Articles By: Tom Britt

Ready Yourself for CarmelFest 2010

Ready Yourself for CarmelFest 2010

0 June 24, 2010 7:31 am

Cindy Roberts-Greiner, a local Rotarian, is the volunteer Director of Public Relations & Publicity for CarmelFest. Since I am a gregarious, fast-talking person, people mistakenly assume that I am spontaneous. But my little secret is that I am a planner and a [...]

Miss American 2009 to Appear in CarmelFest Parade

Miss American 2009 to Appear in CarmelFest Parade

0 June 18, 2010 12:23 pm

Katie Stam, Miss America 2009, will be featured as a celebrity guest in the 2010 St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana Parade at CarmelFest. According to Peggy Powell, the Director of the CarmelFest Parade, “Katie participated in the 2008 parade [...]

Palladium Announces Grand Opening Week Celebrations

Palladium Announces Grand Opening Week Celebrations

0 June 7, 2010 12:21 am

The Center for the Performing Arts today announced festivities to celebrate the Palladium’s grand opening week January 22-30, 2011. The public celebration will begin with a ceremonial ribbon cutting scheduled for January 22 at 10 a.m. The celebration week includes [...]

Carmel Youth Leads 51-ton Carbon Reduction Effort for Earth Day

Carmel Youth Leads 51-ton Carbon Reduction Effort for Earth Day

0 April 29, 2010 11:28 am

Who would think that switching 102 post lights could have such a big environmental impact? That was the result of a community service program developed by Carmel High School’s Green Lights Club. The Club developed the program to “green” Carmel [...]

Hamilton County Computer Drive on May 6-7

Hamilton County Computer Drive on May 6-7

0 April 22, 2010 7:25 am

The five largest municipal governments in Hamilton County are partnering together with Net Literacy, a youth-managed Hamilton County nonprofit, to hold the county’s largest computer drive. The Mayors and Town Manager of Carmel, Fishers, Westfield, and Noblesville together with the [...]

Towne Meadow Elementary Girl Scout Troop 88 Asks Students to “Try the Tap”

Towne Meadow Elementary Girl Scout Troop 88 Asks Students to “Try the Tap”

1 April 21, 2010 11:42 am

Members of Girl Scout Troop 88 at Towne Meadow Elementary (TME) in Carmel (Indiana) are asking fellow classmates to “Ban the Bottle, Try the Tap” in an effort to cut down on the amount of bottled water consumed in the [...]

Carmel Utilities Sponsors Earth Day Large Item Recycling Event, April 24

0 April 20, 2010 8:57 am

Carmel Utilities, in conjunction with the Carmel Green Initiative and DAO Recycling, have teamed up to hold a major recycling event on Earth Day 2010. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, April 24th and will [...]

Carmelfest Talent Contest Auditions

Carmelfest Talent Contest Auditions

0 April 11, 2010 9:50 am

Carmelfest Has Talent will be holding their annual talent contest showcasing undiscovered vocal talent in Hamilton County and surrounding areas. Auditions will be held in May of 2010. We are seeking singing talent of many different age groups. Judges will [...]

Carmel Arts District Bids Farewell to Winter with Spring Gallery Walk

Carmel Arts District Bids Farewell to Winter with Spring Gallery Walk

0 April 7, 2010 2:06 pm

On Saturday, April 17, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., the Carmel Arts & Design District will bid farewell to winter with its third-annual spring Gallery Walk. In honor of spring, Magdalena Gallery of Art will be featuring Edgar Cano, [...]

Carmel Crossword Debut

Carmel Crossword Debut

0 March 15, 2010 5:34 am

Enjoy our first-ever custom crossword puzzle for Geist and Carmel Community Newsletter readers! Print this page and test your knowledge of local people and businesses! Across 1 Environmentally friendly color 4 This junior high school participated in the Carmel Symphony [...]

Smile! You’re on a Carmel Traffic Cam

Smile! You’re on a Carmel Traffic Cam

0 February 19, 2010 4:04 am

Beginning today, Thursday, February 18, a camera will be placed at various roundabout intersections throughout the City of Carmel to collect traffic data. This new technology is referred to as a Miovision Video Collection Unit (VCU) and will consist of [...]

Update on the Carmel Concert Hall Construction

0 February 19, 2010 3:42 am

The momentum of the Concert Hall construction has continued to evolve at a very quick pace. Currently, there are about 250 workers on site daily constructing the Concert Hall. This includes a second shift of stone masons installing the exterior [...]

Dealing with Seasonal Affective Disorder

Dealing with Seasonal Affective Disorder

0 February 11, 2010 3:09 am

Cheryl Richardson The happy feelings that I experienced just last season seem so remote now that the warmth of the sun has been overshadowed by the bitter cold face of old man winter. The once inspiring view out of my [...]

Temporary Closures on Westfield Blvd. Expected

0 February 11, 2010 2:58 am

In order to install a new water main, it will be necessary to close Westfield Boulevard to through traffic from the north side of 106th Street to the entrance to Central Park (local traffic will be allowed). These closures will [...]

116th and Keystone interchange open

0 January 19, 2010 7:51 am

The 116th Street and Keystone Parkway interchange is now open to traffic. Over the holiday weekend, construction crews worked diligently to remove portions of temporary pavement used for maintaining traffic during construction and have successfully connected the 116th Street bridge [...]

Listen to Your Heart

Listen to Your Heart

0 January 16, 2010 2:42 pm

Kevin, 53, had come to Fishers for the day to visit his sister and work on her house. The intense pain he experienced knocked him to the floor. Once the pain subsided, the always-ready EMT-I used his cuff and stethoscope [...]

Traffic Changes at 116th and Keystone

0 January 14, 2010 6:19 am

Traffic changes will be taking place during the daytime on Thursday, January 14th (tomorrow) in preparation for the opening of the 116th Street Bridge over Keystone Parkway. North and southbound Keystone Parkway traffic currently using the ramp and Frontage Road [...]

Roundabout Hose Load Invented by Carmel Fire Crew

Roundabout Hose Load Invented by Carmel Fire Crew

1 January 7, 2010 11:30 am

The Carmel Fire Department (CFD) continues to look at ways to improve a new way to load hose onto the fire truck that is more efficient to load and unload than previous methods. Station 44 B crew experimented with the [...]

Regional Performing Arts Center Adds New Staff

0 January 5, 2010 8:47 am

Steven Libman, Executive Director of The Regional Performing Arts Center (RPAC) in Carmel, officially announced today the appointment of Jeremy M. Hatch as the Center’s Director of Development along with John R. Hughey who will serve as the Center’s Public [...]

Main Street and Keystone Parkway Construction Begins Today

2 December 28, 2009 6:16 am

Construction activities are set to begin at the intersection of Main Street and Keystone Parkway. Beginning on Monday, December 28, 2009 crews will begin to clear the right of way for the construction of the Main Street and Keystone Parkway [...]