Not all of Hurricane Sandy's damage is in New Jersey.
Hurricane Sandy took a lot with her when she left: a rollercoaster, lots of sand, hundreds of homes. But not all the devastation was in New Jersey. When she blew out of here, Hurricane Sandy took 117 pine trees from the corner forest at Kalmbach Memorial Park. "This is a very sad loss...a part of history, a piece of legacy and a cherished landmark destroyed... it came at a tremendous cost, in every sense to the word," says Laura McCready, who with her husband, Michael, are administrators of the park. With the help of Crow Haven Excavating of Zionsville, the McCreadys began working this week to clean up Sandy's devastation. Each of the hundreds of trees in the forest at the corner of Cotton and S. Church streets was planted by hand by …
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It's Santa!!!
1. Weather: Nice but colder. The National Weather Service forecast for our area says it will be sunny today, but the high temp will only be near 40. 2. In Case You Missed It: Kalmbach Park offers some very classy craft-making events. 3. Something To Do: Decorate a cookie with Santa at noon today at the Emmaus Bakery. And don't forget the bear claws... ;-) 4. Coming Up: Don't miss Cheap Trips this week for some Christmas-y places to visit not very far away. 5. Today in History: On this day in 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft. Orville piloted the gasoline-powered, propeller-driven biplane, which stayed aloft for 12 …
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Decorate a cookie with Santa at the Emmaus Bakery
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