of Lights reopened in Matter Park, celebrating the season with a brilliant display of community Christmas cheer. Featuring impressive displays of Christmas lights and decorations, the Walkway of Lights spans nearly four miles along Marion's ...
By Paula Weinman | Echo Named after a local poet, the Barton Rees Pogue Memorial Library is an unassuming gray building tucked behind the Upland Town Hall. From the outside, it looks quite still. But on the inside, the library hums with quiet activity. Pages turn, computer mice click, and entire worlds ...
By Paula Weinman | Echo Hartford City will be hosting its annual Civil War Days event this weekend, a commemoration of the Battle of Gettysburg. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the historic battle, which was one of the deadliest battles of the Civil War. Hartford City's reenactment is one of ...
Paula Weinman | Echo Taylor University began to develop a campus garden last year right outside the Randall Science Center. The garden continued to take shape over the summer. Under the care of graduate student Armila Francis and garden interns Libby Johnson and Brian Donovan, the four plots of the ...
Paula Weinman | Echo Josh Kiers is no stranger to unexpected opportunities. Seven years ago, at age 14, the junior received a rather unconventional invitation: the chance to take free organ lessons from his church organist. Josh started organ lessons with a good will and readiness to learn, although ...
Paula Weinman | Echo After firefighter Scott Davis died in June 2011 while fighting a fire at local outreach founder Ken Fuller's home church, Fuller immediately began looking for ways his organization could serve the Muncie Fire Department. "I went and asked if anyone ever came and dropped by (the ...
By Paula Weinman | Echo Former Marion fire chief Stephen Gorrell was charged with 14 felonies, including charges of theft, forgery, and official misconduct on May 3. Grant County prosecutors have accused him of taking or misusing thousands of dollars from the public during his time as chief of the Marion ...
Paula Weinman | Echo Tomorrow, the Unity of Fairmount Extension Homemaker's Club will be hosting the city's seventh annual rummage sale. Vendors will be selling everything from exercise equipment to maternity clothing. They will be set up at homes, garages and even the Wesleyan campground. The Fairmount ...
By Paula Weinman This weekend, the Allen County Shelter for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) will welcome thousands of people-along with dozens of cats and dogs-to the third annual Northern Indiana Pet Expo. The Expo will take place at the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne. Attendees will have ...
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