New Carlisle

You Won’t Believe What The City’s First Purchase With Your Tax Dollars Is

/ Shawn Clark

imagesDue to multiple complaints regarding street bikes, the city will purchase NOS kits for its rapidly deteriorating fleet of police vehicles. “We’ve tried and tried to catch them but they’re just too darn fast. This is our last option,” said a city official that asked to go unnamed.  “We have a chance with NOS. Without it, forget about it.”

The news comes as a surprise since NOS is currently banned according to ordinances. It will be interesting to see if the street bike crew implements NOS usage on their runs through town to counter the police.

11 New Carlisle City Ordinances That Need Repealed NOW

/ Joe E. Bolo / 1 Comment

Without laws, society might break down entirely. Given no basic set of ordinances – the breaking of which may come with punitive action up to imprisonment or death – the worst of humankind might take over and ruin the quality of life for everyone else. But not all laws are necessary or even logical. Many laws are nonsensical, redundant, and cause more harm than they purport to deflect. With the city’s current police situation, they need all the help they can get. Reducing unnecessary, time-consuming duties such as enforcing bad laws will benefit them.

Here are 15 New Carlisle city ordinances that, for one reason or another, need to be eliminated immediately. Each ordinance is pulled directly from the Codified Ordinances of New Carlisle, Ohio. Ordinance numbers and exact text are provided.

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A Friendship Forged Through Love of Country

/ Shawn Clark

Daryl Craig Gant, of Lake Ave., fancies himself a patriot. He flies an American flag in his front yard atop a flag for the United States Marine Corp; but one thing that doesn’t fly in Daryl’s world is unpatriotic Americans. While he never served in the military because of his failings on mental aptitude tests, supporting the troops and the United States is Daryl’s main objective in life. “I see more and more stories these days about people against our wars, against our guns, just against all sorts of anything you can think of.” Daryl said. “Freedom is all we have left and I’m going to fight those that protest in a way I don’t like much.”

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Great Moments in New Carlisle History: SUV Meets House

/ Joe E. Bolo

This is the first installment of a new feature at M&L called Great Moments in New Carlisle History. The series will focus on some of the amazing, noteworthy, infamous, and heartwarming moments that have occurred in our town. 

5 years ago, as large swaths of the country – including New Carlisle – were mired in a devastating recession, a New Carlisle man named Steve Doak decided to fight back against the banks who were foreclosing on homes.

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