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GOSHEN CITY COUNCIL MEETING

The Goshen City Council will not meet Tuesday, November 6, due to it being Election Day. City offices will be open for regular hours. The next council meeting will be held Tuesday, November 20 at 7 p.m. in the council chambers, 111 E. Jefferson St.

ARREST MADE IN JAMES S. MILLER HOMICIDE

Note: The following statement is from Goshen Police Chief Jose’ Miller On Sunday, October 28th officers of the multi-jurisdictional homicide unit took into custody the man suspected of the home invasion and murder of James S. Miller On October 9, 2011, shortly after 1:00am, Goshen Police officers were dispatched to the Miller home in reference […]

Goshen Water and Sewer, Stormwater departments present to GMS

On Monday, October 29th, the Goshen Water & Sewer and Stormwater Departments had the opportunity to talk with the Goshen Middle School New Tech 8th Grade Science Class about stormwater and to demonstrate how one of the City’s vactor trucks is used to clean out storm structures and how the CCTVI truck is used to […]

Goshen Police officers, civilian receive Life Saving awards

Three Goshen Police Department officers and a civilian received recognition for their heroic acts during the Goshen Board of Works meeting Monday, October 29. Captain David K. Miller, officer D. Shayne Miller and Goshen resident Brandi Condict were the recipients of Life Saving awards, while officer Jamie Hochstetler received a meritorious award for their heroic […]

Fall MapleCityNow copies now available!

Goshen residents will find copies of the Fall MapleCityNow in their mailbox over the next few days. Residents can also find extra copies at the Goshen Chamber of Commerce, LaCasa, Inc. and City offices beginning the week of Oct. 29. This season’s newsletter features information about renovations to the Wastewater Treatment Plant,leaf collection information and updates to Kercher Road. […]

ROAD CLOSURE: CR 40

Niblock Excavating, Inc. applied and received a permit from Elkhart County Highway Department to close both lanes on CR 40 east of Corrie Drive to US 33. The contractor will mill both lanes on Monday, October 29, 2018 in preparation for installing the new sanitary sewer along CR 40. The full closure will begin Monday, […]

REMINDER: END OF BRUSH TRAILER PROGRAM IS OCT. 26

The last day you can reserve a brush trailer in 2018 is Oct. 26. The trailer can be reserved for the removal of large amounts of brush.  If a homeowner is trimming his own bushes or trees, they can schedule a trailer to be dropped off to put their brush in.  This program is for […]

MAIN STREET RAILROAD CLOSURE

Update: This post has been updated to reflect a change in date for the railroad crossing closure.  The railroad crossing will be closed by Norfolk Southern on the Main Street tracks, north of Pike Street, beginning November 5, for about one week. The track closure will allow the railroad crew to rebuild the crossing.

$50,000 IN 50 DAYS: HELP US FUND FIRST INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND

Goshen’s Hay Park on Plymouth Avenue will soon be home to the city’s first fully inclusive playground with the help of a $50,000 matching grant from the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority. If the Parks & Recreation Department can raise $50,000 by December 11 on crowd-funding platform Patronicity, the IHCDA will match the amount […]

ROAD CLOSURES

A contractor for the City will be milling and paving various streets throughout Goshen as part of the 2018 Paving project. Curb ramp removal and replacement has already begun. This week (week of October 22), milling and paving will occur at: Egbert Road from Main Street (SR 15) to Violett Road. Emerson Street from Purl […]