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Musical Director Steps In As Director Of ‘Spitfire Grill’
Noblesville’s Brenna Whitaker has found it easy to get caught up in the musical she’s directing at Basile Westfield Playhouse. While “The Spitfire Grill” is a bit different from your typical “big Broadway” musicals, she said, with only seven characters and no chorus or ensemble, the show is a bit of a roller coaster. “Once…
Read MoreFrom Time to Thyme
By Paula Dunn Got a case of spring fever? I have just the remedy for you! The Blatchley Nature Study Club will be holding their annual Spring Wildflower Walks next Saturday, April 15th, and again on April 29. The April 15th date has been scheduled to catch early blooming wildflowers. The April 29 walk is…
Read MoreAll-New 2024 Subaru Impreza Is The Sports Car For Everyday Life
By Casey Williams Spring has finally come to California wine country and I’m clipping through tight two-lane roads through vineyards and wineries around Paso Robles. Greenery and mountains are simply magical, yet the roads and this car demand attention. As invigorating is the drive, this little hatchback could just as easily take Miles and Maisey…
Read MoreHoosiers unTrumped
By Brian A. Howey For the first time in American history, a former president has been indicted, this time by a grand jury and District Attorney in Manhattan for allegedly making pre-election hush money payoffs to a pornographic actress and a Playboy bunny. In the coming weeks, Donald J. Trump could be facing a cascading…
Read MoreDon’t Believe Everything You Hear!
We are definitely living in a post-truth world. It’s not just in the political sphere that we have to be careful of facts and “alternative facts,” it also extends to the scientific and medical realms as well. The public is being constantly bombarded with scientific information via mainstream media, social media, and other internet sources.…
Read MoreThe Postscript by Carrie Classon
“Burro in Pants” I saw the burro wearing pants and carrying a basket filled with paper flowers. “Oh, my gosh!” I said. “That poor burro.” There are several burros with this job in this Mexican town and, as burro employment goes, it’s a pretty easy gig. The burro wears a rustic basket filled with bright…
Read MoreAsk Rusty – Retired Public Servant Feels Government Pension Offset is “Unjust”
Dear Rusty: I’m a retired firefighter and live in Ohio. I earned Social Security from my side employment, but the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) hit my Social Security very hard. My wife worked in the school system and earned a state “SERS” pension. I understand the WEP offset and that doesn’t bother me as much…
Read More‘Noblesville’s Got Talent’ on Square, Helen Keller Story, More Egg Hunts
Beginning today with Noblesville Main Street’s “Noblesville’s Got Talent” show, there are plenty of things to do this weekend and beyond. Here’s our Times’ list of 30 things to do. 1. Come watch singers, dancers, magicians and others perform from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. today for Noblesville Main Street’s “Noblesville’s Got Talent” during First…
Read MoreNOT FUNNY YOU SHOULD SAY THAT!
I think I just read some great news. But I’m not positive how to process the information. Here’s the headline: EXPERT SAYS DAD’S TERRIBLE JOKES ARE GREAT FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT Wait a second! The jokes I told my son Brett as he was growing up were not terrible. I resent that. But even if they…
Read MoreForever Among The Greatest Players In History
Zach Edey’s place among the all-time greatest to play basketball at Purdue was cemented Tuesday by winning his sixth and final 2022-23 National Player of the Year honor, the Wooden Award. Whether Edey supplants All-American Joe Barry Carroll as the Boilermakers’ center on an all-time team will be left to others. Some will want to…
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