What's new?

I visited Francesville this week and saw the new mural.

Excavators were digging up South McKinley on Thursday. 

They were also digging out many of the sidewalks along the street. I think most of the rest of the work on street repaving and sidewalks has been completed.

The first Cylinders and Snacks event was held on Front Street on Tuesday evening.

It was lightly attended.

I was not observant enough to notice that the windows of the former Stunt Dog building were papered over.

The Women Who Know Almost Everything are confident that this will be the future home of Erica's Boutique.  According to the Facebook page, the store will open the week of June 22.

There is a new business in the College Mall, K&G's Overstock Outlet. It is in the space between the License Branch and Training Elite, another new occupant in the College Mall. A few years ago Fastenal was in this spot.

The business sells new merchandise, but because it gets overstocked items, there is not a fixed set of goods that it sells. It has a lot of space and room for a lot more merchandise than is currently there.

The business had a lot of clothing and smaller amounts of other items such as toys and electronic items. It will be fun to check them out occassionally to see how their merchandise changes with time.

The business is not completely new to Rensselaer. Previously the owners operated under a different business name from the garage next to Ron's Barber Shop on Vine and McKinley. (That complex is for sale.) 

On Monday the Memorial Day ceremony in Weston Cemetery will feature State Representative Doug Gutwein as the main speaker. The ceremony will be smaller and less contentious than the Memorial Day ceremony of 1899. Saturday's post will tell you about that embarassing event.