Betsy Reason

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.…

Peonies are everywhere downtown Noblesville this weekend during the Indiana Peony Festival, plus join the Charity Ride for American Veteran Riders Association Saturday morning leaving from the Ralph Lehr VFW Post 6246, find your favorite plants at the Hamilton County Master Gardeners’ Plant Sale on Saturday, and buy a new mattress during Noblesville High School…

CUT 2 Master gardeners Want TO GO? What: Hamilton County Master Gardener Plant Sale. When: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Where: Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds, 2003 E. Pleasant St., Noblesville. Cost: Free admission. Credit cards, cash and checks accepted. Info: www.hcmga.org, (317) 776-0854. Gardeners, it’s time to shine up your little red wagons, make…

Noblesville Indoor Percussion Ensemble has had an amazing season. These Noblesville students placed second at State and fourth in the Winter Guard International World Championships. The community can experience the Ensemble’s final public performance of the school year this Thursday, during a band concert, at 6:30 p.m. at NHS. Donations will be accepted for admittance:…

While I think about how special it is to be a mom every day of the year, I especially think about being a mother on Mother’s Day. I think about how wonderful it is to be a mom and to still have my own mom with us. My daughter is 16, and my mom is…

En Pointe Indiana Ballet’s production of “The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland,” Sheridan Parks’ unveiling in Biddle Park of a new-and-improved disc golf course, Nickel Plate Arts’ Second Saturday activities and the return of live music on the Square during Noblesville Main Street’s Music and All That Jazz this Saturday are among the plethora of…

I have been hearing good things about En Pointe Indiana Ballet’s newest production, “The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland,” since before rehearsals began. Every time that I watch a production by the Noblesville-based dance school  — from “En Pointe Christmas” and “Don Quixote” in the Noblesville High School Auditorium to “Curiosity” on the big screen…

Six new restaurants and food-service establishments join this year’s Taste of Business – Made in Noblesville 2023. The addition of more eateries brings the total to 17 restaurants to taste their chefs’ favorites during today’s Noblesville Chamber of Commerce event. Chamber president Bob DuBois is thrilled about this year’s event, open 4 p.m. to 7:30…

Jessica Pearson shares her story of abuse that she experienced as a child and the raw recounting of the effects of that abuse, as well as her journey to healing, in her first book, “Imagining the Darkness,” released today. “The book is a love letter to myself and anyone who has suffered at the hands…