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Carmel Clay seeks input tonight on new leader
CARMEL — The Carmel Clay school board will hold two focus group meetings tonight to discuss the superintendent search. BWP&Associates, which is assisting the board in the search, will conduct the public forums, both at 7:30 p.m. The forums...
Greyhound golfers win MIC
The second-ranked Carmel girls golfers cruised to another Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference title Saturday at Oak Tree in Plainfield, Ind. The Greyhounds finished with a 309 team total. Ben Davis took second with a 344, and No. 15 Center Grove...
Stop signs back at 2 Carmel intersections
The stop signs are back along 106th Street. Signs at Lakeshore Drive East and Haverstick Road were re-installed Friday due to “a growing concern from the surrounding neighborhoods regarding speed of traffic and the ability for pedestrians to safely...
Greek Festival: same spirit, new location
Tradition meets change at this weekend’s Greek Festival. Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church is hosting the event for the 36th consecutive year — but for the first time since the church relocated from the Indianapolis Northside to...
Carmel board dismisses ethics complaint
The Carmel Ethics Board today dismissed an ethics complaint against the city’s mayor, communications director and attorney. City Councilman John Accetturo, who filed the complaint in August, argued that it is unethical for those three officials...
Carmel skating contest hits ice today
The Tony Todd Memorial Carmel Invitational, hosted by the Ice Skating Club of Indianapolis, begins today at the Carmel Ice Skadium. The competition, which continues Saturday and concludes Sunday, is open to all registered U.S. Figure Skating...
Carmel teacher helps find mountain on ocean floor
Carmel teacher Christine Hedge never dreamed of helping to discover a mountain on the floor of the Arctic Ocean when she boarded the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy early last month. Learning to sleep through the constant chirping of the echo-sounding...
No. 8 Greyhounds upset No. 5 Miller boys soccer team
CARMEL — During its two Miller Classic games on Saturday and Tuesday’s win over Lafayette Jeff, the Noblesville boys soccer team put up a ton of shots, but didn’t score a lot of goals. The fifth-ranked Millers followed that pattern...
Greek Festival: same spirit, new location
Tradition meets change at this weekend’s Greek Festival. Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church is hosting the event for the 36th consecutive year — but for the first time since the church relocated from the Indianapolis Northside to...
Greek Festival opens Friday in Carmel after move from Indianapolis
Tradition meets change at this weekend’s Greek Festival. Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church is hosting the event for the 36th consecutive year — but for the first time since the church relocated from the Indianapolis Northside to...
Carmel teacher discovers underwater mountain
A Carmel Middle School teacher helping research the world’s continental shelves in the Arctic Ocean has discovered a previously unknown underwater mountain, the State Department announced today. Christine Hedge, seventh-grade science teacher,...
Officials may raise prices of Monon Center's passes
Increase meant to trim government’s support for $55 million facility The Monon Center might increase prices for monthly and annual passes in hopes of bringing in more revenue. Although the changes are expected to help reduce the size of its...
To do list: budget, teachers pact
Carmel Schools Superintendent Barbara Underwood never expected to cruise to her retirement date on Dec. 31. “I told people I’ll work until the last minute,” she said. And she will probably have to do just that. Underwood said the...
Births
Clarian North Medical Center Aug. 29 Boy — Kuebbeler, Bill and Sarah. Girls — Lynch, Richard and Suezann; Risser, John and Layla. Aug. 30 Boys — Langlois, Lawrence and Kathleen; Wilson, Mark and Melissa. Aug. 31 Boys — Keown,...
Meet the Teacher: Stacy Campbell
Grade/subject at which school: First grade, Towne Meadow Elementary. Number of years teaching: Five. Work e-mail: scampbel@ccs.k12.in.us Background/schooling: Transition to Teaching program, Ball State University; bachelor’s degree in...
Center's programs meet many interests
Doggie Dayz was a big hit, but so are Tour de Carmel bike ride and Community Garage Sale The Monon Center might be better known for its aquatics centers, fitness center and basketball courts. But the Carmel recreation center also is being used for a...
Carmel HS 'Spaceship' to travel planetarium
CARMEL — Carmel High School Planetarium director Keith Turner and his Astronomy Club members hope a new interactive program will help children share their love of the stars. The Planetarium and Carmel High School Astronomy Club will present a...
Arts & Design District to host car show Saturday
CARMEL — The artistic lines and designs of classic cars will be displayed in the Carmel Arts&Design District on Saturday. Carmel Artomobilia, a collector car show, will be held from noon to 6 p.m. at the Main Street district in downtown...
At checkpoint, 3 arrests made
Three people were arrested and preliminarily charged with driving drunk in Carmel as part of an Indiana State Police sobriety checkpoint last week. The Indiana State Police Pendleton post conducted a sobriety checkpoint from 10 p.m. until midnight...
Dogs have their day in the pool in Carmel
Annual end-of-season event attracts about 400 canines — oh, and their people, too The crawl or butterfly might normally be favorite strokes at Carmel’s Monon Center pool. But Monday, the only stroke on the agenda was the doggy paddle....
Carmel School Board asks new leader input
Carmel — The Carmel Clay School Board has announced two public focus group meetings for parents, staff and community members to get input in the superintendent search. Superintendent Barb Underwood announced in the spring that she would retire...
Carmel team advances in national tennis competition
A 4.5 senior men’s team from Carmel Racquet Club has advanced to the United States Tennis Association League National Championships in Oct. 23-25 in Tucson, Ariz. The team advanced by winning their division in the recent Midwest Section Senior League...
Mediator: Teachers, board too far apart
Carmel — A mediator from the Indiana Education Employee Review Board determined after a meeting Thursday that the Carmel Clay School Board and the Carmel Clay Education Association are too far apart for mediation to be effective, a School Board...
Mediation not effective for Carmel teachers, school board
A mediator from the Indiana Education Employee Review Board determined after a meeting Thursday that the Carmel Clay School Board and the Carmel Clay Education Association are too far apart for mediation to be effective, a School Board release...
Mediator: Carmel school board, teachers union too far apart
A mediator from the Indiana Education Employee Review Board determined that after meeting with the Carmel Clay School Board and the Carmel Clay Education Association are too far apart for mediation to be effective at this time, a school board release...
Youth football team learns life is more than a game
Carmel Pups team of fifth- and sixth-graders volunteers for food pantry that helps the needy Carmel Pups general manager Chip Stein felt determined to have a community service project for his travel football team this year. Stein wanted to have one...
Births
Clarian North Medical Center Aug. 22 Boy — McCampbell, Andrea. Aug. 23 Girls — Butts, Jason and Amy; Gibson, Brent and Courtney. Aug. 24 Boys — Bunch, David and Brittaney; Linzy, Chad and Leslie; Valdiosera, Francisco, and Cardona,...
Sessions set to discuss school superintendent search
The Carmel Clay School Board has announced two public focus group meetings for parents, staff and community members will be held to provide input in the district’s superintendent search, the school board announced Wednesday in a release....
Meet the Teacher: Mo Moriarity
Grade/subject at what school: Advanced physical conditioning, Carmel High School. Also head football coach. Number of years teaching: 30. Work e-mail: mmoriari@ccs.k12.in.us. Background/schooling: Bachelor’s degree, St. Joseph’s College;...
Arts center chief is enthused
Hiring, scheduling are among his priorities Steven Libman will take over as the executive director of the Performing Arts Center in less than two weeks. “This is going to be one of the most exciting performing arts projects in the...
