Archive for June 2022
The Good Old Days
My Millennial neighbors – very nice people – asked me what it was like to be a Baby Boomer. I scratched my head like I was having a complex thought…but actually, it was just dandruff. Then I started talking. A Boomer’s elementary school day started early, when he sat down for breakfast with the family.…
Read MoreMeeting Notice: Hamilton County E911 Executive Board 06-13-2022
Pursuant to IC 5-14-1.5-5 (a) The Hamilton County E911 Executive Board will be meeting on Monday, June 13, 2022 at 8 a.m. The meeting is held in the Mayor’s Conference Room in Noblesville City Hall, 16 South 10th Street, Noblesville, Indiana. The discussion will be regarding E911 operations.
Read MoreMeeting Notice: Westfield Redevelopment Commission 06-13-2022
Notice is hereby given that the Westfield Redevelopment Commission will meet in a Special Meeting at 5 p.m. on Monday, June 13, 2022 at the Westfield City Hall, 130 Penn Street, Westfield, IN 46074. Agenda Items: Declaration of quorum and opening of meeting Resolution 07 – 2022 – Redevelopment Commission Determination of Excess Assessed Value…
Read MoreFind Answers to Rising Prices, or Risk the Consequences
I may not always succeed, but I try very hard to be a man of my word. Some time back, in this very space, I suggested that those of us who constantly run down the sitting president (or governor or mayor or county commissioner or whatever office) are not helping. My two cents was that…
Read More06-08-22
Lifelong Dream Realized When 3 Generations Sing Live at Carnegie Hall
Performing on the stage at Carnegie Hall in New York City was one little girl’s dream that finally became a reality at the age of 75. “This was the opportunity of a lifetime for me,” said Moffett Craig of Noblesville, who as a young classical singer, rather than following her dream, she chose to have…
Read MoreDaily Almanac: June 8, 2022
Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 6:15 a.m. SET: 9:11 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: High: 80 °F Low: 58 °F Today is…: • Best Friends Day • Thomas Paine Day • World Oceans Day What Happened On This Day: • 1949 George Orwell publishes Nineteen Eighty-Four • 1972 Nick Út takes his famous “napalm girl” photo • 1987 New Zealand…
Read MoreMonday Program Remembers Palm Sunday Tornado in Sheridan
Sheridan area residents who experienced or had family who experienced the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak that came through Sheridan will not want to miss an exciting program presented by the Sheridan Historical Society Monday at 7 p.m. at the Museum at 315 S. Main St. The program will feature Janis Thornton who has authored…
Read MoreNickel Plate Express, City of Noblesville Open Newly Renovated Forest Park Depot
Noblesville and Nickel Plate Express officials opened the newly renovated Forest Park Depot inside Forest Park on June 6. The $1.6 million Noblesville Parks & Recreation project will make Forest Park Depot a destination spot and draw visitors to the 150-acre park and downtown square. “Renovating Forest Park Depot at Hobbs Station was one of…
Read MoreSit-upons, Songs and S’mores
When I was a kid, that meant no more school until after Labor Day, fun at the Forest Park pool, movies at the ABC Drive-in . . . and a week of Girl Scout day camp! I wish I could tell you where the camp was held, but it’s been (ahem) a few years and…
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