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Despite the national housing market’s slump, more than three-quarters of U.S. homebuyers remain confident their purchase was at least as good an investment as stocks. That’s according to a new survey released today by the Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors. “Real estate is a long-term investment. Don’t buy and expect to make a fortune in […]
New Indiana University basketball coach Tom Crean is convinced athletic facility improvements under way on the Bloomington campus will help the Hoosiers return to dominance.
Crean told a group of mayors from southern Indiana…
Whirlpool is struggling with its employees in Evansville as it tries to keep a lid on escalating health
care costs.
The company says it has caught a few dozen of them smoking. That wouldnâ??t be a problem had the…
Sport Bowl calling it quitsThe owners of Sport Bowl, a south-side institution for 67 years, plan to close in about a week. The 32-lane bowling alley has struggled since locally based Royal Pin…
Clark Kellogg will serve as the master of ceremonies for the 2008 Pathfinder Awards Banquet June 29 at Conseco Fieldhouse. The Pathfinder Awards are presented annually to individuals for their contributions and dedication…
The New York Times today reports on a revival of “Moose Murders”—considered by many to be the worst play ever staged on Broadway. (See Frank Rich’s original review, here.)
While New Yorkers will often pay as much attention to…
Whirlpool Corp.’s refrigerator plant in Evansville has suspended 39 production workers suspected by the company of continuing to smoke despite claiming on health insurance forms that they were nonsmokers. Fact-finding meetings with each of the workers will precede final discipline, the company told the Evansville Courier & Press. Whirlpool learned of the alleged infractions from […]
Sponsors of Danica Patrick, who became the first woman to win a major open-wheel race with her Indy Racing League victory in Japan Saturday, have been quick to capitalize on the exposure.
AirTran Airlines quickly put huge photos of Patrick on…
The 1,500 local janitors covered under a new union agreement ratified Saturday will earn at least $9 an hour by 2012, less than similar pacts signed in recent months in Ohio. Like the Indianapolis contract, the Ohio pacts end in 2012. Under contracts negotiated by Washington, D.C.-based Service Employees International Union, the minimum for that […]
Eli Lilly and Co. shareholders this morning rebuffed an effort by California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the nation’s largest public pension fund, and four major proxy advisory services to force two directors off the board and prevent the new CEO, John Lechleiter, from joining the board. Dr. Alfred Gilman and Karen Horn were reelected, according […]
Danica Patrick’s life is getting faster by the second. She’s not the only one moving at warp speed, as merchandisers and Indy Racing League officials hustle to capitalize on her historic victory Saturday…
Three Carmel residents have bought the Glass Chimney and Deeter’s restaurants, both of which are dining fixtures in Hamilton County. The restaurants’ owner, Dieter Puska, said in January that he planned to retire and close both establishments on April 26, although he left open the possibility that someone might buy them. At the time, industry […]
For me, the weekend included the second half of the James Still double bill at Indiana Repertory Theatre and a run to Purdue University for an exhilerating student production of “Hair” (a midnight show, no less).
And you?
Did you catch the…
SHELBY COUNTY BANKING on BEANS Integrity Biofuels in Morristown persevering despite run-up in soy prices MORRISTOWN-Two years ago this August, the biggest thing in this Shelby County town of 1,300 residents was not the Bunge North America soybean processing plant. Not even its three silos, each as big as an aircraft carrier planted upright by […]
MONROE COUNTY Bloomington getting doughnuts Dunkin Donuts has filed plans to open a restaurant next to the IU campus in Bloomington. The Massachusetts-based chain plans to take about 2,000 square feet in the former Von Lee Theater at 517 E. Kirkwood Ave., next to Colorado-based Noodles & Co. The Von Lee project also includes two […]
MORGAN COUNTY Carmel banker takes Martinsville post for Harris Chicago-based Harris Bank has appointed a Carmel banker to head its branch in Martinsville. Mary Ann Smerdel has taken the post of branch manager for the office at 2110 Burton Lane, the bank said. Smerdel was a commercial customer service representative in Carmel and previously held […]
HAMILTON COUNTY Carmel proceeds with Keystone roundabouts Carmel is taking its love affair with roundabouts to the next level. On March 21, Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard unveiled roundabout reconstruction plans for the 106th and 126th Street interchanges of Keystone Avenue. The State of Indiana relinquished control of part of Keystone to Carmel last September and […]
Lebanon looking to expand reach BOONE COUNTY-Lebanon’s borders could double in size by the end of the year, if a proposal to annex land on the south side of the city is approved. The area encompasses 3,600 acres, or six square miles. It straddles both sides of Interstate 65 from the southern edge of Lebanon […]
Spotlight on Shelby County Named for Isaac Shelby, the first governor of Kentucky 5 LARGEST CITIES/TOWNS population Shelbyville ………………………………….18,372 Edinburgh ……………………………………4,582 Morristown …………………………………..1,257 St. Paul ……………………………………….1,006 5 LARGEST EMPLOYERS employees Knauf Insulation ……………………………….900 Atlas Cold Storage (Kroger Co.) …………..600 PK USA Inc………………………………………550 Major Hospital………………………………….530 Pilkington North America Inc……………….385 SHELBY MSA* Population 43,844 1,682,815 Median age […]
HENDRICKS COUNTY Medical facilities expanding Two Hendricks County hospitals are planning major expansions starting this summer. The board of Hendricks Regional Health is scheduled to vote in late April on adding more than 200,000 square feet to the hospital’s headquarters campus in Danville. The project will cost more than $60 million and will be the […]
