Downtown Merchants Holiday Open House, Gallery Artists Market, Improv At The Lacy

By: Betsy Reason Start your holiday shopping early tonight during Noblesville Main Street’s First Friday Holiday Open House or visit Hamilton County Artists’ Association First Friday art opening, plus don’t forget to buy your tickets for Noblesville High School’s fall musical, “Cinderella,” coming up in mid-November, and Merry Prairie opening soon at Conner Prairie. Here’s…

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Hamilton Heights Schools Deepening Connection To Community

By: Derek Arrowood As we continue our dynamic journey of becoming a FORD Next Generation Learning (NGL) community, I continue to see examples of next generation learning in play throughout our campus. For example, last week, students at the middle school celebrated its annual Beyond Hamilton Heights week (formerly College Go! Week) to focus students…

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Facts Being Left Out In Conversations

By: Tim Timmons Scattershooting while wondering whatever happened to Arlene Francis . . . * * * WHAT’S THE old saying about those who live in glass houses? Most days we put out a couple of newspapers with a lot, I mean A LOT, of words. So I shouldn’t be throwing any stones about mistakes.…

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Almost Time For Municipal Voting

By: Betsy Reason Here in Noblesville, it doesn’t really feel like election time. Only a few politicians have political signs scattered in yards throughout the city. And voters aren’t rushing to early voting to cast their votes. If you don’t live in a city or town in Hamilton County, you won’t vote in the Nov.…

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NHS Teen Juggles School, Life, 53+ Shows At B&B

By: Betsy Reason Imagine being a teenager cast in a professional theater production and performing in shows every day of the week. Add in schoolwork, extracurricular activities and family time, along with relying on Mom or Dad to drop you off or pick you up for every performance. Auditioning for a big show, such as…

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My Finger Is Stuck!

By: John Roberts I have seen many patients over the years who presented with problems getting their fingers to move. They all described pain with “catching” or “popping” when trying to flex or extend a finger. They suffered from trigger finger, a condition also known as trigger digit, or by the medical term stenosing tenovaginitis.…

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Some Seriously Fancy New Gloves

By: Carrie Classon My Auntie Jo gave me a beautiful pair of gloves yesterday. They are elegant, with embroidery on the top, and I immediately did what I usually do—I put them away for safekeeping. “I’ll wear these to something special!” I told myself. I have a date to go with my niece to see…

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Senate Lions; House Hyenas

By: Brian A. Howey Last week all seven of Indiana’s congressional Republicans voted for an insurrectionist to become Speaker of the House and second in the presidential line of succession. On Wednesday, they elected U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, who Rep. Matt Gaetz is calling “MAGA Mike.” U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio was defeated on…

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Restless Leg Syndrome

By: John Roberts Someone told me the other day that they thought “restless leg syndrome” (RLS) was a condition cooked up by pharmaceutical companies to sell medications. You may have seen commercials for Requip® and Mirapex®, both drugs used to treat this condition. People have described symptoms suggestive of restless legs since the 17th Century.…

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