Betsy Reason

When I was in high school, choosing elective courses was easy. I took the traditional Typing I and II, Shorthand, Accounting, General Business, Home Ec Department’s Child Development and Family Relations, Spanish, and Newspaper classes. Other offerings included Yearbook, Architectural Drawing, Shop and Ag classes, plus advanced English, Math and Science courses That was 40…

The City of Noblesville has a new page on its website to share news about the city’s infrastructure and economic development projects. This is a great place to find just about anything you want to know about a development project. At www.cityofnoblesville.org/projects, readers will find a map of the downtown Noblesville projects, The Levinson, Lofts…

Here are 25 things to put on your calendar, from now through February. 1.  The Hamilton County Theatre Guild’s Belfry Theatre will present “The Dining Room” comedy/drama, a play by A.R. Gurney, at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at The Switch Theatre in Ji-Eun Lee Music Academy in Fishers.…

I remember the day that Bill Jourdan invited me into his former 10th Street home in downtown Noblesville. The U.S. Navy veteran could talk about his military service for hours. The retired Noblesville Police detective sergeant still fit into his Navy pea coat. And he kept his “Dixie up”-style sailor hat close at hand. Jourdan…

Constance Jones grew up in the oldest black Baptist Church in Hamilton County, established in 1853, and she’s proud of it. “We were the colored Baptist Church. That’s what we were called back then,” said Jones, 82, Noblesville, proudly reminiscing as she sat on a wooden church pew last Wednesday in the former church building,…

Noblesville American Legion Post 45 in Noblesville will soon be another downtown building that will become part of the City’s past. Voting members of Frank E. Huntzinger Post No. 45 on Thursday unanimously approved to sell the property at 1094 Conner St., to a developer and to purchase property elsewhere. The Post 45 Legion members,…

Ever since the day after Noblesville Taste of Business in March 2020, when everything started shutting down, things have never been the same. About 12 days ago, Noblesville Chamber sent out an invitation to RSVP for a State of Health Luncheon for this coming Wednesday at Purgatory Golf Club. However, since then, the luncheon, which…

For our readers who like to open their new calendars at the beginning of each year and fill up the blank squares with things to do, I will share some dates for your calendar: Jan. 21-30 — The Hamilton County Theatre Guild’s Belfry Theatre will present “The Dining Room” comedy/drama, a play by A.R. Gurney,…

What a great start to Noblesville High School’s show choir competition season. NHS Singers, the high school’s top mixed show choir, on Saturday night took home Grand Champion of the Jay County Show Choir Spectacular, along with Best Choreography and Best Vocals awards. Their traveling companion choir, New Dimension, NHS’s top all-female show choir, won…

Diane Wilson had such fond memories growing up of time spent in her grandparents’ dining room that, when she and her husband bought their first home, she made sure they chose a home with a formal dining room. And dining room furniture was their first purchase, because she wanted to make memories of their own.…