Joseph Slacian

Wabash

Editor at The Paper of Wabash County

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Wabash Historic Preservation Commission gets new look

2 weeks ago | yournewsjournal.com | Joseph Slacian

Changes are coming to the City of Wabash’s Historic Preservation Commission. The Wabash City Council unanimously approved an amendment related to the enforcement of the city’s historic preservation ordinance when it met on June 9. “The impetus for this is a streamlining, so to speak,” Mayor Scott Long told the Council. “Actually, we’re having problems getting the Historic Preservation Commission to have a quorum during its meetings which has resulted in some delays of construction.
Wabash City looks at possible Economic Revitalization Area

3 weeks ago | yournewsjournal.com | Joseph Slacian

The Wabash City Council took the first step toward creating a new Economic Revitalization Area. The Council, when it met on Tuesday, May 27, unanimously approved a declaratory resolution to make a 232 acre site the city purchased last year into the economic revitalization area. The land is west of the WEDCOR Industrial Park. It is bordered by Ind. 115 and WEDCOR Avenue on the east and west, and WEDCOR Avenue and Beauchamp Drive on the north and south.
YMCA to move into Bowen Health building next year

1 month ago | yournewsjournal.com | Joseph Slacian

The Wabash County YMCA will begin offering child care at the current Bowen Health building on North Miami Street likely beginning sometime in 2026. The Wabash County Board of Zoning Appeals granted a special exception to the YMCA to open the child care facility when it met May 15. The special exception is needed because the site is in an area zoned residential. Bowen Health is currently building a facility off of Bryan Avenue.
Wabash Spring Cleanup is the week of April 28

2 months ago | yournewsjournal.com | Joseph Slacian

The Wabash Carnegie Public Library will host two strategic partnership listening sessions later this month. Library Executive Director Jon Gaskill told the Wabash City Council on Monday that the listening will be on April 23 and again on April 25. The April 23 meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m., while the April 25 meeting will be at 10 a.m. Both are at the library. The meetings are designed to create a strategic plan to guide the future of the Wabash library.
Petruniw resigns from Wabash City Schools Board

Mar 26, 2025 | yournewsjournal.com | Joseph Slacian

Kristen Petruniw has resigned from the Wabash City Schools Board effective March 18, the Wabash City Council learned on Monday, March 24. Petruniw, who resigned as executive director of Downtown Wabash Inc. in December, will become a guidance counselor for the Wabash City Schools, Mayor Scott Long informed council. He informed the council of the opening because the council appoints members to the school board.
Will Wabash be a Tree City designee?

Mar 19, 2025 | yournewsjournal.com | Joseph Slacian

Wabash may one day earn a Tree City designation. The Wabash Board of Parks and Recreation approved Park Superintendent Adam Hall working with Geoff Schortgen, Extension Educator for the Wabash County Purdue Cooperative Extension Office, toward receiving the designation. Schortgen discussed plans with the Park Board when it met on Wednesday, March 12. He said work is just in the beginning stages and that it could take up to a year before the city is prepared to seek the designation.
Wabash City Council discuss fine for heavy traffic

Mar 12, 2025 | yournewsjournal.com | Joseph Slacian

The Wabash City Council approved on first reading a measure to increase the fine for heavy traffic on local streets. Under the current ordinance, the fine is $200. However, signs explaining the fines list it as $300, Mayor Scott Long said. Rather than changing all the signs, the council agreed to increasing the fine by $100. City Attorney Doug Lehman […]
Wabash City council member apologizes

Feb 26, 2025 | yournewsjournal.com | Joseph Slacian

A Wabash City Council member has apologized to Mayor Scott Long and the remaining members of the Council for comments he made earlier this year on social media. The Council member, Charlie Coyne, apologized to the officials via email. At the February 10 meeting, Wabash resident Kent Mullett complained about the comments that some believe constituted hate speech. Coyne defended his personal beliefs during the meeting but also issued an apology.
Wabash City Council opposes property tax cut legislation

Feb 26, 2025 | yournewsjournal.com | Joseph Slacian

The Wabash City Council approved a resolution Monday, Feb. 24, opposing legislation regarding property tax cuts now under consideration at the Indiana Statehouse. The resolution takes issue with two measures – Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 1402. “One of the biggest drops is net assessed evaluation,” Mayor Scott Long explained. “They’re talking about eliminating personal property taxes for businesses, which would result in a loss of $3,050,000, or an annual loss of 186.1 percent to the City of Wabash.
Little Free Libraries are coming to Wabash

Feb 26, 2025 | yournewsjournal.com | Joseph Slacian

A series of Little Free Libraries are being planned at various spots around the City of Wabash, including one at the Paradise Spring Historical Park. The Wabash Board of Parks and Recreation on Feb. 19 approved a request from members of the Grow Wabash County Leadership Development cohort to place the Little Free Library near the current free pantry in the park’s parking lot off of Huntington Street.