Stories from Friday, November 9, 2018

Like last year, the Bloomfield Apple Festival and several other nonprofit organizations are banding together to light up the park Nov 25 until after the New Year. “We did this project last year and we had 26 Christmas trees lining the sidewalk in the park,” said organizer Judy Branstetter. “We picked the project to make our town a little more festive.”...

Our Pet(s) of the Week this week are Thing One and Thing Two. The Thing sisters are six-to-seven-months-old and are an oh-so-sassy pair of dressed up domestic shorthair kitties who have only known the confines of a cage, as they were brought to the Humane Society at a very young age. ...

JASONVILLE – The Metropolitan School District of Shakamak presented its 31st Annual Salute Salute to Veterans Friday morning in the Shakamak High School gymnasium. Veterans Day this year coincides with the 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day (November 11, 1918) which marked the official end to World War I...

On Saturday, Nov. 10, the ladies of Linton American Legion Auxiliary Post 22 invite all area veterans to come enjoy a hearty breakfast free of charge. The breakfast will take place at the Post Home, located at 139 South Main Street in Linton. The event will run from 7:30- 9:30 a.m...

More than 57 percent of Greene County voters exercised their right to vote this general election, an increase from the last midterm election totaling 46 percent in 2014. Teressa Smith and Steve Magner, with the Greene County Voter Registration Office, provided detailed information about the numbers at each of the 10 voting centers as well as the number of votes cast before Election Day...

The City of Linton wishes to advise residents there will be no change in the trash pick-up schedule for the Veterans Day holiday on Monday, Nov. 12

Community Notes Saturday, Nov. 10 The ladies of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 22 of Linton wish to show their appreciation to all of the veterans in our area by hosting a free breakfast of sausage gravy, biscuits, scrambled eggs and sausage links from 7:30-9:30 a.m. All area veterans are welcome, located at the Frank Courtney Linton American Legion upstairs...