If the end of summer has you feeling a little depressed – Downtown Terre Haute has the remedy with August’s First Friday, themed “Dog Days of Summer”. As downtown goes to the dogs – literally – the Dreamery Creamery is sponsoring this fun, furry event! Getting into the action of First Friday is the Terre Haute Police Department K-9 division. Officers will demonstrate the amazing training human and K-9 officers go through to keep the city streets safe. Demos will take place in

Local restaurants are joining forces for a two-week event this month called Taste Terre Haute. Created by the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce and a small group of local restaurants three years ago, Taste Terre Haute was developed to bring awareness and diners to Terre Haute (and Wabash Valley) restaurants during a traditionally slow time in July. The two-week event promotes dining specials and unique menus. A handful of the 30 restaurants participating are offering “Dine For

Editor's note: This is the third of a three-part series on Community: what it is, what it means and what it can be. Click to view Part 1: Community Starts with Finding Common Ground and Part 2: Successful Community requires Successful Communication. We're in this boat together. I recently went white-water rafting for the first time. Eight individuals in the same raft (all newbies) and a guide, each equipped with a single paddle. Starting out, the experienced guide patiently c

Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part series on Community: what it is, what it means and what it can be. Click to view Part 1: Community Starts with Finding Common Ground. Have you ever considered humanity’s greatest gift? Beyond our ability to harness fire, electricity or flight, beyond the creation of the wheel or sliced bread or the world-wide web, the power to communicate is our greatest ability. It’s taken for granted, but we have the amazing capacity to take

Editor's note: This is the first of a 3-part series on Community: what it is, what it means and what it can be. Vigo County isn’t just merely a county, just as Terre Haute is more than a municipality. We're a locality of some 108,000 people, all working, learning, playing, creating and recreating in the same general point on the globe. By strict definition, that comprises a community - a group of people living in the same place. But Community — real community — involves more