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Carmel parents to discuss teen stress
CARMEL — Tonight’s Carmel Parent Awareness session will focus on “How to Help Your Teen Deal with Stress.” Carol Hagen, associate provost for student academic affairs at Butler University, will present ideas on student stress...
Mount Vernon High School to present 'Seussical'
FORTVILLE — This weekend, Mount Vernon High School students are presenting “Seussical the Musical.” The show will be performed at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the school, 8112 N. Hancock County Road 200 West. Tickets to...
Young Carmel writers honor veterans
CARMEL — Carmel High School juniors Meredith Boyd and Emily Bonham did their part to honor veterans last week. Boyd and Bonham won the U.S. History essay/poetry contest for juniors and read their pieces during the school’s Veterans Day...
Westfield delays opening bids on trail
WESTFIELD — The city has delayed opening bids for the Midland Trace trail construction until Monday, but officials still expect the work to start on time. The Midland Trace trail is planned for an old rail line that runs south of Ind. 32....
Officials tonight to eye IFD, Lawrence Twp. fire merger
The first formal step toward the potential consolidation of the Lawrence Township Fire Department and the Indianapolis Fire Department is expected to happen this evening. At a meeting of the Lawrence Township Board, a resolution will be introduced...
City Yes finds support to bring issue to Fishers voters
FISHERS — A group that supports Fishers becoming a city says it has gathered enough signatures on a petition to bring the proposed switch to voters. Greg Purvis, who leads the City Yes political action committee, said the group has collected...
Hamilton Southeastern to open H1N1 vaccinations to non high-risk pupils
FISHERS — Leaders at Hamilton Southeastern Schools will announce later today that Thursday’s scheduled H1N1 vaccination clinic would be open to non high-risk students. Parents will have to register students at an online service used by...
Developer to join Carmel Redevelopment Commission after 2 leave its ranks
CARMEL — The Carmel City Council this week appointed one new member to the Carmel Redevelopment Commission after two appointees resigned and left the position since early June. Local land developer Tom Crowley was appointed with a 7-0 vote...
Carmel band families host Michigan contestants
CARMEL — Carmel band families opened their homes to 150 band members from Walled Lake (Mich.) Central High School last week. It was the first time Carmel has hosted another band during the Bands of America Grand Nationals. Walled Lake parents...
Ind. 37 reopens after Noblesville crash
NOBLESVILLE — Ind. 37 has reopened after a car-semi crash caused temporary closures. Northbound Ind. 37 at the Pleasant Street intersection reopened around noon, and southbound Ind. 37 at the Ind. 32 intersection reopened about 1:30 p.m., said...
5,000 troops head to Camp Atterbury
EDINBURGH, Ind. — Nearly 5,000 soldiers are expected to arrive at central Indiana’s Camp Atterbury in the next few months to prepare for deployments to Afghanistan. Indiana National Guard officials say that will give the post near...
Santa to attend Greenwood tree-lighting event on Saturday
Santa Claus is scheduled to make one of his first appearances of the season Saturday in Greenwood. Holiday events begin at 10 a.m. downtown with visitors invited to stroll through the Old Town area to view decorations by the city’s shops and...
Avon elementary schools face 3 redistricting options
The Avon School Board will choose between three options when proceeding with elementary redistricting. The district will open its seventh elementary school, River Birch, for the 2010-11 school year, so they must redistrict. A committee presented...
Pike High counselor named one of state's best
Pike High School counselor Sarah Spearman has been named one of the state’s best. Spearman was selected as the Indiana School Counselor Association Exemplary High School Counselor on Friday, said Sarah Dorsey, district spokeswoman. In addition...
County tax fall payment is due on Friday
The second or fall installment of Hendricks County property taxes is due Friday. This year’s spring and fall tax bills were mailed out to property owners together in August. Property owners who do not have their bill paid out of a mortgage...
