Hope selects new town manager

HOPE – For the second time in six weeks, a new town manager for Hope has been announced.

J.T. Doane, 38, of Bargersville will begin overseeing and managing day-to-day operations for the northeast Bartholomew County community of 2,100 residents on July 11.

Doane’s qualifications include serving as an administrator in the Indiana Attorney General’s office from March, 2003 to February, 2011, as well as being a member of the Bargersville Redevelopment Commission.

For more on this story, see Friday’s Republic.