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4th Candidate for Carmel Mayor’s Race is Among Friday’s Last-Minute Filings
When the candidate filing period ended at noon Friday, there were 106 candidates vying for 59 seats in Hamilton County races. Nine candidates filed Friday morning. Any surprises? The Carmel Mayor’s seat on Friday attracted a fourth candidate, Fred Glynn, a Republican two-term Hamilton County Council member who ran for State Representative in District 32…
Read MoreFirst Friday Valentine Activities, Live Music, Comedy, Bee Keeping
First Friday, Valentine’s events, live music all weekend and more can be found in our list of 25 things to do this weekend and beyond: 1. Noblesville Main Street’s First Friday, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. today, offers all kinds of reasons to shop downtown with Caravan Classes having a free Vintage Valentine activity, Wild…
Read MoreTravel is Just Plane Ugly
I’ll be honest. I do not like to travel. I like being there; I don’t like getting there. As we sat in one airport waiting to board, I made the huge mistake of buying a magazine containing an article called: “Your Feel-Good Vacation.” This feature detailed all the potential woes of reaching your destination. Here…
Read MoreProfessor Thompson Grades Big Ten Hoops
It’s time to issue mid-term grades for Big Ten Conference basketball. Entering the season, Indiana and Illinois were supposed to be teacher’s pets. The Hoosiers’ Trayce Jackson-Davis was the odds-on favorite for Big Ten Player of the Year honors. A funny thing, though, happened on the way to the awards ceremony. The team generally picked…
Read MoreNoblesville Schools is Our School Choice
When I was a kid, I rarely heard of any students attending classes other than at public schools. But today, my Noblesville High School junior daughter finds that several of her friends outside of NHS are choosing alternative education, and many are being homeschooled. Last week was National School Choice Week. It was created to…
Read MoreCoaching Records Don’t Back Up What Media is Telling You
Are you following the coaching search with the Indianapolis Colts? If so, you have probably heard that if the team hires Jeff Saturday it will mean the following: Yeah, OK, I kind of made up that last one. But seriously, how many sports pundits are losing their minds over the idea that Saturday might end…
Read MoreWhere Are We With Taxes? Let’s Ask
I’d like to think that my talent with the written word is responsible for the landslide of response the last two weeks. But I suspect the topics – politics as usual and the insanity of our massive national debt – has far more to do with it. Whatever the reason, I’ll take it. The more…
Read MoreElks Seeking History of Stained-Glass Windows, Hoping to Remove, Sell to the Highest Bidders
If you’ve ever stepped inside the Noblesville Elks Lodge, you might have noticed the very beautiful, old stained glass windows along the south wall of the dining room. Lodge members have recently been working on a plan to remodel the lodge, and during their remodel they expect to remove these windows. And possibly sell the…
Read MoreHere’s Another Roberts Settlement Success Story
Despite its small size and rural setting, the African American farming community of Roberts Settlement produced a number of successful professionals — doctors, lawyers, ministers, politicians, businessmen and especially, educators. More educators came out of Roberts Settlement than any other profession, a feat that’s all the more impressive when you consider that most of the…
Read More2023 Kia Niro Crossover Finds its Efficient Hybrid Soul
It didn’t look like much from the outside, but the first generation Kia Niro became a smash success, employing hybrid and EV technology far more advanced than its simple two-box shape would indicate. But it always seemed to while away in the shadow of its more flamboyant and taller sibling, the Soul. Not anymore. A…
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