Spotlight

After shifting its annual Choralfest to a virtual event last year due to COVID-19, the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir (FWCC) is thrilled to host Choralfest 2021 in person, July 26-30. This year’s theme is Passport: A World of Music. The week-long ... Read more

Pounding through nearly five miles of bedrock over three years, MamaJo, the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) called it a day, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Mayor Tom Henry joined dozens of neighborhood leaders, tunnel and utility workers, and City ... Read more

A Fort Wayne native is doing his best to promote and publicize one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods. ... Read more

Around the time that businesses were closing because of the pandemic, so too did many organizations that are dependent upon in-person meetings. The Waynedale Business Chamber held its first meeting on June 10 after more than a year. Inconveniently, ... Read more

June 21-27 was a week of fun for Waynedale residents and the greater Fort Wayne community as they visited local businesses and participated in SHOP Waynedale games. ... Read more

Nika Arnold, 18, a three-time women’s Indiana state chess champion, faces off against 12 opponents simultaneously at the first annual Chess Event held at Promenade Park. ... Read more

Fort Wayne SOUP hosted a virtual event on Thursday, June 24. This was the organization’s second event of 2021. SOUP has held 18 events since its inception in 2017. To date, Fort Wayne SOUP has awarded over $25,000 to a variety of projects that ... Read more

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana (BBBSNEI) hosted its 48th Annual Gourmet Dinner on Tuesday, June 22 at the Grand Wayne Convention Center to benefit the agency and its mission to help local children reach their potential through ... Read more

Any time a company reaches its 40th year in business, a milestone celebration is appropriate. ... Read more

They’re back by popular demand! The games that thousands played last year are set to offer some great local prizes for winners again next week. Volunteer organizers of the community event say that if you’re up for a good challenge, you will love ... Read more

The City of Fort Wayne’s Public Arts Commission will unveil a series of murals featuring Hometown heroes called Faces of the Fort. The project focuses on celebrating the culture of Fort Wayne’s diverse population by preserving the history ... Read more

As our Waynedale community businesses continue to pick up the pieces after being negatively impacted by the pandemic for the last year and a half, a group of volunteers proudly announce another round of the “SHOP Waynedale” games set to be played ... Read more

ARCH Inc., the Fort Wayne area’s historic preservation organization, will offer a variety of walking tours every Thursday evening June through October, with bonus tours on the second and fourth Saturday afternoons of each month. Four bicycle ... Read more

Although technically April was National Volunteer Month, I’d like to take this belated opportunity to highlight someone who exemplifies what the term Volunteering is all about. ... Read more

A line of cars, people and marching bands is set to parade through Waynedale to commemorate the upcoming Memorial Day holiday. ... Read more

Nearly 100 people gathered at the Waynedale Masonic Temple, 7039 Elzey Street, on Saturday, May 8, 2021, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Waynedale Chapter #600, Order of the Eastern Star. ... Read more

Nikki Fultz, fourth-grade teacher at Waynedale Elementary School, and Tia McFarthing, seventh-grade language arts teacher at Towles New Tech Middle School, have been named the 2021 Fort Wayne Community Schools Teachers of the Year. ... Read more

This is a follow-up to an article focused on the inspiring success story of Aiden and his family that printed in our January 15, 2021 issue. You can read it online at waynedalenews.com ... Read more