🌱 Indy Firefighter Dies + Eat Surreal + 38 Pounds Of Pot Found

Morning, neighbors! Miranda Fraraccio here with a brand-new edition of the Indianapolis Daily.

First, today's weather:

Colder with a bit of snow. High: 37 Low: 17.

Here are the top three stories today in Indianapolis:

1. A service will be held tonight for an Indianapolis firefighter who died from cancer caused by exposure at Ground Zero in New York on Sep. 11, 2001. Battalion Chief Mark Rapp, a retired instructor with the Indianapolis Fire Dept., died Friday, Mar. 4, at the age of 66. The service is planned for 7:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Funeral Home, and visitation is at the same location — both are open to the public. (WIBC - Indianapolis News & Politics)
2. Those who have to follow a dairy-free, nut-free, or gluten-free diet should check out Eat Surreal. The woman-owned business based out of Indianapolis specializes in small-batch spreads and salads made from whole-food ingredients. Some of their products include the flavorful Amazeball Spread, as well as the Pimento Spread which uses sunflowers and carrots and gives the feeling of real pimento cheese. Eat Surreal sells its products at eateries and farmers markets across the greater Indianapolis area. Find a location here! (FOX 59 Indianapolis)
3. While serving a search warrant, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department teams discovered 38 pounds of pot and 1,300 bags of THC-infused cereal. The Violence Reduction Team and a Violent Crime Task Force seized three handguns, 38 pounds of marijuana, 27 pounds of THC candies, 1,354 grams of THC wax, 260 vape cartridges, and 1,300 packages of THC-infused cereal, according to a tweet by the district. Information regarding the location and date of the search warrant has not been disclosed to avoid compromising the ongoing case. (FOX 59 Indianapolis)

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Today in Indianapolis:

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From my notebook:

• Indy Parks has announced its summer 2022 hiring incentives, as part of a wider effort to attract summer job applicants. (Nextdoor)
• Attention race fans! Indy 500 blue envelopes are headed your way. (Twitter)
• The Indianapolis Office of Sustainability will soon be launching Indy's benchmarking and transparency program: Thriving Buildings. If you're a building owner, join dozens of peers in pledging to benchmark during this voluntary year. (Twitter)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.