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Dowagiac gives update on October water main break, diesel smell
The city of Dowagiac is reassuring residents that their tap water is safe after an Oct. 26 water main break and a diesel odor near Dowagiac Creek. Officials said the city’s boil-water advisory from the water main break was lifted on Oct. 29.
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South Shore Line denied federal funding for realignment project
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The South Shore Line will be without federal money for a proposed project aimed to hasten the trip between South Bend and Chicago. South Shore Line officials tell ABC57 that it asked the Federal Railroad Administration to match its own $56 million investment into the realignment project; the Administration reportedly declined.
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City leaders, LaSalle Park residents broach affordable housing fund
SOUTH BEND — “We already have,” “we’re already doing” and “we already do” seemed to be consistent phrases out of city leaders who attended the Black Lives Matter South Bend and LaSalle Park Neighborhood Association meeting Nov. 10. The meeting was held to discuss a bill BLM South Bend developed to create a LaSalle Park Affordable Housing Fund in the city. Questions during the meeting led to conversation on establishing a dedicated fund for the neighborhood as well as providing rental and homeownership assistance, home remediation and addressing potential lead contamination. Throughout the nearly two-hour meeting at the Charles Black Community Center , South Bend Common Council members Ophelia Gooden-Rodgers, Karen White, Heidi Beidinger and the city’s executive director of Community Investment , Daryl Scott, mirrored much of what the city’s mayor, James Mueller, said in a press conference on Nov. 5 — the city has existing programs with positive impacts on housing affordability. “Many of the proposals that were outlined in the document that were sent over to us for the affordable housing fund are things that we are already doing,” Scott said. “If you’re talking about preserving homes, we have a program for that. You’re talking about rental
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Portage Township asks neighbors to help 'Stuff the Pantry' for the holidays
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The Portage Township Trustee's office is asking that the community help "Stuff the Pantry" this November. For the entire month, the Portage Pantry is collecting food donations so local families can have what they need for a holiday meal. This year's theme is "The Pie is...