South & Southwest Fort Wayne Indiana News
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OCEAN Northeast Indiana (NEI), a community initiative launched in Fort Wayne earlier this year to create a community for entrepreneurs through training and events, will host an event at 6 p.m. on Aug. 23 at Junk Ditch Brewing Company.
This particular OCEAN NEI event will feature live music from local
During the Waynedale Community Picnic, Waynedale Masonic Lodge Members, will be offering a free child identification kit, which aims to aid in the identification and recovery of missing children.
The CHIP programs allow parents the opportunity to create a kit of identifying materials for their child,
As a good old local boy, Mark Brough is happy to be back home in Fort Wayne, helping people with their new homes.
Toward that end, Brough, the Fort Wayne-raised real estate professional, has opened a new storefront at 3518 Broadway, right next to the newly revitalized 07 Pub, operating what he calls
It’s a big celebration and historic Nappanee continues its tradition of being one of Indiana’s top fall festivals when its annual Apple Festival opens September 13th -16th. Beginning in 1975 as a one-block festival, this community of 7000 offers up great Hoosier Hospitality as it welcomes over
The Fort Wayne Dance Collective (FWDC) is excited to announce the presentation of ART MOVES. This amazing evening of spectacular dance performances, which takes place on Thursday, September 6, serves as the group’s 6th Annual fundraiser.
The event helps FWDC, celebrating its 40th Anniversary season,
If you haven’t made plans yet to attend the TriState Bluegrass Festival over Labor Day weekend, there is still time. Surprise your family with a low-cost, family-friendly vacation. Campers and bluegrass music lovers from far and wide will be converging on the Noble County Fairgrounds in Kendallville
Saturday’s EMBARK event to celebrate the new Bluffton Road trails and sidewalks started off as what many people call “A bad hair day.” But the rain didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the vendors, volunteers and attendees. There were a few early brave souls who donned their ponchos and popped
Bishop Luers High School Principal Jim Huth has announced the appointment of Mr. Randal Hawkins as the assistant principal.
Mr. Huth said that many candidates were interviewed, and Huth and the selection committee chose Hawkins. “We want to welcome him to Bishop Luers,” Huth said. “He’s
Congratulations to Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School for receiving the RAMP Award in Los Angeles. The school is the only private or public school in Fort Wayne to be recognized for this award this year! The RAMP (Recognized ASCA Model Program) Award recognizes schools who have achieved certain
As a former writer, copy editor and teacher, Sophia Ulmer had no idea what her future had in store.
These days, however, the 30-year-old is spending her time teaching community members how to work with, prepare, and eat more healthy food.
“We need programs like this,” Ulmer said. “Food is everything
Volunteers at the Southwest Conservation Club on Bluffton Road are beginning to see the impacts of their efforts to revitalize one acre of land back to it’s native roots.
The prairie was originally planted in December of 2016 with the assistance of a $1,000 grant from the Indiana Native Plant and
Traveling over 2,800 miles from Mexican forests to Canada every year, monarch butterflies’ annual migration has been called one of the greatest natural phenomena in the insect world. This long-distance, multigeneration migration—and the part area gardens and preserves play in reducing the threats
You’d be hard pressed to attend a Waynedale event without seeing Megan Ryan and her winning smile. You might have spotted her slinging a paintbrush over rusty guardrails on Fairfield Road, waving in the Memorial Day parade or volunteering at the Taste of Waynedale as part of The Waynedale News Team.
August 31st thru September 3rd celebrates the 86th anniversary of the Ligonier Marshmallow Festival. Dating back to the days following World War I, Ligonier’s festivals and holidays were observed as a time for parades, fireworks, carnivals, hot-air balloons, family gathers and great celebration
Performing hits by artists ranging from Elvis, Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly to The Beatles, Chubby Checker and Willie Nelson, THE MOON CATS will bring the sounds of the 1950’s & 60’s to The Cottage Event Center Friday, August 24. The concert, which is the group’s first appearance at the Roanoke
The Waynedale Community Picnic invites all Waynedale residents to come for a day of fun sponsored by local businesses and organizations on August 25 from 10am to 3pm at the Waynedale Park. This year marks the 16th annual picnic. We would love for you to come help us celebrate this day of togetherness
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana (BBBSNEI) honored its many volunteers with a recognition dinner at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center on Thursday, July 12. Over 300 of the Agency’s “Bigs,” “Littles,” donors, board, and staff members attended the dinner to recognize the outstanding
The Maumee Valley Antique Steam & Gas Association 41st Anniversary Show will be held August 16-19, 2018 at Jefferson Township Park, east of New Haven, Indiana between U.S. 30 and U.S. 24 at 1720 Webster Road just north of Dawkins Road. It will be a lot of fun for the entire family. More information
Have you ever attended a large event in Waynedale? If you have, you may not have realized that you were a part of something special and unique not found anywhere else in Fort Wayne.
For as long as most people can remember, Waynedale has held a Memorial Day Parade, attracting over a thousand people
Grant Umber from Umber’s Do it Best Hardware in Fort Wayne is attending the Spring 2018 class of the North American Retail Hardware Association’s (NRHA) Retail Management Certification Program in Indianapolis.
The industry-focused retail management and leadership development program is a college-level
A leader in community improvement since its origination in 2015, The Waynedale Business Chamber (WBC) has recently elected Dave Umber of Umber’s Do It Best as their new President to lead the service organization into the future.
Over the past 3 years, Jordan Cornwell of The Waynedale News laid the
J. Allen Shaw, released his third children’s book on July 1st. “Life Stinks! So Why Can’t I?” Taking a break from his Brainstorm series, Shaw wanted to take children on a different type of journey. This humorous book takes the main character through a horrible day but is humbled when she realizes
Imagine being a child who’s just had a long day at school, and not much for dinner. You’re ready for a good night’s sleep, but your family’s too poor to even afford to get you a bed, pillows, sheets, or blankets of your own.
That’s the problem that one local teenager is hoping to remedy with
The Wayne Township Trustee Office celebrated our 2018 scholarship winners at the monthly board meeting on July 12th. Eleven students ranging from 5th to 11th graders received certificates and new internet-ready Amazon Fire 7 tablets, and four recent high school graduates going on to higher education
Betty Jane (Harris) Osborne widow of Harry Dale Osborne will celebrate her 100th birthday on July 11, 2018. Her 4 children, Jackie Groves, Judy Lehman-Wright, Timothy Osborne, & Thomas Osborne, 8 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren wish to let her know how much