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INDEPENDENT PHOTO BY LARRY LOUGH | Utility lines were being marked Friday, the day after the Historic Preservation Commission approved the first phase of a project that will dig up this grassy area next to the Old Courthouse to build a new patio for Public House restaurant at the northwest corner of Johnson and Jackson streets. Commissioners asked the fence be preserved.

First visible sign of changes in the Old Courthouse project will be landscaping work. The grassy area at the northwest corner of Johnson and Jackson streets will be dug up […]

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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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