Work set to begin on Carmel segment of new U.S. 31
A $141 million contract includes interchange improvements at Interstate 465 and new roundabout interchanges at 106th, 116th, 131st and 136th streets.
A $141 million contract includes interchange improvements at Interstate 465 and new roundabout interchanges at 106th, 116th, 131st and 136th streets.
Two would-be buyers submitted wildly divergent offers for the former Shapiro’s Delicatessen in Carmel City Center. Bidders also were asked to disclose how they intend to use the property.
Jonathon E. Horton, 46, was arrested at his Carmel home Wednesday on prostitution and methamphetamine-related charges. Police said Horton performed a sex act on an undercover officer at the home in the 500 block of 1st Avenue Northeast before he was arrested. After the arrest for prostitution, authorities found meth and drug paraphernalia. They also turned over several electronic media storage devices to the Hamilton County Metro Child Exploitation Task Force for investigation.
The Carmel Clay School District is warning parents and students about a man who approaches teenage girls and tries to give them his phone number and other social media information. The school and local police have received reports of several incidents from female students. None of the incidents happened on school property. The Hamilton County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force is investigating whether the man has committed any crimes.
A Carmel institutional pharmacy could move its growing drug repackaging operation to Noblesville’s Corporate Campus if city leaders sign off on $225,000 in tax breaks.
A month after a split Carmel City Council decided not to extend a $100-per-hour consulting deal for longtime Carmel Redevelopment Commission boss Les Olds, another organization is considering hiring him to keep city redevelopment projects on track.
Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard does not support a City Council effort to shift control of the city’s annual arts grants from his office to the Center for the Performing Arts.
American Specialty Health, a California-based provider of wellness programs, plans to lease about 90,000 square feet of office space in Carmel and open its new headquarters next June.
Rich and Renee Ackley’s home live both large and small, large because of its 10,000 square feet, and small because of its “fairy garden.”
Last in a month-long series of mall restaurant reviews.
Texas-based Flix Brewhouse plans to open a combination movie theater-microbrewery next year in Carmel’s beleaguered Merchants’ Square shopping center.
Two weeks after it held back $200,000 in grant funding earmarked for the Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre, the Carmel City Council is poised to swap checks with the not-for-profit organization.
The 20 artist-decorated pianos on display in Indianapolis and Carmel through Aug. 18 aren’t just eye candy. They’re public art pieces designed to appeal to all the senses, including the sense of community.
Flaherty & Collins Properties is floating two redevelopment ideas for a seven-acre parcel on the edge of Carmel’s tony downtown, but both require public support that casts uncertainty over the project.
The Carmel City Center building that housed Shapiro’s Delicatessen for more than a decade is for sale following the restaurant’s June closure.
Finally satisfied that Carmel will end the year in the black, its City Council on Monday released more than $500,000 in arts funding that’s been on hold since April. But an increasingly hawkish majority held back another $200,000 earmarked for the Civic Theatre.
Carmel City Council members exerted their influence over redevelopment commission expenses Monday, denying a $60,000 contract extension for longtime Executive Director Les Olds despite Mayor Jim Brainard’s pleas to keep him on the job.
One of Indiana’s most innovative companies in the past decade doesn’t make surgical instruments or drugs or engines. It makes water faucets and toilets. Delta Faucet Co. has secured 589 patents in the past 20 years.
A fire caused heavy damage to two homes in Carmel on Wednesday. The blaze broke out shortly after 2 a.m. in the 13000 block of Versailles Drive, near 136th and Meridian streets. The home where the fire originated suffered an estimated $100,000 in damage. Damage to the neighboring home was estimated at $20,000. Homeowners and their pets escaped without injury.
Carmel firefighters took about an hour to contain a large house fire that broke out Wednesday shortly before 6 a.m. in the 500 block of E. 111th St. The homeowner escaped without injury after smoke alarms sounded. Damage to the home, which was on the market for about $700,000, was estimated at $300,000. The fire started near the patio area, where the homeowner had been grilling Tuesday night.