Muncie Origins: Normandy Flower Shop continues family florist tradition

From the outside looking in, Normandy Flower Shop bursts with color from its bright yellow door and neon window lights to a sea of pinks and reds from its flower arrangements and bouquets. 

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Muncie Origins: The Cup offers drinks, social atmosphere in The Village

At The Cup, the smell of roasting coffee beans wafts through between the roastery, lounging area and into the tattoo shop upstairs. 

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Artists create, serve community at PlySpace

While the word “ply” typically relates to things like ply-wood and two-ply toilet paper, in the Muncie community, it’s associated with an organization — PlySpace. 

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Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler delivers final State of the City speech

After eight years of service to the Muncie community as the city’s mayor, Dennis Tyler in his final State of the City address reflected on the progress made in the city during his tenure and the projects that await the city in the future.

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The scoop on downtown Muncie's ice cream parlor, The Barking Cow

With images of downtown Muncie in 1915 hanging on the walls, customers have the opportunity to step into a miniature Muncie museum at The Barking Cow of Muncie. 

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'Human library' participants share their stories to start dialogue, reduce biases

Choosing books bound with a heartbeat, two eyes and a story to tell, readers visiting the “Human Library” had to move past judging a book by its cover. 

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Muncie Origins: Debbie Acree sells homemade soap to help eczema

Welcoming customers into a room full of warming scents from lavender to vanilla, Debbie’s Handmade Soap in downtown Muncie offers its customers a new way of lathering their skin with the shop’s handmade soap. 

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Boys & Girls Club of Muncie sets fundraising goal for 85th anniversary

With the simple buzz of the back door, visitors are welcomed into what has been known as a “safe place” for the children of Muncie for 85 years: the Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie (BGC).

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'Celebrity' couples 'Dance Like the Stars' for Paramount Theatre

With only 12 hours of dancing instruction, 12 “celebrity couples” and three dance teams will compete for “judge choice” and “people’s choice” awards, while raising money for Paramount Theatre. 

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Muncie community "lights up" downtown

As the crowd cheered “magic” over and over again, the twinkling lights of the tall Christmas tree began to dance. Small children looked up in wonder as they gazed upon the multicolor light show. 

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