Looking back at the history of public transportation
Public transportation, sometimes called mass transit, has become an issue of interest for Hamilton County. Advocates of the service are gearing up for the start of new bus routes in…
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Riding Dave’s history Heighway
The County Line For folks interested in local history there is a great source of interesting stories of people, places and events written by Hamilton County Historian David Heighway, staff…
Petitioning to save the Nickel Plate
The Indiana Transportation Museum, longtime operator of the excursion trains on the Nickel Plate Railroad, has a petition drive in progress designed to encourage local officials to keep the railroad…
Spring and the great outdoors, what a pair!
As spring approaches, there are folks, including myself, who want to soon start getting outdoors more to enjoy warmer weather. Of course, there are the normal things we want or…
Agencies, government should pool their development ideas
A plan to sell Seminary Park for homesites was dropped by city officials almost as soon as it was proposed earlier this week. Feedback from city councilors, park board members…
A look back down Nickel Plate Rail
The County Line Some of our local leaders have decided a trail would offer more than a railroad. So, as the Nickel Plate Railroad appears to be nearing the end…
Both party chairs are official
Hamilton County Democrats have a new party chairman, and Republicans re-elected their chairwoman during political reorganization meetings Saturday. Joe Weingarten took over from retiring Keith Clock as Democratic chairman in…
Nickel Plate discussion continues
A proposed high-level gathering of local officials involved in the ownership, the use and the future of the Nickel Plate Railroad was something of a bust Wednesday night. City officials…
Nickel Plate “powwow” set for March 1
Is consensus and a plan forward for the Nickel Plate Railroad possible in the near future? It seems possible, but by no means certain. The Hamilton County Council now has…
The County Line: Who is the leader in the Nickel Plate Railroad story?
We’ve all heard the old saying about ‘too many chiefs and not enough Indians.’ But, in the case of the troubled Nickel Plate Railroad it looks like too many Indians…