Betsy Reason

Tribute concerts are part of the fun this summer at Conner Prairie’s Symphony on the Prairie and at Federal Hill Commons. Also, if you haven’t been out to Forest Park Aquatic Center, Friday nights are now more fun thanks to a giant, new video board that shows family movies. Plus the Hamilton County 4-H Fair…

I wonder if people who paid $160 for VIP tables at the Noblesville July 4 Fireworks Festival at Forest Park had good parking. And I wonder if those VIP guests were let out of the park before the trolleys and buses at the end of the night. Usually we ride our bicycles or walk into…

What makes kids smile? The Noblesville Fourth of July. Kids were smiling everywhere on Monday during the Noblesville July 4 Fireworks Festival & Parade. Despite the heat, there were more people who came out to watch the parade than I have seen in a long time. Families lined the streets with kids holding out bags…

Noblesville High School Spanish teacher Kevin Cole couldn’t imagine teaching anywhere else. He was supposed to go on a recent school trip to Costa Rica. He was fluent in Spanish, as well as sarcasm, he would say. Cole was one of the good guys. A teacher who loved to teach and to watch students learn.…

It’s Independence Day weekend and there are lots of things to do. Cicero’s Lights Over Morse Lake Festival kicks off today, Conner Prairie celebrates all weekend during a Glorious Fourth and Symphony on the Prairie, CarmelFest is Sunday and Monday with fireworks both nights, and Noblesville Fourth of July Parade and Fireworks are Monday. Also,…

Do you own a golf cart and want to ride it all over town for the July 4 weekend? Then bring your golf cart to the Town of Cicero for the 2022 Lights Over Morse Lake Festival. Golf carts are permitted for use in the northern Hamilton County town on Morse Lake. As long as…

Geoff Robinson has learned that “life can be short.” So he takes every day as a blessing. And he makes a point to make a difference. Coming up on the seventh anniversary of his heart attack — on July 4, 2015, while participating in Carmel’s 4.5-mile Freedom Run & Walk, during which he collapsed, his…

Fleetwood Gold is the band tonight at Cool Creek Park, “Beetlejuice” is the flick at the outdoor summer movie series and The Belfry Theatre’s “Drinking Habits” play opens tonight at Ivy Tech Auditorium in Noblesville. On Saturday, come out for a fly-in and pancake breakfast at Noblesville Airport and later that day hear the REO…

There’s nothing better than flapjacks at a Saturday morning fly-in. At least twice a year, aviation enthusiasts of all ages head out to Noblesville Airport to see all types of aircraft fly in and take off right in front of their eyes. Visitors can get up close and touch the planes. They can climb on…

Nancy Lafferty loves to laugh, and that’s why she likes “Drinking Habits.” Even the play title is a conversation starter, said Lafferty, who helped design a purple “Drinking Habits” souvenir shirt, another conversation starter, for The Belfry Theatre’s final production, opening Friday, in the theater’s 2021-22 regular season. Lafferty, who chose the comedy in 2019…