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A sign reading "Thatcher Park" stands in a grassy field in front of some trees.

Neighborhoods

Indy Parks to hold pickleball tournament, food drive Sept. 21

by Enrique Saenz September 19, 2024September 19, 2024

The entry fee to the event at Thatcher Park on the west side is one nonperishable food item.

A sign in front of a brick building reads, "Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center, WIlliam Penn Commons."

Neighborhoods

Enjoy free food, games at Mary Rigg Community Day Sept. 21

by Enrique Saenz September 19, 2024August 11, 2025

The event also will have face painting, a book giveaway and a raffle.

A bulldozer dumps a load of dirt onto a pile in a neighborhood park.

Neighborhoods

McCarty Triangle Park renovation drags on longer than expected

by Enrique Saenz September 17, 2024September 17, 2024

It’s one more construction site creating headaches in what for a long time was a sleepy area.

A computer-generated rendering shows the intended design of the Henry Street Bridge over the White River. It is encircled by four large white rings, and has a wide pedestrian path leading under it along the river.

Government

Henry Street bridge work will close parts of White River Parkway and trail

by Enrique Saenz September 3, 2024October 18, 2024

The closures will last until fall 2026. Here are the detours.

An old black and white photo shows a man in a Revolutionary War uniform standing in front of another man sitting on a rock in the woods. The seated man is speaking and gesturing with his hands. There are other med standing and sitting around the to central figures.

Neighborhoods

The ‘Swamp Fox,’ Batman and a drive-in. Here’s the westside history behind each.

by Enrique Saenz August 30, 2024August 30, 2024

Here’s how Stout Field, Bel-Aire Park and westside townships were named.

The front entrance to the Slovenian National Home.

Neighborhoods

Food, fun and polka at this year’s Slovenski Festival in Haughville

by Enrique Saenz August 27, 2024August 27, 2024

Head to Haughville on Aug. 31 for the sixth annual Slovenski Festival, a celebration of Slovenian food and culture. The festival will be held at the Slovenian National Home, 2717 W. 10th St., in the heart of Indianapolis’ Slovenian American population on the west side. The event will feature cultural staples, such as a traditional […]

Neighborhoods

Let Indy Parks know what you need in a westside nature center

by Enrique Saenz August 26, 2024August 26, 2024

Indy Parks is having an open house Aug. 28 at the Riverside Park Family Center for westside residents to have their say on a planned nature center along Cold Spring Road. The nature center will be built on the grounds of the former Riverside Golf Course as a part of the Riverside Adventure Park construction […]