Betsy Reason

By: Betsy Reason Share your holiday wish list with Santa at the Santa House on the Square, ice skate at the temporary Federal Hill ice plaza, watch Carmel Community Players’ live theater, take in the Carmel Christkindlmarkt, see the lights at Merry Prairie at Conner Prairie, perform with the Noblesville High School Alumni Pep Band,…

By: Betsy Reason Last Wednesday’s Noblesville Chamber of Commerce Holiday Luncheon was one of the best-ever Chamber luncheons. I may be biased. Our daughter, a Noblesville High School senior, is a member of the NHS Singers 60-member mixed varsity show choir, directed by John Neubauer. The choir performed after lunch. Plus, our daughter is an…

By: Betsy Reason Hamilton County Election Office results have paper trails for the first time. Voter turnout is the highest for a Municipal Election. And Tuesday’s Election Day polls were busiest in Carmel and Fishers. In Carmel, Republican candidate Sue Finkum celebrated a victory with 18,042 votes, or 56.60 percent; while Democratic candidate Miles Nelson…

By: Betsy Reason More than 100 Noblesville High School students have come together as cast, crew and orchestra for NHS Choral Department’s annual fall musical, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s “Cinderella.” Cast has been rehearsing since late August, while crew members have been creating costumes, doing hair, building sets and gathering props, while musicians have been practicing…

By: Betsy Reason What does the community think of the City of Noblesville trying something new for the Noblesville Christmas Parade? You’ve probably heard by now that there will be a Christmas Parade through downtown Noblesville. And that the Christmas Parade will be at night. At first, I wasn’t so sure about the decision to…

By: Betsy Reason Imagine sitting in the Historic Courtroom of the Hamilton County Courthouse in downtown Noblesville, listening to classical guitar. Legacy Keepers Music’s Classical Guitar Series, which kicked off in April, continues tonight with a concert in the Historic Courtroom featuring Nolan Winters. The series is organized by Legacy Keepers’ director Janet Gilray of…

By: Betsy Reason Start your holiday shopping early tonight during Noblesville Main Street’s First Friday Holiday Open House or visit Hamilton County Artists’ Association First Friday art opening, plus don’t forget to buy your tickets for Noblesville High School’s fall musical, “Cinderella,” coming up in mid-November, and Merry Prairie opening soon at Conner Prairie. Here’s…

By: Betsy Reason Here in Noblesville, it doesn’t really feel like election time. Only a few politicians have political signs scattered in yards throughout the city. And voters aren’t rushing to early voting to cast their votes. If you don’t live in a city or town in Hamilton County, you won’t vote in the Nov.…

By: Betsy Reason Imagine being a teenager cast in a professional theater production and performing in shows every day of the week. Add in schoolwork, extracurricular activities and family time, along with relying on Mom or Dad to drop you off or pick you up for every performance. Auditioning for a big show, such as…

By: Betsy Reason It was 60 years ago today. Halloween night Oct. 31, 1963. Kirk Kirkendall was a freshman at Westfield High School and two days from turning 15. He was attending the Holiday on Ice Show at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum with his family. It was on that night that a violent explosion…