Archive for April 2025
Westfield Steps Up to Support Local Businesses
As construction progresses on State Road 32, the City of Westfield is launching the Brave the Barricades campaign to encourage residents and visitors to support local businesses. The campaign offers incentives to keep the community engaged, despite the ongoing construction challenges. The Pledge to Support LocalThe first phase of the Brave the Barricades campaign invites…
Read MoreHammer is Back and He’s Fuming
“What the hell, Timmons!” The silence of a quiet Saturday in a mostly deserted office shattered when the giant of a man named John Hammer bellowed from my doorframe. Me? I was mentally sitting on the dock and overlooking the bay with Otis Redding (or at least that’s what was playing on my iPod). As…
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PHOTO BOMB!!
This could only happen to me. And it did. I got a new iPhone. It has a lot of new features which are wasted on me because I am a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy, so I don’t need a lot of bells and whistles. However, the camera does have some neat photography enhancements, which I…
Read MoreA Reprint of Ernie Pyle’s Final Column Before His Death
EDITOR’S NOTE: With permission from the Ernie Pyle World War II Museum, we are pleased to reprint the last column Ernie Pyle wrote. Pyle, a Hoosier born in tiny Dana, Ind., became the preeminent newspaper columnist in the U.S. during World War II. His touching columns were carried by 700 newspapers in the U.S. and…
Read MoreAscension St. Vincent Marks 35 years of Protecting Indiana’s First Responders
As thousands of fire and rescue professionals were in Indianapolis for the FDIC International Conference last week, Ascension St. Vincent’s Public Safety Medical program is marking its 35th year of providing physical examinations and important medical screening services to firefighters across the state of Indiana. More than 9,000 first responders are tested each year by…
Read MoreEmbrace The Ruck Everyone
Are you ready to embrace the ruck? Trail Life Troop IN-1685 and the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office are. The ruck is a 5K or a 4-Hour Endurance Ruck where individuals walk as far as possible within the time limit while carrying a ruck sack – symbolizing the daily physical weight officers carry in the field…
Read MoreWestfield Neighborhoods Get Vibrancy Grants
The City of Westfield has announced 18 Neighborhood Vibrancy Grant awards, totaling $166,627, to support local neighborhood projects. The Neighborhood Vibrancy Grant Program Committee has recommended these grants to the City’s Board of Public Works and Safety for approval at the April 23 meeting. These grants will help fund a total of $460,655 in neighborhood…
Read MoreNoblesville, Westfield and Carmel Lions Assist Gleaners
Lions from Noblesville, Westfield and Carmel recently assisted Gleaner’s with their mobile pantry at Westfield’s Grand Park. Gleaner’s hosts the mobile pantry on the second Tuesday of each month and all of the Lions volunteers are eager to assist. Pictured are Lions Judy Waldrop, Jeff Kozicki, Bill Ryan, Linda Hallet, Carrie Larrison, Mark Hallet, Linda Williamson,…
Read MoreFOR THE RECORD
For The Record is a public service and regular feature in The Noblesville Times. It is designed to tell you what is scheduled to happen and what actually does happen in meetings paid for with your tax dollars. The Times encourages all citizens to take an active role in being involved in local government. Noblesville…
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