‘Christmas at the Playhouse’ Presents 6 Original 1-Acts This Weekend Only

The Basile Westfield Playhouse is giving original playwrights the center stage this holiday season. Main Street Productions is playing host to a special event that’s not part of the regular 2022-23 Playhouse season. “Christmas at the Playhouse” features six original one-act plays by local and regional playwrights: ”A Requiem for Shermy” and “Last Minute Shoppers”…

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Daily Almanac: Dec. 7, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 7:52 a.m.SET: 5:18 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: HIGH: 52 °FLOW: 44 °F Today is…: • International Civil Aviation Day• Letter Writing Day• National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day What Happened On This Day: • 1922 The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland•…

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Communities Receive $4M to Aid with Road Improvements

Local communities will receive $4 million to accelerate road and bridge improvements, per Hamilton County legislators. House Speaker Todd Huston (R-Fishers) said the local funding from the Community Crossings Matching Grant Program is for road and bridge preservation, road reconstruction, intersection improvements, guardrail replacements and signage, and can cover material costs for chip sealing and…

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Coverdale Earns Silver Anniversary Team Honors

Former Noblesville Miller, Mr. Basketball and IU basketball player Tom Coverdale has been named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2023 Silver Anniversary Team. A total of seventeen men were named to the 2023 Silver Anniversary Team, based on outstanding accomplishments as a senior basketball player 25 years ago. 1998 Mr. Basketball Tom Coverdale…

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Cookies for Christmas!

Okay, I’ll confess. I didn’t have time to do any in depth research this week, so, this being the season for holiday pitch-ins and parties, I decided to raid my recipe files for some easy cookie recipes. I got this one from a clerk I worked with at Speedway Public Library in the 1980s. She…

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Paul Adreani Jr.

October 26, 1926-December 3, 2022 Paul Adreani Jr., 96, of Noblesville, and originally of Niles, Illinois, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022 at Harbour Manor Care Center in Noblesville. He was born on Oct. 26, 1926 to Paul and Eglina (Fabri) Adreani in Chicago, Ill. Mr. Adreani was a World War II veteran and…

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Harold Walter Ambrose

December 31, 1944-December 5, 2022 Harold ‘Butch’ Walter Ambrose, 77, of Westfield, passed away peacefully on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. He was born on Dec. 31, 1944 to Margaret Carrie and Harold William Ambrose, one of 5 children, 2 sisters and 2 brothers. Mr. Ambrose worked in the Automobile business his entire adult life. He…

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Nellie Lou Benedict

June 3, 1934-December 5, 2022 Nellie Lou Benedict, 88, of Sawyer, Kansas, passed away Dec. 5, 2022, at Pratt Health and Rehab in Pratt, Kansas after an extended illness. She was born on June 3, 1934, in Pendleton to Bernice and Ruth (Stoner) Long. Mrs. Price was a homemaker. She married Willis Price Benedict on…

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Mary Ann Lewis

January 15, 1940-December 3, 2022 Mary Ann Lewis, 82, of Noblesville, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022 at Maple Park Village in Westfield. She was born on Jan. 15, 1940 in Noblesville. Mrs. Lewis was born and raised in Noblesville area through her grade school years.  She moved to Indianapolis where she attended junior…

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George N. Pappas

March 28, 1935-December 4, 2022 George N. Pappas, 87, of Noblesville, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022 at Community Hospital North in Indianapolis. He was born on March 28, 1935 to Nick and Zoi (Siamas) Pappas in Indianapolis. Mr. Pappas proudly served his country in the United States Army. He received a Bachelor’s degree…

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