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Arts center cleared for work crews to return
CARMEL — The Performing Arts Center’s concert hall is back on track after a construction hiatus of more than two months. About 175 workers were sent home June 17 after cracks were found on steel beams in the concert hall’s rotunda. Since...
Carmel SAT scores 6th among Ind. schools
Carmel High School ranked third among Indiana public schools and sixth overall among public and private Indiana schools with a composite score of 1,672 on the SAT. The scores were released Tuesday by the Department of Education. Carmel’s 2008 SAT...
Greyhound golfers down No. 1 Roncalli
The third-ranked Carmel girls golfers pulled a minor upset Monday, downing No. 1 Roncalli and Warren Central at Maple Creek. The Greyhounds edged the Rebels 161-163. Warren finished third with a 209. Ari Savich and Briana Midkiff tied for medalist...
Officials to discuss Carmel Monon Center payroll
CARMEL — The City Council’s parks committee will meet this afternoon to discuss the Monon Center’s payroll system, as part of its overall budget discussion. The parks department is considering pursuing a different system because the current one...
Carmel teachers display contract frustration
An estimated 200 Carmel Clay Schools teachers lined the street outside the Carmel Clay Educational Services Building with picket signs prior to Monday night’s school board meeting. The teachers were showing their displeasure as they enter their...
Union urges teachers to show board they are unhappy with stalemate
The Carmel Clay Education Association is encouraging teachers to show up in large numbers at tonight’s school board meeting. Brian Lyday, the president of the teachers association group, wants the public to know the teachers’ displeasure...
Carmel announces schedule changes
Carmel’s girls golf match scheduled for today against Warren Central and Roncalli has been moved from Plum Creek to Maple Creek Golf Course. The match will begin at 4 p.m. Also, the Greyhounds’ varsity and JV tennis match against West...
Play in schools examines bullying by teens
CARMEL — On the second floor of Simply Sweet Shoppe in Olde Towne Carmel, 10 teenage girls gossip, backstab and manipulate each other. They name-call, keep secrets and use their friendships as weapons. The young actresses illustrate real-life...
Carmel fire stations’ salsa cook-off is Saturday
The Carmel fire stations will have their annual cook-off on Saturday, this time centering on salsas. All six fire stations are expected to compete against one another during the Carmel Farmers Market. Each fire station will present its own salsa and...
Brainard resigns controversial seat on arts board
Carmel Mayor James Brainard has resigned from the city’s Performing Arts Foundation, the group responsible for operating the Carmel Performing Arts Center. His resignation came amid controversy over how public dollars from the Carmel...
Work resumes at Carmel arts center
Carmel — Two months after the discovery of construction flaws halted work at the Performing Arts Center, workers have been allowed to get back on the job, city officials said Thursday. Workers were sent home June 17 after cracks were found on...
Carmel Clay schools see enrollment growth
After the first week of school that ended Aug. 14, the enrollment for Carmel Clay schools is 15,457. Superintendent Barb Underwood reports that’s a growth of 291 students from September, 2008 official numbers. Much of the growth has been at the...
Construction resumes on Carmel arts center
After more than two months, workers have been allowed to return to work somewhat at the Performing Arts Center construction site, according to city officials. Workers were sent home June 17 after cracks were found on steel beams in the concert hall’s...
City Council meeting on 2010 budget set for Tuesday
The Carmel City Council will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall to further discuss its proposed 2010 budget. The budget for 2010, including all department budgets and additional funds such as fire and police pensions, is...
10-year-old filmmaker to screen 2nd project Saturday
Luke Broyles, a 10-year-old Carmel filmmaker, will have his movie on display at Clay Terrace Saturday night. It is part of Clay Terrace’s “Movies Under the Stars,” a free community outdoor event. His mother Donna Broyles said it is the first time his...
Carmel Community Players on the move
Carmel — The Carmel Community Players theater group is moving into a new location at Clay Terrace mall. The local group, founded in 1993, used to be housed in Studio 15, at First Avenue NE, but the city opted not to renew its lease, said Brian...
Meet the teacher: Jay Vahle
Grade/Subject: Woodbrook Elementary fourth- and fifth-grade Challenge Teacher. Number of years teaching: 16. Work e-mail: jvahle@ccs.k12.in.us Background/Schooling: Bachelor’s degree from the University of Indianapolis in 1989 and graduate of...
Software firm grabs Carmel City Center site
Carmel company Software Engineering Professionals will have a new prestigious address next year — in the Carmel City Center complex currently under construction. Carmel’s future new downtown, located at the corner of Range Line Road and...
Brebeuf Jesuit students land spot in Fringe Festival
It was a busy summer for Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School sophomores Christina Cardenas and Lyndsey Brown and Kevin Burgun, the school’s director of theatre. The three began creating a one-hour musical comedy in April and continued through the...
Carmel's Indiana Design Center almost complete
Crews working on interior space Local business owner Jim Baker is in the process of moving his design business into the new Indiana Design Center. And although the center and his stores aren’t open yet, he won’t turn away customers....
Carmel Dads' Club feels a pinch in sponsors, volunteers
As Carmel Dads’ Club celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, it faces some challenges that have been rare in its history. The economic recession has caused a number of individual companies sponsoring teams to drop, said Jack Beery, who...
Announcement due Thursday on City Center
Mayor Jim Brainard will make an economic development announcement tomorrow morning relating to the Carmel City Center project. At 11:30 a.m., Brainard and representatives of other unnamed parties will hold a news conference at the Carmel Clay...
Carmel Community Players move to Clay Terrace
Despite facing hurdles this year, the Carmel Community Players theater group is moving on and into a new location at Clay Terrace mall. The local group, founded in 1993, used to be housed in Studio 15, at 1st Ave. NE, but the city opted not to renew...
Carmel Clay Schools leave HR job open
When Libbie Conner took the Noblesville superintendent job in June, it left the Carmel Clay Schools without its assistant superintendent in charge of human resources. Carmel superintendent Barb Underwood said she has chosen not to replace Conner,...
Carmel seeks to upgrade deteriorating wastewater treatment facilities
City says $6.1 million in improvements needed A walk through the Carmel Utilities wastewater treatment plant provides a view of rectangular pools of churning brown water, thick underground pipes, liquid rushing under walkways, molasses-like water...
Pickett took charge as Carmel grew
Al Pickett helped clinch his position as Carmel’s first mayor by interacting with the community. “He was a hard worker,” said Fred Swift, Hamilton County Commissioners assistant, about his campaign. “He went door to door and...
Repairs to start this week on Carmel concert hall roof
Problems with the roof in the Carmel Performing Arts Center concert hall are taking longer to fix than first anticipated, and the work site remains closed. The $118 million building is under construction north of City Hall. Work stopped June 17, and...
Residents wary of proposed Old Town development
A proposal to put in five homes where there were once three is causing neighbors to complain about higher density housing ruining Old Town Carmel. Developers are seeking approval from the Carmel Plan Commission to replat about three fourths of an...
Dormir lands $12M in VC funds
CARMEL — Dormir announced Wednesday that it has raised $12 million in venture-capital financing from investors. The Carmel-based provider of sleep-diagnostic services, therapy and equipment will use the VC funds to expand the reach of its...
Warren among 15 honored as 'Inspiring Women'
Judi Warren wasn’t sure people still remembered her basketball playing and coaching days. The Indiana Fever did. They will honor Warren as part of their Class of 2009 Inspiring Women at halftime of today’s 7 p.m. game against the...
