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ACPL reports more visits and borrowing in 2022

From staff reports The Allen County Public Library has released its 2022 Community Impact Report, showing a 7.8% increase in library visits for the calendar year. The April 17 announcement utilizes data from the Library’s annual report to the Indiana State Library. The ACPL said the report ...

Commissioners to seek BZA continuance on jail project

From staff reports Representatives of the Allen County Board of Commissioners will request a continuance of the hearing for the contingent use application that was submitted for 3003 Meyer Road, the intended site of the new county jail. The Fort Wayne Board of Zoning Appeals hearing is ...

ACPL removes overdue fines for all patrons

From staff reports The Allen County Public Library has done away with overdue fines and fees for all ACPL cardholder, effective Jan. 3. The Library Board approved the measure Dec. 15, erasing all fines and fees from the accounts of its patrons. In addition, cardholders will no longer ...

Potential noise from JK O’Donnell’s pergola worries neighbors

The Fort Wayne Plan Commission will make a decision in a couple of weeks on whether to approve a waiver on design plans for a dining area behind JK O’Donnell’s Irish Ale House. The plan commission held a public hearing Jan. 9 that included JK O’Donnell’s request for a waiver to install ...

Commissioners approve advisory boards for new fire districts

At the Jan. 13 Allen County Commissioners’ meeting members of the advisory boards for the newly created fire districts were announced. They are: Northeast Fire Protection District: Brian Amstutz, four-year term; Wilmer Delegrange, one-year term; Jim Kruse, two-year term; Tom McComb, ...

Council OKs Pontiac St., Tippmann project rezonings

Several rezoning ordinances went before Fort Wayne City Council at its Jan. 10 meeting. Following is a recap: Z-22-11-14: To rezone approximately 2.29 acres from C3/General Commercial and 1/Limited Industrial to R2/Two Family Residential. The parcels are within the 300 to 1800 blocks of East ...

July 17 pageant at fairgrounds to select Miss Allen County 2022

Fourteen young women will compete in the Miss Allen Queen Scholarship Pageant at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 17.The event will take place in the Exhibit Building of the Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne. Admission is $5, with ages 5 and under admitted free. Fairgrounds parking is ...

Community recycling drop-off site has moved

The community recycling drop-off site at the former Byron Health Center, 12101 Lima Road, Fort Wayne, has moved around the corner. The site closed at noon June 28 and reopened at the new location at 8 a.m. June 29.Allen County residents can recycle their household items including paper, ...