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Greenwood mobile home park sold to Illinois firm
Indy Mobile purchases 527-lot Friendly Village through a court-appointed receiver.
Graphics firm adds workers to fulfill TruGreen deal
TKO Graphix in Plainfield calls back 15 workers and adds another 15 to help install graphics on 6,000 vehicles operated by
the national lawn care company.
Indianapolis International lands direct service to Branson
Houston-based ExpressJet on Sept. 10 will begin four weekly flights to Branson on behalf of Branson AirExpress, the Indianapolis Airport Authority announced Wednesday morning.
Sale of local funeral home, cemetery business finalized
Pennsylvania-based StoneMor Partners could pay up to $32 million for Memory Gardens Management Co. after trust-fund and debt
obligations are made.
Plan to run fiber optic lines along greenways has legal hurdles
The city of Indianapolis wants to generate revenue by using greenways as fiber optic corridors. But previous legal battles
over leasing rights-of-way to utilities could hang up the plan.
Proposal to put fiber optic lines through greenways could pose legal problems
City plans to wring green from greenways as fiber optic corridors. But previous legal battles over leasing right-of-ways to utilities could hang up city proposal
Brother of late CEO takes helm at Holiday World
Dan Koch has been named president and CEO of Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari amusement park in southern Indiana, taking over
after the unexpected death of his brother Will earlier this month.
Walton charity pledges $1.2M for Indy charters
An Arkansas-based charity, formed by Wal-Mart Stores founder Sam Walton, will run a competition to award grants to five community
organizations that want to start charter schools.
Durham’s Geist mansion listed for $5.5 million
Beleaguered local businessman Tim Durham’s Geist home is listed for sale with a $5.5 million asking price.
Process begins to change name of Mount Comfort Airport
Suggested moniker of Indianapolis Regional Airport needs approval from the Federal Aviation Administration.
NFP of NOTE: Fair Haven Foundation Inc.
Fair Haven Foundation brings our community together to serve seriously ill patients visiting our city for treatment in downtown
Indianapolis.
Lemonade Day generates almost $812,000 in sales
The results of Scott Jones’ experiment in junior entrepreneurship are in. The “Lemonade Day” event he helped
bring to central Indiana May 2 raised $811,672 here via the sale of 545,207 glasses of lemonade.
New restaurant will front Fashion Mall at Keystone
A new fresh grill and wine bar called Seasons 52 is planning a 9,000-square-foot restaurant to replace El Torito Mexican
Grill in front of The Fashion Mall at Keystone, IBJ.com reported June 14.
Jazz festival will move to OptiPark in Broad Ripple
The ever-evolving Indy Jazz Fest will return this year, Sept. 18, but at the Opti-Park in Broad Ripple.
EDITORIAL: Improvement needed, but value of statistics in education limited
Few Hoosiers have any concept of the scope of the information tsunami washing over state education policy, but they’re
beginning to find out.
Union accuses Marsh of unfair labor practices
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 700 says the grocery chain used illegal interrogation practices and fired a worker
for exercising his right to organize a union.
Shelbyville man sentenced for ripping off employer
John K. Branam was sentenced to 57 months in prison after pleading guilty to embezzling $1.6 million over four years from
King’s Title & Abstract Co.in Shelbyville.