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🌱 How a new planner could speed up your Fortville building permits
Fortville, Indiana Patch AM: a 3 min readGood day Fortville! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a new planner could speed up your Fortville building permits
Also on today's calendar: Beauty and The Beats and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 79 and low of 67 degrees.
- Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 82, low: 67.
- Saturday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 83 and low of 66 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Fortville moves to hire assistant planner (greenfieldreporter.com) — Fortville leaders are creating a new full-time assistant planner position to keep up with the surge in building permits and new homes around town. The role will replace a vacant part-time administrative assistant and is expected to speed up simple permits like electrical work, sheds, and easement encroachments. Salary and start date will be set during upcoming budget talks. 
📸 Around Fortville
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Upcoming Events in
Fortville
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★ Featured events ★
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Fortville: Adult Contemporary Book Club →
Vernon Township Public Library, 625 E Broadway St, Fortville
7:00 pm
Thursday August 6
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Other local events
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Beauty and The Beats →
305, S Main St, Fortville
7:30 pm -
Student Picture Day
Mt Vernon High School Fortville, IN 46040
8:35 am -
School Picture Day
Fortville Elementary School Fortville, IN 46040
7:00 am -
Fortville: Homeschool Science Club →
Vernon Township Public Library, 625 E Broadway St, Fortville
1:30 pm -
Fortville: Play & Learn Storytime →
Vernon Township Public Library, 625 E Broadway St, Fortville
10:30 am -
Afternoon Euchre Hour →
Vernon Township Public Library, 625 E Broadway St, Fortville
2:00 pm -
Fortville: Afternoon Euchre Hour →
Vernon Township Public Library, 625 E Broadway St, Fortville
2:00 pm
Friday August 7
Tuesday August 11
Tuesday August 18
Monday August 24
Wednesday September 2
📣 Fortville Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Teacher Organization Day- 8AM-3:45PM
Pendleton Heights High School Pendleton, IN 46064
8:00 am -
Elementary Open House
South Madison Community School Corporation all elementaries
5:00 pm -
Staff Development
Pendleton Heights High School Pendleton, IN 46064
8:00 am -
Student Picture Day
Mt Vernon High School Fortville, IN 46040
8:35 am
Monday August 10
Tuesday August 11
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Please keep your dogs on a leash.
I know, your dog is nice and won’t hurt me, that is not the issue. I have a very strong and nice dog. When your little dog comes running in my… (Nextdoor Fortville)
- Meijer posted a job opening for General Merchandise Clerk in Mccordsville. Apply here.
- Conner Prairie posted a job opening for Janitorial Services $16/hour - Day and Evening Shifts Available in Fishers. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fortville here.
🗞 Nearby News
Fishers
- Fishers High School Choir to rock the stage with Foreigner in Noblesville (wishtv.com)
- Citizens State Bank branch in Fishers advances after drive-through removed (larryinfishers.com)
- 91 traffic stops in three hours: Fishers police target speeders on 35 mph roads as school returns (larryinfishers.com)
Greenfield
- 2026-08-05 Daily Reporter 60162651 (greenfieldreporter.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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