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Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 6:59 a.m.SET: 8:43 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: HIGH: 80 °FLOW: 59 °F Today is…: • National Nonprofit Day• National Thrift Shop Day• National Vanilla Custard Day What Happened On This Day: • 2008 Michael Phelps Earns his 8th Gold Medal in the 2008 Olympics. The American champion swimmer won the medal in the 4×100-meter…

Old dogs have something to wag about this summer, as The Grey Muzzle Organization announces the recipients of its annual grants, and dogs at The Humane Society for Hamilton County (HSHC) are among the winners. HSHC is one of 90 animal welfare groups chosen from 370 applicants to receive a grant to help local senior…

What makes Vivian Placek smile? “Horses,” said the 12-year-old Noblesville resident, a seventh-grader at Classical Academy in Fishers. “I just love horses, and I love riding them. And we want to get a horse of our own. So we’re trying to make a lot of money so that in a couple of years we can…

MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 2023 6 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS/CITY HALL/ONE CIVIC SQUARE 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. AGENDA APPROVAL 3. INVOCATION 4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 5. RECOGNITION OF CITY EMPLOYEES AND OUTSTANDING CITIZENS a. Welcoming of Police Officers from Jelgava, Latvia b. Recognition of Boy Scout Evan Manders for Being the Highest Earner in Popcorn Sales…

TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2023 at 7 PM Present:    Chad Blueher Absent: Jerry Cook Joseph Cox Eric Hayden Christopher Lutz Declare a Quorum Present: Others Present: Rhonda Gary, Clerk Treasurer Jeff Rednour, Police Chief Lance Overholser, Fire Chief Frank Zawadzki, Cicero/Jackson Township Plan Commission Director Terry Cooper, Street & Utilities Director Jim Hunter, Parks Superintendent Aaron…

Experience Live Music, Local Food And Drinks The Noblesville Front Porch Music Fest returns for its third year on Aug. 26, 2023, with local musicians playing live sets from 2–6:30 p.m. “Front Porch Music Festival gives people who love great music and food – and beer – the chance to experience the special community and…

 The Noblesville City Council approved an economic development agreement with PulteGroup of Indiana and TWG Development to develop approximately 603 acres in previously annexed east Noblesville into a mixed-use development. The project, which is bound by 156th Street, 166th Street, Boden Road and Olio Road, is estimated to have a market value of over $700…

The Noblesville Schools Board of Trustees appointed Noblesville High School teacher Bill Kenley to represent the district on the Hamilton East Public Library board. The vote was 3-2 with board members Laura Alerding and Misti Ray voting against the appointment. Noblesville Schools has authority to appoint to the Hamilton East Public Library board because we…

What makes Fulton Mraz smile? “I’m a Special Olympics (gold medal winner) for the 100-meter dash,” said the 24-year-old Cicero resident. “I have autism,” said the 2018 graduate of Hamilton Heights High School. “Right now, we’re focusing on helping other people and trying to do entertainment for other people … like singing and writing some…

Dear Editor, In the book “Palm Sunday,” Kurt Vonnegut writes, “Whenever ideas are squashed in this country, literate lovers of the American experiment write careful and intricate explanations of why all ideas must be allowed to live. It is time for them to realize that they are attempting to explain America at its bravest and…