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SullivanMunce Cultural Center will celebrate National Historic Preservation Month with a special public event from 6 to 8 p.m. May 21. The event will highlight many of the organization’s preservation initiatives including the Century Structure Program, historical marker project…

The Community Foundation of Boone County is launching a $1 million grant initiative to support large-scale, high-impact lifelong learning projects across the county. The goal is to give people across the county access to learning opportunities they need to build stronger…

To mark the 250th anniversary of America, SullivanMunce Cultural Center has expanded its annual garden tour which will take place over two days next month. The Gardens of Zionsville Tour will be June 26-27 and will merge gardens and historic homes. This year’s tour will feature…

For the second time this year, a proposed church on Oak Street appears to have an uphill battle for approval. The Zionsville Plan Commission heard an updated proposal for a church at 7660 W. Oak St. during its April 21 meeting. A similar proposal for a 1,590-square-foot church…

The Learning Experience is eyeing a day care center on Templin Road (550 South) at the intersection of U.S. 421. The project was heard April 20 by the Zionsville Plan Commission. Plans call for a 10,000-square-foot facility with entrances off Templin Road and U.S. 421. The…

Two pieces of legislation that were co-authored by District 24 State Rep. Hunter Smith (R-Zionsville) are now law. Senate Enrolled Act 204 allows people who have a teaching license for charter schools to obtain an initial practitioner professional educator license. The law also…

The Community Foundation of Boone County has awarded $305,000 for the advancement of early childhood and lifelong learning in the county. Grant funds included: $150,000 to Child Care Answers to expand support for child care resources and services benefiting Boone County families…

Boone County government is considering a moratorium on data centers. The county’s Area Plan Commission voted May 6 to recommend a moratorium to the Boone County Commissioners. If approved, the moratorium would prevent any data center project in the unincorporated parts of the…

Julie Parks was set to retire from Pleasant View Elementary at the end of the school year. The teacher spent 22 years at the elementary school, first as a reading interventionist then as a second- and third-grade teacher. Parks died May 6. She was 58. “She had such a heart for…

Chris Murray and Josh Weirich, music teachers at Zionsville Middle School and members of the Murray-Weirich Jazz Quartet, will kick off the 13th year of the Zionsville Cultural District’s free summer concert series on June 3. Concerts will feature a Beatles cover band,…