GriefShare 14-week seminar begins Sunday, Jan. 23rd

Have you lost a loved one or know someone that will find it difficult to face each day? Noblesville First United Methodist Church, 2051 Monument Street, Noblesville announces the beginning of their next GriefShare sessions open to the community. Our Fall GriefShare weekly session will meet on Sunday’s, 3:30-5:30 p.m. beginning Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022.…

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NFPA encourages prompt removal of Christmas trees

Nearly one-third (30 percent) of U.S. home fires involving Christmas trees occur in January. With this post-holiday fire hazard in mind, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) strongly encourages everyone to keep the festive memories and remove the hazards by disposing of Christmas trees promptly after the holiday season. “As much as we all enjoy…

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Timothy Patrick O’Hara

Dec. 14, 2021 Timothy Patrick O’Hara, Carmel, Ind., passed away suddenly on Dec. 14, 2021 at the age of 49.  He was born in New York City to the late Robert O’Hara and Mary Ann (nee Giallombardo) O’Hara.   He graduated from Ridgefield High School in Ridgefield, Conn. where he was a standout athlete, student…

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Barbara Louise Street

Jan. 26, 1927 – Dec. 29, 2021 Barbara Louise Street, 94, formerly of Frankfort, Ind. and Noblesville, Ind., passed away on Dec. 29, 2021 in Lexington, Ky.  She was born on Jan. 26, 1927 to Mary Elizabeth Morgan and Leslie R. McCorkell in Cherokee, Iowa.  She graduated from Frankfort Senior High School in 1945. Barbara…

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Judy Dian Dalton Parkes

Oct. 15, 1945 – Jan. 1, 2022 Judy Dian Dalton Parkes, 76, passed away Saturday morning, Jan. 1, 2022, after complications from a prolonged battle with congestive heart failure.  She was born Oct. 15, 1945, in Danville, Va., to Morgan Oscar Dalton and Mary Etta Smoot Dalton. While growing up in Danville, Mrs. Parkes’s spiritual…

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Wilma Ilene Hawley

Dec. 21, 1925 – Dec. 31, 2021 Wilma Ilene Hawley, 96, Boxley, Ind., passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family on Friday morning, Dec. 31, 2021.  Born Dec. 21, 1925, in Sheridan, Ind., she was the daughter of the late Fred Raymond and June Mildred (Spencer) Cline.  Mrs. Hawley was a people…

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Goodbye, and a look back at 2021

As we wind down 2021 on this New Year’s Eve and prepare to welcome 2022, I share with you my highlights of the year. Here’s my list of more than 35 things that I recall in 2021: 1. The $24.4 million mixed-use Levinson project, Noblesville’s first parking garage, and the first new downtown apartments in…

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Daily Almanac: Dec. 31, 2021

Sunrise/Sunset RISE: 8:09 a.m.      SET: 5:32 p.m. High/Low Temperatures High: 59 °F Low: 40 °F Wacky Holiday Today • Hogmanay • No Interruptions Day • Unlucky Day What Happened On This Day • 2009 Both a Blue Moon and lunar eclipse occured on the same day • 1907 The first annual ball drop at Times…

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