Archive for September 2022
What a Fun Labor Day Weekend
Not only was Labor Day weekend fun but it was also a beautiful weekend. On Friday night, which was a “First Friday,” Noblesville Main Street’s Chocolate Trail and Music and All That Jazz brought out hundreds of folks to the Hamilton County Courthouse Square in downtown Noblesville. Main Street executive director Kate Baker sat under…
Read MoreDaily Almanac: Sept. 6, 2022
Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 7:16 a.m. SET: 8:07 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: High: 79 °F Low: 67 °F Today is…: • Barbie Doll Day • Stillbirth Remembrance Day • Telephone Tuesday What Happened On This Day: • 1522 Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the globe • 1870 A woman casts her vote in the US for…
Read MoreCounty Council Set to Discuss 2023 Budget
Hamilton County Councilors, the financial stewards of Hamilton County government, will host two days of budget hearings at the Judicial Center starting today at 8:00 a.m. They will work to set a budget of just under $100 million for the 2023 fiscal year. “It’s a big budget. It’s a big operation,” Council President Steve Schwartz…
Read MoreA ‘Brief’ Near-Death Experience
I don’t know if this is a curse or a blessing, but I’m pretty certain I know how I’m going to die. I can hear the coroner’s pen scratching now: Cause of Death: Extermination by Underwear. I figure it would only be manslaughter. I don’t think my underwear have it in for me, but who…
Read MoreBipartisan PAC Wants to ‘Jump-Start’ Political Marketplace
By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz A bipartisan Indiana political action committee that aims to fund moderate political candidates, regardless of party affiliation, are hosting a kickoff event later this month. The goal? Tame polarizing partisanship into more collaborative, dialogue-heavy politics. “We intend, through our PAC, to support candidates on either side of the spectrum, Republicans or…
Read MoreTrump’s Voice Echoes, ‘No one will be above the law’
Three weeks ago, the FBI recovered hundreds of pages of top secret documents from Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort, some from U.S. intelligence human sources. If you or I or David Petraeus or Sandy Berger had hoarded these documents, we would be facing federal felony charges, and, with a law signed by President Trump in 2018…
Read MoreCarmel Clay Parks & Recreation to Host Annual Volunteer Open House, Sept. 10
Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation (CCPR) invites the community to attend its annual Volunteer Open House event this coming Saturday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Monon Community Center, 1235 Central Park Dr. East. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet staff, learn about volunteer programs, explore the types of equipment used in projects, and…
Read MoreNot Much of A Joke
It wasn’t much of a joke, as far as jokes go. I saw the man wearing two hats, one on top of the other. The second hat may have been for his wife. It was decorated with intricate drawings. He was walking with her, a third hat tied to the handle of a stroller, and…
Read More2022 Kia Forte GT Kicks It German-Style…With Value
If you take a look at the Kia Forte GT and think it could just have easily been a Volkswagen or Audi, your mind isn’t cloudy. A good portion of Kia’s design team and engineering gnomes come from The Fatherland. And, that rapid insolence carries over on the road where the car kicks it like…
Read MoreState Supreme Court Upholds Firing of Catholic High School Teacher in Same-Sex Marriage
By Casey Smith The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday to uphold the Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis’s decision to fire a Cathedral High School teacher for being in a same-sex marriage. In a 4-0 decision, the court found the Archdiocese has autonomy protection under the First Amendment, which allows churches to decide matters of faith and…
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