Home Tour, Upstairs Downtown, Kids Day, Elks Sale, StringTime, Brewfest, Spaghetti Jeep Cruise-In

Historic buildings in downtown Noblesville and historic homes in downtown and Old Town open their doors for company this weekend. Noblesville Main Street’s Upstairs Downtown is tonight, and Noblesville Preservation Alliance’s 35th annual Historic Home Tour is all day Saturday. Tickets are available to both at the door or online bundled in advance. What else??…

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Arrowood on Homecoming, Heights Athletic Hall of Fame

Homecoming Week is among my favorite weeks of the year. The spirit days, athletic games, pep rally, homecoming parade, football game, and dance bring our Huskies together in the kind of energy, enthusiasm, and pride that can been seen and felt in every way throughout the campus. It represents one of the most fun weeks…

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The Sound of Silence!

My column this week has been prompted by two events. First was the recent 20th anniversary of the passing of my beagle, Barney, who accompanied me on more than 2,500 TV segments between 1991 and 2002. And second, that I have finally agreed with my wife (and all my friends) that I need to invest…

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Little Big Ten History On Firing Football Coaches

The inevitable came three weeks early for Scott Frost, who got a $15 million going away present from Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts on Sunday. Alberts decided not to wait for a reduced buyout of $7.5 million on Oct. 1 after the 45-42 debacle in Lincoln last Saturday. On a day of upsets in college…

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StringTime Concert Season Winds Down for the Summer

Grab your lawn chairs and blankets and head for the Hamilton County Courthouse Square in downtown Noblesville to savor the final concert of Legacy Keepers Music’s sixth annual StringTime on the Square summer music series. The concert series debuted in July 2017 in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Legacy Keepers Music, an educational charity…

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State GOP Facing Challenges of Own Making

Ok Class, here’s today’s test. Who is Daniel E. Kelly? Googling is not allowed. Anyone? OK, here’s a hint. Mr. Kelly is connected to Dr. Brewster M. Higley. It’s OK, I’ll wait. Still nothing? One last hint. Dr. Higley wrote a poem called My Western Home in the 1870s. Give up? Daniel took that poem…

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Paula Talks Hamilton County’s History as Part of the Underground Railroad

Michael Kobrowski, the Westfield Washington Historical Society’s archivist and collection manager, recently mentioned to me that September is International Underground Railroad Month. This is something relatively new. Maryland was the first state to officially proclaim the observance in 2019, but other states and Canada soon followed, including Indiana in 2021. September was chosen for the…

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‘Chicken Selfies’ Bring in Dollars for NHS Leo Club

Who wouldn’t want to have a selfie photo taken with a chicken? Yes, that’s right. For a small donation, fans at Friday night’s Noblesville High School Millers football game against Westfield Shamrocks had the opportunity to pose for a photo with a chicken. You know, those domesticated birds that can’t fly. Since the pandemic, there’s…

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How Will Female Hoosier Voters Respond to SEA1?

On Sept. 15, about five weeks after the male-dominated Indiana General Assembly passed and Gov. Eric Holcomb signed some of the most sweeping abortion restrictions in the nation, SEA1 goes into effect. Some of the reactions have been predictable. The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit to block the new law and, in a second…

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