It’s time to give taxpayers a break
By FRED SWIFT The County Line Budget-making for 2022 is coming soon in every Hamilton County city, town, township and school system as well as county government. Elected officials who…
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A good retirement needs continued planning for future
By SHARON McMAHON Be Well Plans are nothing; planning is everything.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower The verb definitely wins over the noun in the above quote by General/President Eisenhower. Although…
Keep it simple
By AMY SHANKLAND Sandwiched I will always treasure my adventure with Mom for her 89th birthday last month. As you may recall, we spent a wonderful couple of hours at…
Sixty years ago this week, I played 100 holes of golf in one day
By JOHN KRAFT Guest Columnist In June of every year, I reminisce how lucky I was as a child to grow up in Noblesville during the 1950s and early 1960s,…
New Clay Center takes name of earlier school
By FRED SWIFT The County Line The new Clay Center Elementary School will open in August, bringing back the name from an earlier school that stood near the site. The…
A letter to heaven . . .
By JANET HART LEONARD From the Heart Dear Dad, While I know I can’t actually send this, as heaven has no email address, it just feels good to have a…
Reaffirming Prevail’s commitment to confront racism
By SUSAN FERGUSON Prevail Inc. Executive Director Guest Columnist About a year ago, I wrote and released a statement from Prevail taking a stand by affirming Black Lives Matter and…
From the desk of Hamilton Heights Superintendent Dr. Derek Arrowood
By DR. DEREK ARROWOOD Hamilton Heights Superintendent Update #63 from Dr. Derek Arrowood, Superintendent, Hamilton Heights School Corporation. I trust everyone’s summer break is off to a great start! While…
Helping local governments better serve you
By TONY COOK State Representative Whether it’s a city council, a school board or the local courtroom, these government bodies are closest to Hoosiers and can have the greatest impact…
Perhaps happiness can be found in the hard times
By JANET HART LEONARD From the Heart “You can’t wait until life isn’t hard anymore before you decide to be happy.” – Nightbirde, a.k.a. Jane Marczewski Perhaps you saw her…