Beech Grove News

Indiana voters are getting a taste of direct democracy thanks to a 2008 referenda law, and so far so good.

The Beech Grove Mayor's Youth Council is seeking donations by Dec. 4 for the first shipment of care packages to a platoon of soldiers deployed overseas that the council has just adopted.

The Marion County Health Department announced Wednesday more clinics to give free H1N1 vaccine to students.

A week after Election Day, today is election day again but this time in the Hamilton Southeastern Schools.

A Beech Grove school referendum appeared headed for approval, but similar measures in Franklin and Perry faced long odds tonight.

Saturday, October 31, 2009 More Wishard Lies For the umpteenth week in a row, Indianapolis Star editor Dennis Ryerson is running another Sunday editorial pushing the Wishard referendum.

Indianapolis - A well-organized campaign for a new Wishard Hospital building comes to an end Tuesday when the polls open for a special election.

"We see no evidence of an imminent or future threat to the vitality of the downtownnor a compelling argument of similar naturethat would justify restricting chain or formula businesses in the downtown," chamber CEO Christy Gillenwater said in a prepared statement released Wednesday morning.

Voters tricked into polling places on a bright and sunny day this afternoon to cast their votes on the Wishard ballot question that - should it pass - would give Health and Hospital Corp.

Voters are about to determine the fate of one countywide referendum and three school district referenda in Marion County in a special election on Tuesday.

Beech Grove school bus drivers will be taking their concerns directly to the voters this evening in advance of Tuesday's school district referendum.

On Tuesday, November 3rd, voters in Beech Grove will head to the polls to vote for a school referendum.

Students at Goshen, Fairfield, Northridge and Concord high schools won't be the only Elkhart County natives at today's state marching band finals.

The Beech Grove City Council has approved an $8.5 million budget that provides funding for eight Beech Grove dispatchers through 2010.

The fate of three education referendums will be in the hands of voters Tuesday as residents of Beech Grove, Franklin Township and Perry Township head to the polls.

Three more early-voting centers have opened for Marion County's referendum election next week.

If you live in Marion County you should be getting your property tax bill in the next day or so.

Beech Grove's police and fire dispatching would be handled by Speedway-based dispatchers beginning in mid-2010 under a proposal by Beech Grove Mayor Joe Wright.

Marion County is about to find out what happens when you call an election but no one's on the ballot -- and some voters take advantage of the opportunity to cast their votes early.

On Nov. 3, Marion County voters will be going to the polls to weigh in on several public questions.