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Today's Evansville Courier announced new and needed assistance for all middle school through high school students and their parents. The Southwest Indiana College Access Network (SICAN) has launched a wonderful website that has all kinds of useful information for college bound students. This website...
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Friday, October 31 was the last opportunity for early voting at the Vanderburgh County Libraries! However, early voting for all Vanderburgh County residents continues at the Election Office in Room 214 of the City County Building through Monday, November 3. Hours at the Election Office are these: Saturday...
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The people at the Browning Family Foundation, who brought you the Browning Genealogy Database (Evansville area newspaper obituaries) and contributed to the Local History Database , have constructed 3 more historical databases to help local history buffs! If you're looking for an early business and...
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In searching the web for parenting resources, I came across Evansville Moms . It’s a neat tool for moms in the Evansville area. On this site you can find message boards, a searchable list of local activities/programs for kids, and much more. Check it out !
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Thoughts on a storm... Wow! Sunday September 14, 2008 was a wild one. The remnants of Hurricane Ike blew through Evansville and the surrounding area like, well, the remnants of a hurricane. I heard the winds reached 60+ mph as they whipped trees around, tossed unsecured objects, and broke or uprooted...
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Many books, manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, and maps have and are being digitized to make them viewable online on the relatively new website, Indiana Memory, http://www.in.gov/memories . You can search by broad topic or by keyword. The Indiana State Library coordinates this project, but the items...
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The Evansville blog "It's Evansville" has announced the formation of an Evansville wiki . Their goal is to "build a smaller-scale Wikipedia that focuses on the Evansville area: history, local attractions, restaurants and more. Think of it as a mixture of a history book and a Frommer’s...
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I had an interesting question a few weeks ago, about the population of Howell. The question is not as simple as it seems. First, Howell isn't incorporated (which is determined by checking both the census and the US Board on Geographic Names Information System ). But not being an incorporated place...
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A recent number of days where Evansville issued Ozone Alerts have resulted in questions about just what that means, what health risks there are, and how a person should take care of themselves during an Ozone Alert. The city of Evansville has a page on its web site explaining what events will result...
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If you know of any Evansville blogs worth reading, I'd be interested in hearing about them. The only one I know of is It's Evansville , which is a pretty interesting mix of restaurant reviews, movie reviews, and general views on local issues. The authors and readers have get-togethers locally...