Indianapolis Public Libraries

Jingle Books had their kick-off at the Eagle Branch Library.  Mayor Ballard, along with Jackie Nytes, Director of Indianapolis Public Libraries, are pictured here.  They, along with Indy Read Books, are promoting this program where people could donate books or parents could come in to select a book for their child.  The idea is that…

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trash removal

Dear All, Below is information about the slide trash removal for the next two weeks due to Christmas and New Years.  Also, information about how to dispose of your live Christmas trees during the entire month of January and how to properly dispose of electronics.  Remember, they cannot go out in the trash.  On another…

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“Jingle Books”

Dear All, Earlier today I went to the kick-off of the “Jingle Books” program.  The purpose of the program at all of our Indianapolis Public Libraries is to help every child in Indianapolis receive a gift book during the holiday season.  Sponsors are Indy Reads Books, Mayor Greg Ballard, and The Indianapolis Public Libraries, but…

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mailboxes

Dear All, Today in several of our neighborhoods in District 6 we had a lot of theft from mailboxes.  The thieves were going around to what seems to be mailboxes that  had their flags up and had mail to be picked up.  They were either opening the mail, going through it, and then throwing it…

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Deer Management Program

Dear All,I thought many of you would like to see the information that was provided to the press from the Parks Department about the Deer Management Program.  Besides the information below, there is also an article in today’s Indianapolis Star on starting on page A3 about the deer hunt and the future of the program. …

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Eagle Creek Parkway

CONFIRMED : Eagle Creek Trail : Phase 1 : Open House Dear All, Next Tuesday, December 9th, is going to be an informative meeting about the Greenway (that is going from 46th Street south on Eagle Creek Parkway across 38th Street to Dandy Trail and Eagle Creek) at the Earth Discovery Center in Eagle Creek…

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Crime Data

CCC-CrimeInformationAccessDear All, Many of you have asked how you can access Crime Data for an area outside of District 6, or wanted data before I get our monthly report.  Also, for those of you who will be in the new District 6 starting in 2016, you may not be in the current District 6, so…

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Trash Pick-up

Dear All,Here is the information about adjusted Trash Pick-up for next week.  Note, there will be no pick-up on Thanksgiving Day.  Thursday will run on Friday and Friday’s pick-up will be on Saturday.  Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are on normal schedule.  This includes extra leaf pick-up as well.  There are only two more weeks left…

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