Looking Back – September 7

Suzanne Roberts was one of the volunteers who sold commemorative T-shirts at the eighth annual free Hospice concert in 1994. From The Republic archives

2009

The intersection of Gladstone Avenue and State Street was closed for reconstruction, part of the Indiana Department of Transportation’s State Street widening project.

1994

Following two hours of debate and heated input from concerned neighbors, Columbus City Council approved an 88-unit apartment complex on Carr Hill Road.

1969

Enrollment in Bartholomew Consolidated schools on the first full day of classes hit 12,382, nearly 100 more than anticipated according to Superintendent Clarence E. Robbins.