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Springfield, Nehemiah Foundation and other entities collaborating on emergency warming shelter at the Salvation Army
New Carlisle native Kate Hasting, who helped organize the upcoming Hasting Farm Fest 2025 with her mother, Libbee Maxson, will venture home from Nashville to perform iat the event in late September at the Clark County Fairgrounds.
Nashville musician and New Carlisle native returning for a second try at Hasting Farm Fest

Country singer Kate Hasting is returning home to play at an event she’s helped organize, Hasting Farm Fest 2025, a two-day affair at the Clark County Fairgrounds full of music and other fun and poised to raise money to fight hunger.

On-The-Rise at the Springfield Farmers Market
On-The-Rise’s farm-based program aims to teach a range of life skills

Located outside Springfield, nonprofit organization On-The-Rise offers a farm-based program that aims to provide “underserved” youths with life skills that will help them now and in the future.

The Springfield Farmers Market
Spending Saturdays with a growing ‘family’: The Springfield Farmers Market kicks off season

“We have incredible folks that truly believe in the products they sell at our market. It’s really a social event for our community.”

Matt Luther, owner of The Peanut Shoppe
Peanuts and possibilities: How Matt Luther is working to continue the legacy of The Peanut Shoppe

“I don’t want it to ever stop being a peanut shop, and it won’t be. That’s still the main focus of our store – our peanuts and chocolates – and, you know, all the other stuff is just more add-on.”

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