Reader calls for tax increase to curb smoking
Dear Editor: Indiana is consistently ranked near the bottom of the 50 states for health, a statistic made worse because too many Hoosiers smoke. The Institute of Medicine says the…
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Reader wants to #SaveTheNickelPlate
Dear Editor: The Indiana Transportation Museum is a nonprofit 501(c) 3 organization that I have volunteered with for almost a decade. The organization, founded in 1960, has safely transported more…
Lilly Scholars Organize Give Back INitiative to Pay it Forward
Each year since 1998, Lilly Endowment has awarded 4- year, full-tuition Lilly Endowment Community Scholarships to selected Indiana high school seniors enabling more than 4,000 students from all 92 counties…
Dealing with the side effects of meds
When I left off last week, I talked about falling and breaking my arm in San Francisco. I broke my arm and then was very sick on the long plane…
State of the City… A look back at 2016 and into the future of Fishers
www.LarryInFishers.com The 2017 Fishers State of the City was unlike the previous two speeches. Mayor Scott Fadness had no big announcements to make, so he reflected on the past year…
Shop at Marsh and Help Indiana State Police Youth Camps
Thanks to Indiana Marsh Stores throughout Indiana, Hoosiers can help Indiana State Police Youth Camps while doing their weekly shopping. During the days of March 16th through March 18th Indiana…
Petitioning to save the Nickel Plate
The Indiana Transportation Museum, longtime operator of the excursion trains on the Nickel Plate Railroad, has a petition drive in progress designed to encourage local officials to keep the railroad…
Apply for national high school Songbook Academy
The national application deadline is approaching for the Great American Songbook Foundation’s 2017 Songbook Academy(r), a summer music and performance intensive for high school students led by Foundation founder and…
Local grad gains valuable experience with Rep. Richardson at the Statehouse
A local graduate is gaining experience as an intern with State Rep. Kathy Kreag Richardson (R-Noblesville) and her fellow members of the House of Representatives during the 2017 legislative session….
Another “Call To Action”
What do we know? Not much after the joint announcements by Noblesville and Fishers Mayor’s to convert the Nickel Plate rail line into trails between the two cities. The announcement…