Betsy Reason

Let’s face it. Noblesville needs a performing arts venue for community theater groups. The community needs performance space where community or non-equity theaters, dance companies and musical groups can affordably stage their performances for the public. Having “insufficient or no access to performance space” is our local theaters’ greatest barrier, according to the results of…

This first weekend in June kicks off summertime activities in and around Noblesville. Here’s our Times’ list of 35 things to do this weekend and beyond. -Betsy Reason writes about people, places and things in Hamilton County. Contact The Times editor Betsy Reason at [email protected] For more Hamilton County Bicentennial events, visit www.hamcoturns200.com

This weekend, a tradition returns as a big tent goes up on the Hamilton County Courthouse Square, and the Noblesville Lions set up tables and chairs for the Club’s annual Pork Chop Dinner, which this year has been renamed as “Grillin’ on the Square.” Friday morning, the Lions will be up early putting pork chops…

With blue skies and sunshine, it was a beautiful day to remember our military service men and women. U.S. Army Vietnam veteran James Martin always calls it his “duty” to emcee the Noblesville Memorial Day Ceremony at the Hamilton County War Memorial in downtown Noblesville. He welcomed the large crowd to Monday morning’s ceremony, which…

The Cat has recently asked nationally known comic Dave Dugan to jump in a little more with them and not only do comedy but also host comedy shows and bring in comics. They’ll call it “Dave Dugan presents Comedy at the Cat.” Dugan said, “Due to well-received standup comedy nights the past few years, The…

Here’s our list of things to do this weekend and beyond. Here’s our Times’ list of 33 things to do. -Betsy Reason writes about people, places and things in Hamilton County. Contact The Times editor Betsy Reason at [email protected] For more Hamilton County Bicentennial events, visit www.hamcoturns200.com

It’s a day we will never forget. May 25, 2018. Today is the five-year anniversary of the Noblesville West Middle School shooting that changed many of our lives. It changed the way we think about life. It changed the way we do things. A then seventh-grader, armed with two handguns, opened fire in his classroom,…

Forest Park Aquatic Center guests asked for more seating around the pools, and they got it. They asked for private rentable shaded seating, and they got it. They asked for an adult seating area, and they got it. What else is new? New choices at the concession stand. Smoothies and freshly made popcorn will be…

Today, our daughter, Addie, turns 17. It doesn’t seem possible that she’s already a Noblesville High School junior with only one more year of school until she graduates. The years have flown by. It seems like yesterday that I was holding her tightly in my arms. We celebrated birthdays with Happy Feet, Tinker Bell, Dora,…

It was May 2, 1981. It’s been a lot of years, but I remember my high school prom like it was yesterday. My prom dress was borrowed from my cousin. My date was a classmate I’d known since kindergarten. And my corsage was a pink carnation that I later pressed in a book to save.…