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Palin signs books for 1,000 at store
6:12 p.m. — Kind and generous People who met former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin tonight at a Noblesville Borders, to get her autograph on her new book, came from the bookstore beaming about her kindness and generosity. Starstruck, they said the...
Hamilton County adds 4 H1N1 vaccination clinics
The Hamilton County Health Department has added four more dates to its H1N1 vaccination clinic schedule. The clinics, which have been scheduled for late November and early December, still will be open only to those who fall into one of the high-risk...
Noblesville Sports Wrap
NOBLESVILLE — Shane Sumpter knew it was coming. As well as Sumpter’s Westfield girls basketball team played in the first half Tuesday night, he knew Noblesville would mount a charge. The Millers rallied from a 13-point first-half deficit to take a...
Young Noblesville gymnast gets a taste of national competition
Top-10 finish in regional sends 5th-grader to Colorado for meet at Olympic center Nick Brady, a fifth-grader at Noblesville Intermediate School, finished 40th in the 2009 USA Gymnastics Men’s Future Stars National Championships Friday at the...
Patience needed to see Palin
Noblesville store plans security checks before today’s book signing The Borders bookstore at Noblesville’s Hamilton Town Center is bracing for a barrage of Sarah Palin fans today. The former vice presidential candidate will sign copies of...
Legacy Award honors Crossers
Family’s funds have benefited youths, families The Crosser family has received the inaugural Celebration of Philanthropy Living Legacy Award. It’s a first-time award from the Legacy Fund, an affiliate of Central Indiana Community...
Roberts wins Enterprise Award in Noblesville
When one family was snowed in and couldn’t get to a loved one’s funeral, Mark Roberts had their driveway plowed. When family members were all together after the death of a loved one at a nursing home, they met Roberts immediately after at...
Donations needed for Good Samaritan giveaways
Coordinator expects 9,000 people for Thanksgiving and double that for Christmas The need is up, but the donations are down. Nancy Chance is begging for help. The coordinator of the county’s Good Samaritan Network assistance program said...
Area players sign with college programs
Seven Hamilton Southeastern High School athletes have signed letters of intent to continue their careers at Division I programs next season: Jenna Abraham (Indiana, softball), Aubrey Hertzler (swimming, Arkansas), Carly Mercer (swimming, Arkansas),...
Woman critical after crash into semi in Noblesville
NOBLESVILLE — An Indianapolis woman remained in critical condition today after a Tuesday crash that closed Ind. 37 for about an hour. About 11 a.m. Tuesday, Megan Rosenbaum, 26, Indianapolis, hit the back of a semi on southbound Ind. 37 just...
Flue fire causes $40,000 damage in Noblesville
NOBLESVILLE — A fire at the Windwood at Morse neighborhood Wednesday caused about $40,000 worth of damage, but no one was injured. Dale Lackney and his family were at home at 19305 Tradewinds Drive, enjoying their first fire of the season in...
Legacy Fund honors Hamilton County family
CARMEL — The Crosser family has received the inaugural Celebration of Philanthropy Living Legacy Award. It’s a new award from the Legacy Fund, an affiliate of Central Indiana Community Foundation, to honor people who impact the quality of...
Collections for Good Samaritan began today
NOBLESVILLE — Today through Friday, folks are asked to bring donations of canned goods and non-perishable food items to the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds for Good Samaritan’s annual Thanksgiving giveaway Saturday. Nancy Chance said...
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....
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...
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...
Palin to stop in Noblesville on Thursday
Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin will return to Noblesville this week to promote her new book, “Going Rogue.” Palin will sign copies of the book from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Borders, 13145 Levinson Lane. As 2008 presidential...
Noblesville native, funeral director earns Business Person of the Year
NOBLESVILLE — When a family was snowed in and couldn’t get to a funeral, Mark Roberts had their driveway plowed. When family members were together for the death of a loved one at a nursing home, they met Roberts immediately following at...
Shelter's residents to see 'Christmas Belles' rehearsal
NOBLESVIILLE — Residents living at Third Phase women’s shelter in Noblesville will get a night-out. They’ve been invited to attend tonight’s dress rehearsals of the Hamilton County Theatre Guild’s holiday comedy,...
Dortha M. Anderson
NOBLESVILLE — Dortha M. Anderson, 89, Noblesville, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at Riverview Hospital, Noblesville. Mrs. Anderson was a homemaker. She was born Dec. 27, 1919, in Hamilton County, the daughter of Clarence and Mary Males...
Noblesville man pens 1st murder mystery
The title of Larry Williams’ first book comes from the name of a ridge high above Sugar Creek in Western Indiana. It’s near Pine Hills Nature Preserve by Shades State Park in Montgomery County, near Crawfordsville. And it’s where...
300 sign up for Saturday's Step 'N' Stride
Parks director to lead pack on scooter during Saturday event at Forest Park Saturday is the fourth year for Forest Park’s Step ‘N’ Stride, a fundraiser for Tri Kappa sorority. Director of Noblesville Parks Department Don Seal said...
Meet the Teacher: David Ferris
Grade/subject, school: Math and statistics, Noblesville High School. Number of years teaching: 27 years. Work e-mail: dave_ferris@mail.nobl.k12.in.us Background/schooling: Bachelor’s degree, Taylor University; master’s degree, Ball State...
Meet the Teacher: Andy Shelp
Grade/subject, school: Sixth grade, Noblesville Intermediate School. Number of years teaching: 10. Background/schooling: Indiana State University. Why did you become a teacher: I became a teacher to be a role model for students and make a positive...
Stony Creek teachers honored for reading program
Two Noblesville educators have won a national award for their reading incentive programs at Stony Creek Elementary School. School media specialist Gwen Tetrick and first-grade teacher Karen Duvall accepted the TEAMS (Teachers and Media Specialists...
Miller girls open with win over Tech
NOBLESVILLE — For three quarters of Tuesday night’s girls basketball season opener, Noblesville coach Donna Keck was happy with the way her team played. The Millers committed eight of their 23 turnovers in the second period, when they were outscored...
Noblesville fifth-grader to compete Friday in national gymnastics championships
NOBLESVILLE — Nick Brady, a fifth-grader at Noblesville Intermediate School, will compete Friday in the Future Stars National Championships at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Brady, 10, Noblesville, earned the opportunity...
Noblesville educators win national award for reading incentive program
A national award two Noblesville educators earned Friday draws attention to a reading incentive program that was already going strong. Stony Creek Elementary School media specialist Gwen Tetrick and first-grade teacher Karen Duvall accepted the TEAMS...
Noblesville fundraiser to aid businessman hurt in motorcycle accident
NOBLESVILLE — Mark McAlister, a Noblesville businessman whose left leg was amputated below the knee after a motorcycle accident, is the focus of a fundraiser Saturday. McAlister, 38, Noblesville, a 1989 graduate of Hamilton Southeastern High School,...
Noblesville Schools superintendent takes referendum show on road
NOBLESVILLE — Noblesville Schools Superintendent Libbie Conner has visited seven churches and civic groups in the past two weeks, discussing the possible pieces of the district’s proposed second referendum. A new ballot initiative,...
