Dear All, Today, June 14th, is Flag Day.  Many times it seems like a “forgotten” holiday, one we only see on a calendar or maybe stores having sales.  However, in our nation’s history the Flag has meant so much.  Frances Scott Key was inspired to write The Star Spangled Banner as he watched the 15 […]

Dear All, You may have heard this on the news already, but wanted to make sure that everyone is aware that starting Friday and through the end of July that I – 65 from where I -65 and I – 465 meet just north of 56th Street to I – 865 is going to be […]

COUNCIL STILL SEEKING RESIDENT FEEDBACK Indianapolis – Indianapolis residents who’d like to share their perspectives about the Indianapolis Marion County City-County Council can do so through the end of the week via an online survey. The Council, in partnership with the Public Policy Institute at Indiana University, launched an online survey earlier this month to collect data on Marion County […]

Dear All, Are you aware that Pike Township Fire Department is planning on ending its Dive Team?  This was announced in April and was on Channel 6 and Channel 13 News at that time.  Pike Township has the largest body of water entirely in Marion County here at Eagle Creek.  How many neighborhoods, apartment complexes, […]

Dear All, There are four events coming up over the next few weeks with our Northwest District IMPD.  Two of them are for children and their families, the other two are the monthly “Coffee With a Cop” and Task Force Meeting. The first is “IMPD Youth Bike Safety Rally” this coming Wednesday, June 12th, from […]

Dear All, The plans are to start working on resurfacing Crawfordsville Road from Cunningham Road (stop light at the Speedway Shopping Center by Arby’s) to Auburn Street (last stoplight heading east before the round-about) and 16th Street from Poco Street (by the track) to Lafayette Road on Monday.  The Monday start date does depend on […]

Dear All, Hopefully some of you were able to go out to the park this past weekend and watch part of the NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships.  They were really quite exciting to watch, especially as many times positions changed the closer they came to the finish line.  The colleges that these young ladies represented came […]

Dear All, The calendars are attached for the many special activities that are going on during June at the three Indianapolis Public Libraries that are closest to our district – Eagle, Pike, and Wayne.  Check out the dates and times for what is going on.  Each library has their own events, times and days offered, […]

Weekend plan: Construction around Marion County May 31 – June 3 INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Transportation will continue work in Marion County this weekend. Five projects will be working simultaneously in Marion County throughout the weekend. INDOT would like to remind people to plan extra time this weekend to drive to their destination and […]

What was it like at the Indianapolis 500 in 1948? Pagoda in 1948 –  The Pagoda looked a lot different in 1948 than it looks today, as did a lot of other things at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  This is a picture taken on Race Day 71 years ago.  Did you recognize it as being […]