It’s 4 a.m. I’m supposed to be writing by now, knitting you a tale about transformation. But the notions have yet to coalesce. So I lie in bed, watching through my bay window as a storm rolls through, igniting the sky with flashes of light. It’s 4:27 a.m. I awaken again and flip on the TV, the sound muted so as not to disturb my son’s slumber in the next room. The channel I was watching last night now shows…
But much of the evidence is anecdotal, as city officials said they do not have complete complaint records for the periods just before and after the City-County Council imposed tougher regulations in 2002. One key problem addressed by those reforms seems to have diminished-drivers taking passengers to the wrong address. The city received only two such complaints in the last 1-1/2 years, according to records kept by the City Controller’s Office. That had been a commonly reported problem in the…
“There is increased drilling. There’s a lot of broke-ass oil producers down here that are experiencing a little boom,” said Andrews, president of Vincennes-based Andrews Oil Properties. Oil producers like Andrews, “still driving the same Cadillac I had 15 years ago,” know bet- ter than to entertain fantasies of striking it rich, however. Indiana oil production has been on the wane since a 12.6-million-barrel peak in 1956. Last year, only 1.75 million barrels were extracted from Indiana’s sedimentary rock, according…
Bars and restaurants aren’t the only firms that will soon feel the heat from health advocates pushing laws to ban smoking in public places. Some are broadening their gaze to drugstores and even supermarkets as potential health risks-and they’re naming names of offending businesses. It’s a radical approach in a mildmannered metro area, where few dare to poke fingers in the eyes of the business or political elite. And it’s in stark contrast to groups such as Smoke Free Indy,…
While people had sharply divided opions about the Terri Schiavo case, most could agree on one point: It’s a good idea to make sure your wishes about life-prolonging treatments are clearly known. Indiana residents can sign “advance directives” in order to confirm their wishes about life-prolonging treatment and to authorize others to make decisions and give consents on their behalf. Indiana law offers three main types of advance directive: the Living Will, the Health Care Representative Appointment, and the health…
Two locally based home builders are staking out retail storefronts in a bid to reach out to customers who might want to buy a new home while they’re picking up a gallon of milk or a pair of shoes. Carmel-based Estridge Cos. plans to open its HomeExperience store in Clay Terrace in late spring or early summer, while Indianapolis-based Davis Homes LLC in late April will move its showroom into a Krogeranchored shopping center at 96th and Meridian streets. For…
Two former Galyan’s Trading Co. Inc. stores are set to find a new life in furniture. Ashley Furniture HomeStores will enter the market by occupying former Galyan’s stores in Greenwood and in Village Park Plaza in Carmel. The Greenwood store will have about 80,000 square feet and the Carmel store will be slightly smaller at 66,000 square feet, according to plans filed with the state. The HomeStores sell furnishings made by Arcadia, Wis.-based Ashley Furniture Industries Inc., but are independently…
