• Detour could close

    Detour could close

    If the bar isn’t able to offer outdoor venues, it might be forced to leave the Arts & Design District behind.

  • ‘Complex process’ a passion

    ‘Complex process’ a passion

    CFTPA CEO Tania Castroverde Moskalenko details what it takes to present a 10-series season  For many, scheduling more than 45 musical acts for a full season is a daunting task. For Center for the Performing Arts CEO Tania Castroverde Moskalenko, it is business as usual and something she has been doing for more than 15 years. The massive lineup, its [...]

  • CFTPA 2013-2014 Season announced

    CFTPA 2013-2014 Season announced

    Staff Pick: Our experts handpick their must-see shows for 2013-14 Scene Selects: These shows include a special reception for young professionals Crowd Pleasers: These performances are ideal for large groups E&E: These Engaging shows also include an Enrichment component Hot Ticket: These concerts are sure to sell out, so get your tickets early Printing Partners Classical Series Lang Lang Thursday, [...]

  • Reflecting poorly

    Reflecting poorly

    The Veteran’s Memorial is in dire need of repairs The Veteran’s Memorial reflecting pool at City Center will likely get a much-needed facelift sometime this year. Ten years after it was completed, the concrete coping at the edge of the pool has already begun to crumble. Residents have been complaining about the reflecting pool’s condition for months, but those concerns [...]

  • Marathon mania

    Marathon mania

    On April 20, more than 3,500 runners from 39 different states and six countries took part in the third annual Carmel Marathon. Runner Jesse Davis won the marathon with a time of 2 hours, 21 minutes and 49 seconds, beating his previous course record. In 2012, Davis also won the Carmel Marathon and in 2011, he won the Carmel Half-marathon. [...]

  • Panel discusses trauma of child abuse

    Panel discusses trauma of child abuse

    A record 261 people attended this year’s Friends of Chaucie’s Place Breakfast at Ritz Charles in Carmel last week. The event was open to the public and featured a number of Chaucie’s Place staff and board members speaking about the organization’s programs and thanking their supporters from across Hamilton County. A panel of three local residents took to the stage [...]

  • Prevail Fashion Show

    Prevail Fashion Show

    Prevail, Inc. hosted its second “Spring into Fashion” Fashion Show at Woodland Country Club in Carmel on April 18. Officials said the event was an outstanding success, raising just more than $14,600 to support victims of violent crime in the community. Smith’s Jewelers in Noblesville was the presenting sponsor and Karen Hensel, WISH TV 8 anchor and investigative reporter, emceed [...]

  • Wine, Wags & Whiskers

    Wine, Wags & Whiskers

    The Humane Society of Hamilton County hosted its annual fundraiser, Wine, Wags & Whiskers, on April 12 at The Mansion at Oak Hill, 5801 E. 116th St., Carmel. The evening featured the finest wines with adoptable animals, delicious hors d’oeuvres, an opportunity to bid on irresistible silent auction items and, of course, the chance to mingle with friends – human, [...]

 

Community

Carmel man petitions to plead guilty to charges of possession, distribution of child pornography

Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced today that former FBI agent Donald J. Sachtleben, age 54, of Carmel, has filed a petition to plead guilty to charges of possessing and distributing child pornography. As part of the defendant’s agreement to plead guilty, Sachtleben will pay restitution to an identified victim portrayed in the images and videos he allegedly [...]

Cover Stories

Detour could close25

Detour could close

If the bar isn’t able to offer outdoor venues, it might be forced to leave the Arts & Design District behind.

Education

Apprentice U aims to deliver qualified employees0

Apprentice U aims to deliver qualified employees

Ron Brumbarger, president and chief executive office of Carmel-based website developer BitWise Solutions, Inc., is taking an old-school approach to changing today’s education system with a new institution: Apprentice University. Brumbarger held an interest meeting for students at Launch Fishers last Thursday to help gauge interest in his concept. The entrepreneur believes an 11th commandment ingrained in American culture – [...]

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None too soon, it’s off to market!

May 18 will bring a momentous morning to Carmel with another edition of the Carmel Farmers Market, which that day will lift the curtain on its 2013 outdoor season. Hours are 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and the weekly event runs through Oct. 5. Sixty-five vendors under the direction of market chief Ron Carter and his legions of volunteers will [...]

Dough

City Barbeque opens in Carmel0

City Barbeque opens in Carmel

Serving its signature beef brisket and pulled pork sandwiches, City Barbeque opened its third Indianapolis location in Carmel at 1356 S. Range Line Road on May 9. The 3,242-square-foot restaurant seats 88 indoors and has a covered outdoor patio that seats 44. Like all City Barbeque locations, smokers have been installed and the barbeque will be slow-smoked on-site. The new [...]

Inside and Out

Take good design outdoors

The outdoor living season has nothing at all to do with a calendar.  It starts the first day that the cover is thrown off the grill and the outdoor furniture is returned to its righteous position of importance. May 2013 has been kind to us, so I declare that the season of enjoying the outdoor space has begun. When this [...]