Opinion

Life is good

From the Condo in Carmel to the Little House on the Alley in Noblesville. It’s where love brought Chuck when we got married three years and four months ago. Chuck…

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Fresh food options for summer

If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t. – Michael Pollan Doesn’t this quote say a lot in just a few words!…


The Memory Journey

The cancer journey is a long one and sometimes you are in a very difficult place and sometimes you are in a good spot.  Currently, the hardest thing for me…


What’s the holdup on parking study?

What’s the holdup on releasing the report of the downtown Noblesville parking study? It’s been a year or more since the City Parking Task Force commissioned a report of the…


God bless the Bonus Dads

He is a very special man. He stepped in and stepped up. He’s often not on the Father’s Day Facebook post that says “Happy Father’s Day”. Seldom does he open…


Remembering the Justice of the Peace

My lunchtime friends at Alexander’s so-called Table of Knowledge this week were recalling the days when we had a Justice of the Peace in Noblesville. Actually, we had three in…


Reader calls for presidential respect

Dear Editor: It’s time to stop the verbal hate remarks toward our president, his family and his administration. It’s time to stop the hate rallies in cities by people who…


Valedictorian speaks out

Editor’s note: this letter was originally posted on Facebook in response to a column entitled, “The Last Valedictorian,” published in The Reporter on June 9. That column is available on…


Honoring a Noblesville Veteran

On Saturday June 17, 2017 my daughter, Emily Brooks and I will be attending the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, In Memory Program in Washington D.C. The Honor Roll recognizes those…


Remembering our dads

“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments but what is woven into the lives of others.” Pericles Again this month a diversion from my usual…