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When you’re grieving the death of a family member or friend, you may dread the holiday season. Thoughts of social gatherings, family traditions and obligations leave you anxious and overwhelmed. Have you lost a loved one or know someone that will find it difficult to face the coming holidays?  Our GriefShare Surviving the Holidays seminar,…

Actor’s Theatre of Indiana, Inc. (ATI) is proud to announce that it has received a major Legacy Gift of $687,000 from Christel DeHaan that will help the professional theatre company thrive in the future! Funds will be used to establish a new ATI endowment fund managed by the Central Indiana Community Foundation. The late Christel…

City launches innovative interpretation tool available in over 350 languages The City of Fishers has partnered with Propio Language Services to provide inclusive, top-tier multi-lingual customer service to its more than 100,000 residents. Propio is an innovative language service that offers instant access to interpreters for over 350 languages through Video Remote Interpreting and Over-the-Phone…

Indiana schools are encouraged to have their fifth grade students participate in an Arbor Day poster contest, helping students learn more about the important role of trees in the state’s urban and forest communities. The contest, which is designed to help students discover and foster their understanding, appreciation, and stewardship of the trees around them,…

Employer-sponsored fund will increase the supply of available child care, benefits across state The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning today announced the Employer-Sponsored Child Care Fund, part of Gov. Eric J. Holcomb’s 2023 Next Level Agenda, to mobilize employers and communities to create or expand child care…

Dear EarthTalk: With colder weather on the way, what are some cheap and easy ways to winterize my house that will save energy? If your home is cold and drafty in the winter, you owe it to yourself and your family to do something about it. And by making a few small upgrades—some of which…

Dear Editor, I applaud the residents around Cherry Tree Road for their effort to take their fight against the gravel pit to the courts, but I’d like to remind all that there is a much more efficient and cost-effective way to change things. The BZA (which voted for the gravel pit) is an appointed board…

Last Saturday morning, the Masons of Noblesville Lodge No. 57 gathered, for the second time this year, for their street clean up with participating Masons, Mark Winemiller, Jake, Kyle Moser, Rob Grimes, Chris Hurlock (chairman), Ron Williamson, Gene Beck and Kris Cummings (behind the camera). The Masons several years ago joined the Noblesville Adopt-A-Street program,…

Sunrise/Sunset RISE: 8:03 a.m.SET: 7:01 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: HIGH: 68 °FLOW: 43 °F Today is… • “Back to the Future” Day• National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day• National Fetch Day What Happened On This Day: • 2014 Oscar Pistorius Convicted for 5 Years. The South African Paralympic Champion was on trial for the murder of his girlfriend,…