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Colony Park goes digital By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com After a test run Wednesday afternoon, the newly-installed electronic sign at Hillsboro’s Colony Park became operational on Thursday. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette After a test run on Wednesday, the new electronic digital sign at the Colony Park in uptown Hillsboro flashed to life Thursday with information for passersby. Hillsboro Mayor Justin Harsha told The Times-Gazette the modern-day grandchild of the old Colony Theatre marquee was bought and paid for by federal CARES Act funding. “There was some extra expense with providing the structure for the sign itself,” he said, “but compared with some of the other trailer-type message boards we were looking at, it was a fantastic deal. We went through multiple bids from a few different companies in trying to find the best deal, and there were some single signs that were on a trailer that cost the same as our two digitals. ” ....