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…
Upping the price on lighting up for the benefit of all Hoosiers
It was one year ago this month that my mom – at the age of 68 – finally quit smoking after 54 years of lighting up, a habit she started…
Reader calls for tax increase to curb smoking
Dear Editor: Indiana is consistently ranked near the bottom of the 50 states for health, a statistic made worse because too many Hoosiers smoke. The Institute of Medicine says the…
Reader wants to #SaveTheNickelPlate
Dear Editor: The Indiana Transportation Museum is a nonprofit 501(c) 3 organization that I have volunteered with for almost a decade. The organization, founded in 1960, has safely transported more…
Dealing with the side effects of meds
When I left off last week, I talked about falling and breaking my arm in San Francisco. I broke my arm and then was very sick on the long plane…
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…
Another “Call To Action”
What do we know? Not much after the joint announcements by Noblesville and Fishers Mayor’s to convert the Nickel Plate rail line into trails between the two cities. The announcement…
Make a difference Right NOW
By CHRISTINA (CHRIS) MILLER Jackson Township Trustee “Hey, we’re out of toilet paper.” We have all said those words! Then we just go to the store to buy more. Right?…
What it means to be human
By WHITNEY WILSON Sheridan High School Student Over the course of history, a total of 108 billion humans have been placed on Earth, all for a reason. Out of 108…