Archive for category: Community

/ May 17, 2012 5:27 pm

Electric car charging stations to be installed in arts center garage

Two electric car charging stations intended for public use should be installed in Carmel this week. According to Community Relations Specialist Melanie Lentz, Duke Energy was scheduled to install the pair of stations between Wednesday and Friday on the first floor of the parking garage at the Center for the Performing Arts. And Community Relations Director Nancy Heck said the [...]

/ May 16, 2012 7:18 pm

EXCLUSIVE: Tania Castroverde Moskalenkois Center’s apparent choice for CEO, source says

Tania Castroverde Moskalenko, executive director of the Germantown (Tenn.) Performing Arts Centre, should soon be offered the position of president and CEO of The Center for the Performing Arts, Current in Carmel learned early this evening.

/ May 16, 2012 2:13 pm

Overnight traffic stops on US 31

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) will restrict traffic on US 31 overnight Friday, May 18 and Saturday, May 19.  Short-term traffic stops will be required for bridge construction. Beginning at 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, crews from Walsh Construction will begin lifting and placing steel bridge beams over US 31 for the new southbound Keystone Parkway overpass.  The individual [...]

/ May 16, 2012 10:26 am

The Bike Line opening in Carmel City Center

The Bike Line is excited to announce that its grand opening in Carmel City Center will take place Wednesday, May 16th – Monday, May 21st,, 2012. In honor of their opening, a storewide sale will go through the weekend on all Trek bicycles and will feature test-rides on the beautiful Camel City Center Plaza. The Bike Line is owned by [...]

/ May 15, 2012 4:00 am

Voter turnout up, but down

Hamilton County currently has 191,852 registered voters. Of them, only 24.63 percent (47,250 people) cast ballots during the May 8 primary election. While voter turnout was low, Hamilton County Election Administrator Kathy Richardson said it was higher than last year’s municipal primary election of 14.62 percent. “I’m disappointed in the turnout,” said Richardson. “I don’t understand.” This year’s turnout was [...]

/ May 15, 2012 2:00 am

Camp for adults with disabilities needs volunteers

Not everyone can fill a need, even if they have the rare ability to first identify it. But some 25 years ago, Dick and Marcy Culter saw there was a void, an empty spot in the fabric of our society. Lucky for us, they decided something should be done about it. Having just transferred from Illinois to Carmel those many [...]

/ May 14, 2012 10:16 am

Carmel to put $11.4 million into roads this year

Carmel will spend $4 million to repave roads this year, the city council announced Monday night, with much of the funds coming from a reimbursement due to the city after a state accounting error. The city also plans to use $7.4 million in unencumbered funds from a 2006 road bond to accelerate improvements to Illinois Street. The first priority for [...]

/ May 14, 2012 10:15 am

Portable Breath Test & the Right to politely Refuse

Everyone knows at least one field sobriety test… count backwards; keep your eyes on the pen, one-leg stand and the portable breathalyzer (PBT).  But to which of these tests MUST you submit if stopped for a DUI? You may be surprised to know that you are not legally required to take any of these tests. InIndiana, driving is a privilege [...]

/ May 14, 2012 10:13 am

Carmel Common Council May 7

Action: Interlocal agreement betweenHamiltonCounty and the city ofCarmel regarding 911 dispatch services. What it means: The city ofCarmel will payHamiltonCounty $97,001 a month to take over emergency dispatch services. The county will also take control of the city’s communication center. What’s next: The agreement will go to the county for final ratification.   Action: Amendment to the city’s paid time [...]

/ May 14, 2012 10:06 am

Local bakery lets customers eat elaborate cakes

If you want things done right, sometimes you have to do it yourself. What started off as an answer to a simple problem has turned into a 30-year career for Rascia Johnson, owner of Rascia’s Creative Cakes in the Carmel Arts & Design District. Johnson said that when her kids were growing up, she wanted them to have the “most [...]