County Council approves $260M budget for 2024
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Let’s fight negativity with fresh air, good food, and more physical movement
“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body; it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.” – John F. Kennedy, 35th…
Portrait of an audience going on a journey: they’ve left behind normal theater and entered the “Twilight Zone”
By DANIEL SHOCK A Seat on the Aisle The Body is a heartwarming tale of a stepfather, Joe, spending a week with his nine-year-old stepdaughter, Abby. They spend the week…
White River Township just got safer
By STU CLAMPITT news@readthereporter.com As of Saturday afternoon, White River Township Fire Department has a new engine in service and it’s not even close to red. Engine 331 is a…
Thinking about aging in place?
Our parents are in the zone! The Danger Zone! My wife and I are both blessed to have two parents still alive. They are in their early 80s and live…
What it’s like being on the move
Everyone who has moved from one house to another knows how magical the process is. My in-laws recently moved into their new home and everything about their experience reminded me…
130-year-old play has endured for good reason
Bard Fest Indianapolis completes its ambitious 2023 season with Jon Robin Baitz’ adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, directed by Chris Saunders of American Lives Theatre. First produced 130 years…
I’ve become my mother
Simmer down! Don’t get yourself in such a dither! I’ve heard my mother say both of those phrases. Her voice, as well as her sayings, had a way of calming…
A look back at our Civil War past, Part 3
The American Civil War was like no other war we have fought. It was a conflict that tested whether our nation would last as the United States, if our liberty…
1988: catfishing with The King
In the late 1980s, when I was a cub reporter fresh out of J-School in southern Indiana, a wave of Elvis Presley sightings was reported in the U.S., a disturbing…