Betsy Reason

Flying Toasters concert tonight at Cool Creek Park, Strawberry Festival, Art Fair and Juneteenth are Saturday on the Courthouse Square with a Wayne-Fall Lions Club Rummage Sale on Saturday. Here, we offer our Times readers 25 things to do this weekend and beyond: 1. Bring your family to the Touch-a-Truck event, open 10 a.m. to…

Noblesville American Legion members had the opportunity to bring home more than $1,000 when they volunteered to work a booth and sell music CDs at last Friday’s REO Speedwagon/Styx/Loverboy concert at Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville. And just a couple of days later, the Legion officially shared its plan with The Times to sell its…

When I think of Central Indiana Vintage Vehicles’ Father’s Day Car Show, I think of Dave Shank and Larry Grabb. As long as the car club has been having car shows, they’ve been involved. But it’s not just about them, it’s about all of the people who make this show a success at Forest Park…

Grab your lawn chairs and blankets and get ready to tap your toes for the return of the Legacy Keepers Music StringTime on the Square summer music series. The concert series debuted in July 2017 in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Legacy Keepers Music, an educational charity that Noblesville’s Janet Gilray started in 2007…

Knowing how difficult rejection can be as an actor, Tanya Haas doesn’t want that rejection to discourage a young person just starting out exploring being on stage. That’s why she only directs shows that are “no-cut.” The policy allows students who might never get to be on stage otherwise to participate in shows, she said.…

Noblesville Parks & Recreation kicks off its summer concert series at Federal Hill Commons and Dillon Park, Main Street Productions and Carmel Community Players present plays on stage, Hamilton County offers Shred Day, and Conner Prairie has Art on the Prairie. Here, we offer our Times readers 30 things to do this weekend and beyond:…

Congratulations to our 776 members of the Noblesville High School Class of 2022. Tuesday’s commencement ceremony at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum at the Indiana State Fairgrounds was the first time since 2019 that we’ve seen a graduation ceremony. Although in 2020 and 2021, due to the pandemic, the school had a wonderful parade of graduates…

Performing on the stage at Carnegie Hall in New York City was one little girl’s dream that finally became a reality at the age of 75. “This was the opportunity of a lifetime for me,” said Moffett Craig of Noblesville, who as a young classical singer, rather than following her dream, she chose to have…

Noblesville Police Department earned bragging rights and grand champion trophy in the 10th annual Darlington Bed Race netting more than $18,000 to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Noblesville. Bystanders lined Ninth Street, which was blocked off, to watch Friday night’s race, which brought out teams in a double-elimination tournament, during which NPD beat…

I have known Ron Reasoner mostly through the Noblesville Elks Lodge, which I joined in 2004. But I met him many years before that when I attended Elks events, when the Elks Lodge was out on 196th Street. I came to know Reasoner even better when I interviewed the Elks secretary for a story for…