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Advocates urge Hogsett to save Indy’s at-risk urban forests | Great Lakes Now

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Advocates urge Hogsett to save Indy’s at-risk urban forests

By Peter Blanchard, Mirror Indy

Mirror Indy is a part of Free Press Indiana, a nonprofit news organization dedicated to ensuring all Hoosiers have access to the news and information they need.

Despite concerns from environmentalists — and support from 23 city-county councilors — Mayor Joe Hogsett is so far declining to allocate funds in the 2025 city budget to acquire urban forests for conservation.

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Owen Sound Sun Times

Grey-Bruce university student the first recipient of Sharif Rahman scholarship

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A University of Waterloo student completing a degree in mechanical engineering is the first recipient of the Sharifur Rahman Memorial Scholarship. Shaan Banday said he’s honoured to receive the first scholarship in memory of Sharif Rahman, an Owen Sound restauranteur and community leader who was assaulted outside his downtown Owen Sound restaurant and later died […]