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Karen Huff has been antiquing and flea marketing for years. So when the Noblesville Preservation Alliance decided to offer a Flea Market during the pandemic in place of the annual Historic Home Tour three years ago, she was all in. “The process of hefting, hauling, scrubbing and polishing is well worth the satisfaction of passing…

Dave Dugan is at it again. Four years ago on Groundhog Day, the comedian, a Hamilton County resident, set a world-record at laps around a Carmel roundabout with proceeds going to charity. Yes, the Carmel comedian drove in circles a total of 717 laps around a single roundabout. It took him three hours and 10…

What’s the Noblesville Farmers Market going to look like this season? Where are market-goers going to park? Will there be any handicapped-accessible parking? Will the restrooms remain open? How is the Farmers Market going to happen with construction work in progress? These are all questions that folks have been asking, being that the Noblesville Farmers…

Mark Hall stood outside the Noblesville Elks Lodge on Ninth Street Tuesday night smoking a “victory cigar.” Wearing yellow and black “Mark Hall” T-shirts, he and his wife Lisa were still pinching themselves in disbelief. But Hall now knows that “common people can win.” Giving his victory speech, the Noblesville resident confidently said, “We unseated…

Noblesville Main Street’s First Friday tonight and the kickoff of the Farmers Market is a good sign for warm weather to come. Also, enjoy other activities with today’s list of 20 things to do in The Times. 1. Noblesville Main Street’s First Friday event is Upstairs Downtown, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. today, featuring…

Bill Smith has always been a fan of Jane Austen’s classic stories. Add that to his love for theater, and his experience locally as an actor and director. So it’s easy to understand why he would want to bring Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility” to the local community theater stage. “Typically, I have directed mysteries or…

Eva Kor was about hope, healing, respect and responsibility by shining a light on the story of the Holocaust. I last saw Kor’s picture — a larger-than-life-size color poster — in the hallway at Franklin Central High School on Friday night when our Noblesville High School show choirs were competing there. Her picture on the…

Poll workers played trivia games, worked on crossword puzzles and discussed their favorite movies and TV shows. They read books, put together jigsaw puzzles and did “a lot of talking.” These are just a few of the ways that poll workers pass the day while waiting for voters to come in. Poll workers kept busy…

You might say John Bundy always had all of his ducks in a row. And he probably already knew every play on words when it came to ducks. I remember the first time I visited John Bundy at his Strawtown Avenue home and workshop where he carved wood into duck decoys of all sizes and…

The Loyalty Day Parade is for the American people to show their support for the United States and bring back the American values. It’s for the veterans, too, who fought for the freedom of this country. Those are the words of Rob Loy, commander of the Noblesville Veterans of Foreign Wars Ralph Lehr Post 6246,…