Archive for category: Featured

Planning the Perfect Carmel Wedding

Planning the Perfect Carmel Wedding

0 / May 9, 2011 5:08 am

Ahhh, the smell of sweet flowers and freshly cut grass; cool April showers that have brought us all the May flowers … we are so ready for summertime! Green grass, blue skies, warm winds and your first invitation to a [...]

Carmel Dad’s Club President Jack Beery

Carmel Dad’s Club President Jack Beery

0 / April 4, 2011 4:45 am

As youngster, Jack Beery led his 5th and 6th grade Carmel Pups football team to a state championship, kicking off a lifelong love of athletics. Today, 36 years later, Beery leads the organization that gave him the opportunity to participate [...]

Not Just Books: How the Carmel Library Has Embraced Technology

Not Just Books: How the Carmel Library Has Embraced Technology

1 / March 28, 2011 5:19 am

This installment is the first in a three-part series profiling libraries of different sizes and communities in Hamilton County. If you think that your local public library is becoming obsolete, or that the stereotypical prim, bespectacled librarians of yesteryear are [...]

Carmel Community Playhouse: The Little Theater That Could!

Carmel Community Playhouse: The Little Theater That Could!

0 / March 13, 2011 10:24 am

They file in one by one from both front and back entrances, pick up a clipboard with a try-out form to fill out and take a seat in the audience. It’s audition night for I Hate Hamlet at the Carmel [...]

A Blast From the Past – Carmel Clay Historical Society

A Blast From the Past – Carmel Clay Historical Society

0 / February 23, 2011 9:31 am

Looking for a hidden treasure in Carmel? I’m sure most of you have noticed a cute little white and red building off the Monon Trail next to Bub’s Cafe. Do any of you know what is housed inside? It’s memorabilia [...]

Turner Woodard Follows His Art

Turner Woodard Follows His Art

0 / February 11, 2011 3:18 am

Turner Woodard is a man who follows his art, and that has led him down some interesting paths. From his first one-man art show as a student at Park Tudor school, to his racing days and now as an entrepreneur, [...]

Leading Lady: Carmel’s Director of Community Relations Nancy Heck

Leading Lady: Carmel’s Director of Community Relations Nancy Heck

0 / January 27, 2011 5:05 pm

Being around Nancy Heck is a bit like being in the center of a whirlwind. Her phone rings. Her cell phone buzzes. Mayor Brainard pops into her office. She fields requests from the media and attends a meeting for the [...]

Carmel High School’s Preschool Program – Kids’ Corner

Carmel High School’s Preschool Program – Kids’ Corner

2 / January 17, 2011 7:23 pm

It’s that time of year again … where are you going to send your toddler to preschool? Carmel has a ton of excellent choices, from academically based schools to developmentally based programs. But did you know our own Carmel High [...]

Carmel High School’s Front Line to Health

Carmel High School’s Front Line to Health

0 / January 3, 2011 7:16 am

Carmel High School educates a whopping 4,500 students each year from grades nine through twelve. Wow, that’s the size of a small town – think of the town of Cicero just north of here in Hamilton County with just under [...]

Creekside Middle School Offers Support to Autistic Children

Creekside Middle School Offers Support to Autistic Children

0 / December 15, 2010 7:01 pm

When Creekside Middle School received a year-long Office of Special Education Program (OSEP) grant to assist students with autism, Jeanne Meredith, Special Education Department Chair, had no idea the strategies implemented would benefit and greatly affect the general education students [...]

Reputable Carmel Artist Captures Attention of Royal Princess

Reputable Carmel Artist Captures Attention of Royal Princess

0 / December 9, 2010 8:11 am

After interviewing an established Carmel artist recently, I left her home feeling completely entertained and grateful to have had the opportunity of meeting her. Her name is Michelle Marocco. Nothing about Michelle or her home décor and furnishings are ordinary. [...]

Designer Labels Mean Better Community for Carmel High School Grads

Designer Labels Mean Better Community for Carmel High School Grads

0 / December 7, 2010 5:44 am

If shopping for designer clothes, contributing to your local community and cleaning out your closet sound like a great combination for the holidays, then you’ll want to know about Syleta.org, an online marketplace for designer clothing targeted exclusively for students, [...]

One of the Proud, One of the Strong

One of the Proud, One of the Strong

0 / November 18, 2010 6:24 am

By all accounts, Carmel resident Josh Bleill was “just a normal kid growing up,” he said. “Played sports, went to Greenfield Central High School, then to Purdue University. I majored in Restaurant and Hotel Management.” In his senior year, an [...]

Carmel Duo Gets to Your Heart

Carmel Duo Gets to Your Heart

1 / November 13, 2010 1:18 pm

Trying to raise our children with good manners, strong values and solid decision making skills is tough in today’s world. Electronic gadgets, abundance of television programming, Wii, X-box – you name it, our families have it. And sometimes the basic [...]

Palladium Grand Opening Means Fanfare, Celebration

Palladium Grand Opening Means Fanfare, Celebration

0 / October 26, 2010 5:38 am

When the doors of The Palladium swing open this January, the community of Carmel will boast a one-of-a-kind performing arts theatre like no other. So it’s only fitting that the parties, events and community activities planned during Opening Week will [...]

Carmel Referendum’s Positive Effects – It’s Personal

Carmel Referendum’s Positive Effects – It’s Personal

0 / September 24, 2010 8:26 am

In May 2010, the Carmel community voted to support the pursuit for academic excellence. This financial support saved or added over 80 instructional positions and reduced class sizes across the board. These numbers are easy to quote, but what do [...]

Guilded Leaf Book & Author Luncheon to Benefit Children’s Literacy

Guilded Leaf Book & Author Luncheon to Benefit Children’s Literacy

0 / September 15, 2010 11:40 am

The Guilded Leaf’s 6th Annual Book & Author Luncheon is generating quite a bit of excitement in the heart of the luncheon moderator, Andy Murphy. After all, the event melds two of her passions in life: writing and literacy. Andy, [...]

Zimbe! A Magical Musical Production Premiers in Carmel

Zimbe! A Magical Musical Production Premiers in Carmel

0 / August 24, 2010 1:03 pm

To sing is to produce musical tones with the voice. When all the elements of creating a song are joined together in celebration, the result is nothing less than powerful. The Carmel Repertory Theatre has outdone itself in bringing the [...]

9/11 Anniversary Represents Close Call for Carmel Resident

9/11 Anniversary Represents Close Call for Carmel Resident

0 / August 21, 2010 7:04 am

This September 11, while Americans pause to reflect on the terrorist attacks that shocked the nation nine years ago, Carmel resident Erin Beery will also be reflecting on what almost was, and how thankful she is to be alive today. [...]

Local Mom Uses Magic to Cure Back to School Blues

Local Mom Uses Magic to Cure Back to School Blues

0 / August 9, 2010 3:45 am

As any parent can attest, the end of summer break brings a mix of relief and anxiety. Relief that the long, hot days spent trying to keep kids occupied is almost over, but anxiety about trying to get organized to [...]