Betsy Reason

The carnival is still in town, see the “Don Quixote” ballet, attend outdoor movies and beyond with today’s list of 20 things to do in The Times. 1. Huesman Amusements offers an outdoor carnival with rides, games and food from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. today, noon to 11 p.m. Saturday and noon to 10…

Whenever Carmel High School senior Remi Shirayanagi is in a position of leadership, she tries her best to be not only driven, responsible and a visionary, but also kind, understanding and a good listener. She learned a lot about leadership and self-ownership when she spent a year in Taiwan. At age 15, she was a…

Westfield’s Joe Roberts remembers the Blatchley Nature Study Club when he was a kid. “My parents were members and, at that time, families attended,” he said. “So as soon as I was old enough to keep quiet in meetings, they took me to the Nature Club. I just have always attended.” He said, “Next month,…

If you were in downtown Noblesville on Saturday, you probably noticed fairies of all ages in costume. The sunny, warm day was perfect for Nickel Plate Arts’ 10th annual Welcome to Fairyville event. It was a magical time for kids of all ages, who dressed in costume, got their faces painted and followed the Fairyville…

I grew up playing Bingo at family reunions. But it’s nothing like the Bingo game I attended on Monday night at the Noblesville Moose Lodge. Bingo players are serious. They own their own Bingo daubers, which are specialized markers to mark the Bingo card numbers. They watch a flashboard for the Bingo patterns required to…

The carnival is in town, visit Fairyville, watch a Winnie-the-Pooh play, join a wildflower walk and attend outdoor movies and beyond with today’s list of 30 things to do in The Times. 1. Visit the 10th annual “Welcome to Fairyville,” through Saturday at the Nickel Plate Arts Campus and other locations in downtown Noblesville, with…

Finding the perfect young male and female lead roles for the world’s longest-running musical seems like it was meant to be. The role of the clueless, self-involved Luisa in “The Fantasticks” can sometimes be more difficult to fill. The role requires someone with a youthful appearance ­­­­‑- stage age 16 — and yet a strong,…

“Rules for thee and not for me.” You might have heard the phrase, which refers to making others follow rules without having to follow rules themselves. In this column, I’ll be referring to political signs in the right-of-ways — and how some political signs are removed by the City of Noblesville and some are not…

When my now high school sophomore daughter was in middle school, I sat at my laptop computer waiting for Noblesville Schools’ annual free summer camps to go on sale. It kind of reminded me of when I used to try to get tickets for popular concerts at the former Deer Creek Music Center, or this…

More than 10 years ago, Noblesville High School graduate and architect Randy Sherman envisioned apartments, a parking garage and retail shops at Fifth Street and Maple Avenue overlooking White River in downtown Noblesville. He had driven by McMillan’s Auto Care & Towing, a former Shell gas station, hundreds of times. Sherman’s hope was to design…