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• Ice Cream Social at the Bona Sunday, August 2

  23-07-2026 07:11 via weeklyview.net
  IRVINGTON — The Irvington Historical Society has held an annual Ice Cream Social on the first Sunday in August every year since its founding in 1964. This year’s event is Sunday, Aug. 2, from 1-4 p.m. at the Bona Thompson Memorial Center, 5350 E. University Ave. (corner of University and Downey Avenues). Since moving to the Bona Thompson Memorial Center over 20 years ago, the society has expanded the Ice Cream Social to include live music, with this year’s featured band Audio D
  
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• God’s Embrace Coffee Shop Open for Business

  23-07-2026 07:10 via weeklyview.net
  INDIANAPOLIS — God’s Embrace Coffee Shop; is a not for profit (leashed pet friendly!) café on the east side of Indianapolis that also provides job training and employment opportunities for adults with disabilities. The coffee shop is located in the Fatima Event Center at 1040 N Post Rd, just inside the Event Center entrance directly facing Post Road. Regular hours are Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. They offer coffee, pastries, scones, breakfast sandwiches and lunch i
  
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• DC Blox Data Center Gets MDC Approval

  23-07-2026 07:10 via weeklyview.net
  INDIANAPOLIS — The Metropolitan Development Commission  voted 6-1 at its meeting on July 15 to give DC Blox final approval on a data center to be built on the east side. Residents have 30 days to challenge the decision in court.Atlanta-based developer DC Blox proposed the $2 billion campus near South Kitley Avenue and the Pennsy Trail earlier this year. The project would be constructed on contaminated land located on the Thunderbird Commerce Center property, an industrial park that wa
  
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• Annual Back to School Bash at Westminster Neighborhood Services

  23-07-2026 07:10 via weeklyview.net
  INDIANAPOLIS — As Indianapolis students get ready to head back to school, Westminster Neighborhood Services is ensuring they have the resources they need.On July 25, Westminster will open its doors at 2325 E. New York St. for the annual Back to School Bash — a free community celebration that provides hundreds of Near Eastside families with school supplies, backpacks, and a warm send-off into the new school year. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and requires no registration, no I
  
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• Vehicle Tax Increase Vetoed

  23-07-2026 07:09 via weeklyview.net
  INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett recently vetoed a proposal to increase vehicle and wheel taxes to help pay for road improvements in Marion County.Proposal 192 was approved by the Indianapolis City-County Council on July 6. The proposal says that Marion County residents with passenger vehicles pay a flat $100 annual fee at registration, rather than the average fee of $20 that is currently in place.Under the proposal, vehicles subjected to county wheel taxes would pay a flat fe
  
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• State Will Not Participate in SUN Bucks Program Next Year

  23-07-2026 07:09 via weeklyview.net
  INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana will not participate in the federal SUN Bucks Program in 2027, according to the Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA).The program (also known as Summer EBT) gives low-income families $120 per student to pay for groceries in the summer. It’s meant to fill the gap when kids aren’t getting free meals at school. The state chose to opt out in 2025 and 2026. In 2024, the program helped keep more than 650,000 Indiana children fed.Last year, the FSSA s
  
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• More Road Works On South Side in Store

  23-07-2026 07:09 via weeklyview.net
  INDIANAPOLIS — Shelby Street work on the bridge over Pleasant Run closed the street in April, and is expected to remain closed until November of this year. Crews are rehabilitating the arch bridge by reconstructing the arch ring, replacing spandrel walls, sidewalks, and railings. Drivers are directed to use the Fountain Square detour route via Raymond Street, South Keystone Avenue, and Southeastern Avenue, or via Calvary Street and East McCarty Street.DPW has also announced that on or afte
  
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• “The Play That Goes Wrong” at Beef & Boards

  23-07-2026 07:09 via weeklyview.net
  INDIANAPOLIS – Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre’s new summer play is going “wrong” — in the most hilarious ways! The award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong is now on stage through Aug. 23.It’s opening night for the Cornley University Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. This 1920s whodunit has everything theatres never want in a show: an unconscious le
  
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• Catalytic Converters Stolen Off Beech Grove City School Buses

  23-07-2026 07:09 via weeklyview.net
  BEECH GROVE — For the second time this year, catalytic converters have again been stolen from an entire fleet of school buses in Beech Grove. Sometime overnight Friday July 17,  the school was targeted for theft of the catalytic converters on buses. The stolen equipment had recently been replaced after a similar theft in May 2026.The Beech Grove Police Department is now actively investigating the latest theft. The Board of School Trustees also said they have previously authorized a co
  
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