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Haunted Trail, Trunk-or-Treat, Headless Horseman, Pumpkins
With Halloween on Monday, the community can enjoy four days of witching hours this Halloween weekend. Here’s our list of 22 Halloween happenings through Monday, including the area’s official trick-or-treat hours. 1. Dare to enter the Haunted Trail Friday and Saturday at Red Bridge Park in Cicero with kid-friendly hours 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.…
Read MoreBubba Shares Real Scary Story for Halloween
I’m blaming it on the big box stores. Those folks put out Halloween stuff in July and Christmas stuff in August (what happened to Thanksgiving?). Heck, I was in one of those stores the first week of October and they already had their Halloween stuff marked down and were moving it out to make way…
Read MoreCicero Haunted Trail: Enter if You Dare . . .
This Friday and Saturday, the ghosts and goblins will be out in Cicero. Look for three Cicero Haunted Trail Trolley Stops. Then park your car and climb aboard a “Spooky Trolley” and head for Cicero Parks’ third annual Haunted Trail at Red Bridge Park. Kid-friendly hours are 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., and spooky after-dark…
Read MoreGetting into the Spirit(s) of Halloween
I couldn’t let Halloween pass without an appropriately spooky column! Westfield’s Michael and Nicole Kobrowski are probably best known for their books on the paranormal and for their Historic Indiana Ghost Walks & Tours, but did you know they also conduct ghost investigations? I’m not talking about “giggle-giggle-let’s-scare-ourselves-silly” ghost hunting. These are serious inquiries into…
Read MoreDairy Queen No Longer
The Noblesville Dairy Queen on South 10th Street is now just a pile of rubble. A demolition crew on Monday afternoon started demolishing the restaurant that’s been there since 1975. The crew started at about 2:30 p.m. and went until about 4 p.m. Monday, expecting to return today to finish the demolition. More than two…
Read MoreBeyond Ukraine, Contrasts Between Young and McDermott
When U.S. Sen. Todd Young debated Democrat nominee Thomas McDermott Jr., and Libertarian James Sceniak last weekend for their only joint appearance, Russia continued to lose in its ill-fated invasion of Ukraine. It was faltering so badly on the battlefield that the despot Vladimir Putin unleashed a terror campaign against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities,…
Read MoreMy Finger is Stuck Again: Health Tips for Fingers from Dr. Roberts
I have often seen patients 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 were suffering from trigger finger, a condition also known as trigger digit, or by the medical term stenosing tenovaginitis. The condition is very common.…
Read More2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Changes…and Charges…Everything
When we look back on the transition from gas to electric vehicles, this will be the one that changed everything. General Motors gets credit for the first modern electric vehicle with the EV1 a quarter-century ago, and Tesla showed the world a way towards mass adoption, but Ford will get credit for taking them truly…
Read MoreSharing Books With A Stranger
I love Little Free Libraries. If you don’t have these in your neighborhood, they are little boxes that look like tiny houses—not much larger than a big birdhouse—with a glass door on the front and books inside. People leave books they have read and pick up books they want to read and, somehow, the whole…
Read MoreSpending Some Time in the ‘Pen’
I’m a thief! There, I said it. I’ve been wanting to get that off my chest for some time. It’s not easy coming clean after all these years. For a person of high principles, like me, it’s difficult admitting that I’ve often taken something that belongs to someone else without asking. I steal writing implements.…
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