Betsy Reason

It’s Election Day. Polls are open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. today. So get out and vote. But make sure you’ve done your homework on the candidates. The school board race in Noblesville is probably the most important race this year in many eyes. As a voter, you should make sure to vote for the…

Promise Road Elementary School students enjoyed a special treat, originally scheduled for Halloween day, thanks to Noblesville airplane pilot and retired teacher Larry Jacobi who arranged rides in two World War II Stearman biplanes for the school’s principal and assistant principal on Thursday afternoon. The treat was flying tight over the school so that the…

Downtown Noblesville will be bustling tonight as Noblesville Main Street offers its First Friday Holiday Open House. Visit Suburban Indy Holiday Show at Grand Park. and Unseenpress Tours at at Lacy Arts Building. Here are more details of my list of 25 things to do this weekend and beyond: 1. Visit the Suburban Indy Holiday…

As a parent of a Noblesville High School junior who is involved in NHS Singers show choir and theater, I’ve learned that it takes a lot of people to make a show happen. Getting ready for a high school musical takes months, weeks, days and hours of rehearsals, with cast members learning lines, music, blocking…

I remember how Marilyn Heath was always so proud of her dad’s patriotism and civic dedication. Irving Maxwell Heath was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army, 4th Armored Division, 35th Battalion under Gen. Omar Bradley and Gen. George S. Patton. She once shared with me a letter from retired 100-year-old Brig. Gen. Alvin F.…

Enjoy dinner out tonight at a family-owned restaurant while helping community youth needs. Noblesville Kiwanis Sunrisers are serving tacos, rice and beans at Ginger’s Cafe tonight during Taco Tuesday, a fundraiser for Boys & Girls Club, Riley Children’s Health and other youth needs. It’s 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at the 10th Street eatery…

Noblesville’s Jack and Chris Martin have been making scarecrows for the past seven years. It all began when Noblesville Main Street decided to decorate downtown Noblesville with scarecrows made by members of the community for the first Fall Festival First Friday event. And it was a contest. So the co-owners of Martin & Martin Insurance…

With Halloween on Monday, the community can enjoy four days of witching hours this Halloween weekend. Here’s our list of 22 Halloween happenings through Monday, including the area’s official trick-or-treat hours. 1. Dare to enter the Haunted Trail Friday and Saturday at Red Bridge Park in Cicero with kid-friendly hours 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.…

This Friday and Saturday, the ghosts and goblins will be out in Cicero. Look for three Cicero Haunted Trail Trolley Stops. Then park your car and climb aboard a “Spooky Trolley” and head for Cicero Parks’ third annual Haunted Trail at Red Bridge Park. Kid-friendly hours are 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., and spooky after-dark…

The Noblesville Dairy Queen on South 10th Street is now just a pile of rubble. A demolition crew on Monday afternoon started demolishing the restaurant that’s been there since 1975. The crew started at about 2:30 p.m. and went until about 4 p.m. Monday, expecting to return today to finish the demolition. More than two…