Betsy Reason
Learn About, Give Input on Parks’ Master Plans
Earlier this week, Hamilton County Parks announced it’s seeking input for two parks. Being on the county parks’ email and text list, I got the message before the news was published in the local newspapers. Hamilton County Parks is addressing the critical deficiency of parkland here, as defined by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources,…
Read MoreAirplane Rides, Last Carousel Rides, Theater, Music, Psychic Fair, More
Forest Park’s Carousel Corner enjoys its final weekend of the season, Ford Tri-Motor flights take off from Fishers, and have your fortune told at a Psychic Fair. The Attic Theatre opens “The Play That Goes Wrong,” Carmel Community Players winds down “Tick, Tick … Boom!” and the Headless Horseman rides again at Conner Prairie in…
Read MoreGhosts, Goblins, Ghouls, Oh My, Out for Halloween
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to attend the annual Hamilton County 4-H Junior Leaders Community Halloween Party. I always love to attend the party, which my daughter is too old to attend as a guest; the party is for ages 10 and younger. But she still got to dress up this year, as…
Read More‘Play That Goes Wrong’ is Really Right at Attic
If you’ve ever been involved with a theatrical production or just love community theater, you will find this play a hoot. “I think audiences will find humor in the fact that the mistakes in this show are all something that many people have possibly seen in theater. But in this show, they’re purposeful,” said Millie…
Read MoreVeterans Group Collecting Coats for Veterans, Families
I always like to hear about local organizations doing good for the community. The Hamilton County Veterans Corp. is one of those groups. The HCVC is about veterans serving veterans who are members of our American Legions, Veterans of Foreign Wars lodges and other veterans organizations in Hamilton County. The Hamilton County Veterans, a 501(c)(3)…
Read MoreMarilyn’s Place Non-Food Pantry Having Moving Sale
Old Town Noblesville resident Glenn Conn, with the help of co-founders Marie Marks and Hilary Ricks, started Marilyn’s Place Non-Food Pantry on South Eighth Street in Noblesville two summers ago. For Conn, it has been a way to help others in need because someone once helped him. “I’ve been homeless myself and been in need…
Read MoreHarvest Moon Fest, NFD’s Open House, Fall-A-Palooza, Final Farmers Market, More
Sheridan’s Harvest Moon Festival is this weekend, Carmel Community Players opens “Tick, Tick … Boom!” and the Headless Horseman rides at Conner Prairie in Fishers. Noblesville Fire Department Auxiliary serves up pancakes during its open house, Noblesville Farmers Market is open for the last day of the season and we’re only six days away from…
Read MoreTwins, ’44 CHS Grads, Preparing to Turn 96
Imagine getting readying to turn 96 and having a sister who looks like your mirror image. Yes, Rosemary VanCauwenbergh Griffin and Marjorie VanCauwenbergh Miller are identical twins and mirror images. I wrote about the twins just before their 90th birthday in 2016, and I’m sharing the story again. The twins were born during the Depression,…
Read MoreGordon Family Cuts Ribbon on City’s Bridge of Flowers
Noblesville’s Dick Gordon smiled as he looked around at the beautiful new Bridge of Flowers on the Logan Street Pedestrian Bridge overlooking the White River in downtown Noblesville. Gordon dreamed big, and now his vision has come to fruition. “It’s something that I thought was going to be great, but it’s greater than I expected,”…
Read MoreCCP’s ‘Tick, Tick, Boom!’ Tells a Story in Music
The popularity of “Tick, Tick, Boom!” musical on Netflix in 2021 gave Kathleen Clarke Horrigan of Fishers the idea to direct the musical at the local community theater level. “I decided to hop on with the hope of some name recognition,” she said. “It is especially popular with young people who are in love with…
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