Danville High band to host Holiday Melodies event Saturday
Danville High School band members will host a Holiday Melodies program at 6 p.m. Saturday in the high school auditorium, 100 Warrior Way. The event will include a silent auction and dessert bar. Danville native, Levi Riggs, and his band will perform...
Delegation seeks to lure racing jobs here
Mayor Greg Ballard and an entourage are in Europe at the start of a nine-day overseas trip meant to attract jobs and manufacturing technology to Indianapolis to expand the motorsports industry. The delegation is meeting with business leaders,...
Public forums set on proposed merger
Greenwood — Residents of Greenwood and White River Township can begin studying a plan for a merger of the two beginning today when the proposal is posted on the city’s Web site, www.greenwood.in.gov. And they can begin having their say...
Rev. Jon Bruce Daubenspeck
WESTFIELD — The Rev. Jon Bruce Daubenspeck, 66, Westfield, died Nov. 14, 2009, at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis. Mr. Daubenspeck was serving as Associate Pastor of White Chapel Church in Carmel. He owned and operated...
Loretta L. Dowden
WESTFIELD — Loretta L. Dowden, 68, Westfield, died Nov. 14, 2009, at Maple Park Village, Westfield. She was born April 26, 1941, the daughter of Robert Glenn and Lorene Cowels Coverdale. She and Walter Dowden were married in 1965. He died in...
Joan H. Martinez
STONEHAM, Mass. — Joan H. Kochocki Martinez, 56, Stoneham, Mass., died Nov. 1, 2009, at Kindred Hospital, Peabody, Mass. Mrs. Martinez worked for Delta Airlines as a reservations agent for many years. She was born Oct. 25, 1953, in Jamaica...
Ruby M. Roberts
TIPTON — Ruby M. Sutton Roberts, 77, Tipton, and formerly Noblesville, died Nov. 13, 2009, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Tipton. Ms. Roberts was retired from the Uptown Caf where she had been a waitress. She was born June 22, 1932, in Wise...
Fishers reopens part of Brooks School Road intersection at 126th
FISHERS — Part of the intersection at 126th Street and Brooks School road reopened today. Northbound and southbound traffic on Brooks School Road can cross the intersection, which remains closed to eastbound and westbound traffic on 126th...
Colts donation goes to Shepherd Center
The Indianapolis Colts donated $18,000 Monday to help transport more than 700 children to preschool and after-school programs at an Eastside faith-based service center. Shepherd Community Center, 4107 E. Washington St., will use the money to cover...
Pendleton Pike to reopen after 6-year construction
On Thursday, Cafe Heidelberg will have outlasted six years of construction along Pendleton Pike. “Business went way down, especially when they moved the construction to my side (of the road), but we survived,” said Juergen Jungbauer,...
Libertarians want probe of anti-smoking group
Request comes as debate intensifies over proposed smoking ban, set for vote Nov. 30 With the City-County Council just two weeks away from a vote that could further curb smoking in the city, the local Libertarian Party, which opposes a new, stronger...
Lottery
Here are the Indiana numbers selected Monday: ** Daily Three-Midday: 3-9-1; Daily Three-Evening: 9-9-7; Daily Four-Midday: 0-3-4-3; Daily Four-Evening: 4-7-2-2; Lucky Five-Midday: 3-14-18-24-26; Lucky Five-Evening: 4-16-21-31-34; Quick Draw:...
Zionsville pastor says he's resigning to refocus
Rev. Glenn McDonald found work was taking his attention away from God and family The Rev. Glenn McDonald went to members of Zionsville Presbyterian Church at this weekend’s services with a surprising message: He was resigning from the church he...
Officials to explain referendum's purpose
Noblesville — School officials have scheduled several public forums this month to explain to Noblesville taxpayers where their dollars would go if voters support a second referendum. Perhaps as early as May, voters in Noblesville Township could...
Greenwood advances merger plan
Residents of Greenwood and White River Township can begin studying a plan for a merger of the two beginning Tuesday when it is posted on the city’s Web site, www.greenwood.in.gov. And they can begin having their say and asking questions about...
