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IDEM TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING FOR JOHNSON CONTROLS

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management will hold a public hearing today Tuesday, September 10, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Goshen Public Library, to received additional public comments on the Revised Voluntary Remediation Work Plan for the former Johnson Controls facility site, located at 1302 E. Monroe St. IDEM is accepting additional public […]

ROAD CLOSURE: LOMBARDY DRIVE

The City Water and Sewer Department will be installing a water main at the intersection of Kercher Road and Lombardy Drive. The work will require excavation of the road, with a trench about 8 ft deep. Lombardy Drive will be closed to through traffic on Thursday, Sept. 12 starting at 7 a..m., and reopening for […]

LANE RESTRICTIONS: LINCOLN AVENUE

There will be lane restrictions on West Lincoln Avenue in front of the new Oasis Restaurant (702 W. Lincoln Ave.) beginning the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 10, until the evening of Thursday, Sept. 12 to allow for the replacement of temporary cold weather patches on the road. Traffic control will be set up during the […]

INTERSECTION CLOSURE: KERCHER AND KEYSTONE

The intersection of Kercher Road and Keystone Drive will be closed this afternoon to allow the Goshen Water and Sewer Department install a new water main valve. The work will require excavation of the road, with a trench about 8 ft deep. The intersection will remain closed from 4 p.m. until midnight, when it will […]

NEW DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE CREATED

On Tuesday, the Goshen City Council passed an ordinance creating the new Department of Environmental Resilience. City Forester Aaron Kingsley will head the department, which will work with all other City departments in finding more effective and sustainable approaches to the City’s (municipal government) operations. While Kingsley will continue to work on the 45 by […]

LABOR DAY

All City of Goshen offices will be closed Monday, September 2, in observance of Labor Day. Borden Waste Away will not collect trash on Monday that week. Trash collection services will be delayed by one day after the holiday.

RAILROAD CROSSING CLOSURE: INDIANA AVENUE

The Railroad crossing at Indiana Avenue (CR 21) is closed until Saturday, Aug. 24, as Norfolk Southern works on repairs to the crossing.

AUGUST BRUSH COLLECTION

The August brush pickup will begin on Monday, August 26. During scheduled brush collections, the Street Department will make only one pass through the city to pick up brush. Residents are asked to have their brush by the front curb, but not in the street, by that first day in the morning at 7 a.m. […]

GROWING GOSHEN TOGETHER FALL SERIES ANNOUNCED

Following a successful pilot community conversation in the spring, the Goshen Community Relations Commission (CRC) and Goshen Community Schools (GCS) will embark on a series of events in the next several months that will encourage discourse around topics that uniquely affect Goshen’s residents. A series of three community conversations—all open to the public—will be held […]

ROAD CLOSURE: WEST JEFFERSON STREET

Jefferson Street is closed this week between 3rd Street and River Race Drive for the safety of the public—HRP Construction will stage construction equipment and materials north of Jefferson Street, requiring equipment to travel north and south across Jefferson Street as a new parking lot is constructed to the south. The west southbound lane of […]