The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office along with the Hamilton County Probation Dept. combined resources to assist the Hamilton County Emergency Management Agency last Saturday and provided an inmate work crew to fill sandbags which will be handed out to citizens during high water and flood situations. The recent flooding conditions in Hamilton County depleted the stockpile maintained by the EMA. Sheriff [...]
CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions presented its Caregiver of the Year Award to JoAnn Fowler Combs, Indianapolis, recently during its annual Signature Breakfast at Ritz Charles, Carmel. “Caregiving requires a tremendous personal sacrifice of time and resources,” said Orion Bell IV, CICOA president and CEO. “This award was created to shine a light on caregivers like JoAnn Fowler Combs who [...]
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 [...]
The Second Annual ExtravaBandza!, a Carmel Clay Schools showcase concert featuring 1,150 middle and high school band students, will be held May 20 in the Carmel High School Gymnasium at 6:30 p.m. The concert will feature two special numbers performed by all 1,150 students in a mass band: “The National Anthem” and “The Stars and Stripes Forever.” Students also will [...]
By Karen Kennedy news@youarecurrent.com In the mood for some rousing live music this weekend? Take the grandparents, the kids, a blanket and your American pride and head to Conner Prairie Interactive History Park on May 18. The 38th Infantry Division Army Band will take the stage at 4 p.m. for a concert featuring a wide variety of music, from the [...]
Carmel drivers will have to give a wider berth to cyclists if a proposed new ordinance is passed. The city council is considering a three-foot passing rule as part of a new ordinance that proponents say could make traveling on two wheels much safer in the city, particularly on the Monon Greenway. Indianapolis already has a similar three-foot passing rule, [...]
By Liz Schrader Carmel-based hair stylist Gina Dattilo knew there was something odd about Dove Spa in Carmel. Datillo, who works at A.C. & Co. Hair Designers next door to the spa, said some of the things she saw while working “just didn’t seem right.” “If I worked late, it was only men that always went in there, and [...]
The next phase of Carmel’s City Center came a step closer to reality last Wednesday. Officials from the city and Anderson Birkla broke ground on a $6-million retail and office complex nicknamed The Mezz. The new facility, housing 44 luxury apartments and Anderson Birkla’s corporate headquarters, will be on both the east and west end of the Tarkington Theater building. [...]
by Karen Kennedy A taste of Broadway is coming to Carmel. For five performances, May 15 through 19, the Carmel High School auditorium will be transformed into a lush and wondrous jungle complete with swinging vines, dancing flowers and exotic costumes, all set to the music and lyrics of Phil Collins, in “Disney’s Tarzan: the Musical.” “This is an incredible [...]
With grace and enthusiastic sweetness, Ms. Madeline Moran let me off the hook. She scoffed at the notion that my lapsus calami had caused her any harm. When she came home from school that Tuesday afternoon two weeks ago, Madeline’s mom greeted her with news she was in the Current in Carmel newspaper. Her mother probably should have said, “Well, [...]
