Archive for category: Local News

Having Your Baby Your Way

Having Your Baby Your Way

0 / December 20, 2011 5:54 am

Most of us don’t care about the icky stuff that goes along with babies. Some of us find it amusing. In fact, most of my conversations with friends and strangers alike is the bowel movements of my children. Boy, I [...]

You Can Be a Pet Pal, Too

You Can Be a Pet Pal, Too

0 / December 16, 2011 1:18 pm

When you think about it, it’s pretty incredible just how much joy a pet can bring to your life. I should know. Louie is the man of my house. He’s a Bernese Mountain Dog and he’s 120 pounds of love. [...]

CCA Gallery: The Destination for Indiana Art This Holiday Season and Beyond

CCA Gallery: The Destination for Indiana Art This Holiday Season and Beyond

0 / December 13, 2011 8:27 pm

CCA Gallery invites you to come celebrate “Christmas in the Village” this holiday season where  you will find traditional, contemporary, and sustainable art to suit every taste and budget. With over 250 works of art created by more than 30 [...]

Zionsville Goes the Whole Nine Yards for SB 2012

Zionsville Goes the Whole Nine Yards for SB 2012

0 / December 13, 2011 8:01 pm

Indianapolis will not be the only place bustling with Super Bowl madness this February. With over 150,000 people flooding to the Circle City, the suburbs are stepping up to shoulder some of the burden. These 150,000 people need places to [...]

Carmel’s Mary and Martha’s: An Exceedingly Chic Boutique

Carmel’s Mary and Martha’s: An Exceedingly Chic Boutique

0 / December 8, 2011 3:02 pm

“…Clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” Colossians 3:12 Laura Shattuck wanted to open a retail store based on the philosophy that fashion is about textures, color and movement. She also wanted women to embrace their own body [...]

Corner Vise is the Perfect Gallery & Frame Shop!

Corner Vise is the Perfect Gallery & Frame Shop!

0 / December 5, 2011 11:51 am

Nestled in the charming town of Zionsville, renowned for its quaint brick street and Victorian charm, you will find a successful framing and art operation that has been in place for over 30 years. In 1986, Barbara Jennings was working [...]

Lesley Jane Built on Savvy Fashion Sense

Lesley Jane Built on Savvy Fashion Sense

0 / November 30, 2011 10:05 pm

Lesley Jane Hunt wanted to own her own business in Zionsville. She loved the area and the main street appeal of shopping. So she bought an existing business called Captain Logan, which was a furniture and home décor store. It [...]

Colt’s Fever

Colt’s Fever

0 / November 21, 2011 7:16 am

Have any of you out there realized that every fall it seems your Sundays take on a new meaning? Does your spouse, partner, or significant other turn into an entirely different person for 17 to 22 weeks from September to [...]

City, CHS Students, and DAO Hold Free Electronics Recycling Event  Nov. 12

City, CHS Students, and DAO Hold Free Electronics Recycling Event Nov. 12

0 / November 7, 2011 12:41 pm

Carmel Utilities, Carmel High School students, and DAO Recycling, have teamed to hold a major electronics and large item recycling event to celebrate America Recycles Day. The event will run from 8 A.M. to 3 P.M. Saturday, November 12, 2011 [...]

LearningRx Sponsors A Community Autism Resources Event

LearningRx Sponsors A Community Autism Resources Event

0 / November 1, 2011 6:02 am

Husband and wife team Phillip and Amy Parham faced an extreme challenge together when they appeared on season six of The Biggest Loser, but their need to get physically healthy wasn’t the only challenge they have faced as a family. [...]

Ghosts & Goblins Haunt the Streets of Carmel’s Arts & Design District

Ghosts & Goblins Haunt the Streets of Carmel’s Arts & Design District

0 / October 31, 2011 7:21 am

A few ghosts, some super heros, a couple of bag ladies, zombies and princesses, pounded the pavement of Carmel’s Arts & Design District Saturday during the 3rd annual Ghosts and Goblins 5K/2K. More than 900 runners, walkers, and costumed characters [...]

Medals4Mettle Charity: Connecting Champions to One Another

Medals4Mettle Charity: Connecting Champions to One Another

0 / October 20, 2011 10:43 am

Medals4Mettle (M4M) is a non-profit charitable organization that honors those with debilitating diseases or illnesses. Runners from around the world, who have competed in marathons, mini-marathons, and triathlons, donate their finishing medals to M4M. In turn, a global network of [...]

Beware! Halloween Haunts Sure to Scare

Beware! Halloween Haunts Sure to Scare

1 / October 15, 2011 12:54 pm

What’s happening for Halloween? Have a Howl! From werewolves to witches, chilling to thrilling, haunted to headless, there’s plenty of ways to scare the heck out of your family and friends this October. 1. Cool Creek Haunted Trails Ghouls and [...]

Autism: Putting the Pieces Together

Autism: Putting the Pieces Together

0 / October 12, 2011 2:31 pm

There’s a reason why one of the most recognized symbols for autism is a ribbon made of puzzle pieces. Autism is perhaps one of the most mystifying disorders that a family can deal with. Why? Because no one really knows [...]

Hi Ho – Help For Your Disney Vacation

Hi Ho – Help For Your Disney Vacation

0 / October 12, 2011 1:48 pm

It’s no secret that Disney has been called “The Happiest Place On Earth.” When you say Disney, don’t you smile? I mean, how could you possibly not smile? There is this mouse that has held the heart strings of children, [...]

Holy Heart Failure, It’s Batman!

Holy Heart Failure, It’s Batman!

0 / October 10, 2011 4:30 am

Just when I finally got up enough nerve to join the whole planking craze that hit the U.S. over the last year, another trend has come along. It’s called batmanning, and I’m a little discouraged. In case you’ve missed out [...]

A Haunting Good Time Like No Other

A Haunting Good Time Like No Other

0 / September 29, 2011 5:31 pm

If you’re looking for a good scare on Halloween, there’s a new haunted house in town. But be warned, they take their scares seriously. The Corpse Manor opens this month in the Post Road Recreation Center just south of Pendleton [...]

It’s a Birthday Party, Kids!

It’s a Birthday Party, Kids!

0 / September 26, 2011 8:30 am

It used to be that a simple, homemade birthday cake and a few token streamers constituted a successful kid’s birthday party. Throw in a handful of friends and a donkey without a tail, and you were done. Today? Not so [...]

Dealing with Dyslexia

Dealing with Dyslexia

0 / September 22, 2011 9:12 am

When Wendy Blaylock’s son Nick was 9 or 10, she noticed he was having some issues in school. He kept asking his teachers to repeat things and often said, “I don’t understand what you’re asking.” As several years rolled by, [...]

Former President George W. Bush Among First Guests at Lucas Oil Estate in Carmel

Former President George W. Bush Among First Guests at Lucas Oil Estate in Carmel

0 / September 20, 2011 6:08 pm

Scrubbed, polished and stylishly decorated, the newly refurbished Lucas Oil Estate in Carmel welcomed its first guests in September, including the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush. The engagement, which was organized by the Young President’s Organization, [...]