While many Americans spend this pandemic at home, crews of essential workers continue to set their alarms and take care of South Bend's parks and public spaces. Today, Jessica Spoor takes us around town to meet a few on the job.
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Ms. Adeline Wigfall-Jones has been cutting hair at 1131 West Washington Street in South Bend since 1976. She is 91 years old. We spent a typical Saturday, from 6:57 am to 4:49 pm, at the barbershop with Ms. Adeline and asked: “when are you going to stop?”
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Population decline is the root cause of many problems facing South Bend today. It’s about time we understand the real cost of this fabled decline.
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Welcome to the party Trader Joe’s, but let’s not pretend that you’re bringing the booze.
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Today, tens of thousands of people work in South Bend and enjoy her amenities, but deliberately live just outside the city limits. Why? In the early nineties, the city and her suburbs fought a war over this question.
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South Bend is full of signs, and as we live our lives alongside them, they become something more than just markers for a business. Today, Ryan Blaske introduces us to South Bend Signs, a new Instagram account documenting the signs of our city.
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In October of 1985, the South Bend Tribune editorial board published a glorious tribute to autumn in the American Midwest. We submit it to you today, the first day of autumn, as encouragement during this otherwise troubling year.
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Everyone has their own story about why South Bend’s population declined, the most common being a lack of jobs. But the problem is not that South Bend lacks good-paying jobs—the problem is that its residents do not hold them.
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This week we welcome Kathy Burnette to South Bend on Purpose. Kathy is the owner of The Brain Lair, a bookstore in South Bend focused on developing empathy and building community with inclusive books.
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