Cash-strapped theater group Carmel Community Players has nixed its summer musical, canceled its Summer Camp for Kids, and pulled out of Carmelfest 2009 after being denied the public funding it has received for years.
Carmel Community Players, a volunteer theater founded in 1993, has announced an ambitious season of all Pulitzer-Prize-winning
shows — even though a chunk of its funding was shot down by the Carmel Support the Arts Fund and its
performance…
A major section of Keystone Avenue in Carmel is now closed for construction. Keystone between 131st Street and U.S. 31 will remain shut down for about 45 days. Carmel city leaders say the closure will help save more than a half-million dollars in construction costs and allow the new Keystone-136th Street interchange to open before […]
The Carmel Clay School Board voted last night to cut $1.5 million from its $90 million budget by laying off 19 teachers. School officials hope federal stimulus money will help them recall many of those teachers when classes begin again in August.
The Carmel-Clay school board will vote tonight on a new budget plan that could cost some 19 employees their jobs. Board members need to figure out a way to cut $1.85 million from their $90 million budget. Fox 59 will have more at 10 p.m.
Carmel-based software firm Information Systems Experts LLC plans to expand its operations and create up to 10 new positions, the firm announced this morning. The company said it would invest more than $287,000 to upgrade equipment at its 8,000-square-foot headquarters in Carmel. ISE received a $21,000 grant from the state’s Skills Enhancement Fund to train […]
The state has frozen the assets of three Indianapolis-area businesspeople, including the owners of J.S. Marten Jewelers in Carmel, as part of a fraud investigation, the Indiana Secretary of State’s Office announced late Wednesday afternoon. The state said Dorothy Geisler-Tragardh, formerly a partner in Virginia-based clean-coal energy company Praxis Resource Partners LLC, and jewelers Jan […]
A contractor involved in the Keystone Avenue roundabout project in Carmel could be headed to court. Late Friday, Carmel declared Milestone Contractors in default of its agreement for not meeting its schedule.
Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard defended himself yesterday in a meeting with council members about the costs of the Keystone Avenue project. The state originally provided $90 million for the construction of multiple roundabouts on Keystone. The cost has increased to $130 million. Brainard says the initial cost was an estimate, but some council members say […]
Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard is expected to answer questions tonight at Carmel’s city council meeting about the escalating cost of the massive Keystone Avenue project. The chair of Hamilton County’s Democratic Party is asking the mayor for full disclosure. The improvements, which include plans for six new roundabouts, originally were projected to cost less than […]
A prominent 11-acre site near I-465 and U.S. 31 in Carmel is now on the market for $16.7 million, a price that equates to around $1.5 million an acre. Listing agent Michael B. Drew of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker said the prime piece of property near the intersection of 96th Street and U.S. 31 could […]
The Carmel Clay school board tonight will discuss ways to cut $1.85 million from next year’s budget. One option under consideration is slashing teacher positions.The meeting will start at 7 at the school district’s administrative offices, 5201 E. 131st St. Fox 59 will have more at 10 p.m.
The Carmel City Council has approved a $20 million floater loan to keep the Keystone Avenue project moving. The chief engineer had asked for an additional $8 million to turn six intersections along Keystone into roundabouts, but that request was not approved. Last night’s meeting got heated when one of the councilors accused Carmel Mayor […]
Carmel officials are expected to vote tonight on a controversial plan to spend $20 million on a plan to turn six intersections along Keystone Avenue into roundabouts. The original price tag for the project was $90 million, but Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard later called for an additional $50 million to fund the construction. Tonight, the […]
The Carmel Clay School District is looking for ways to trim millions of dollars from next year’s budget. Administrators revealed a plan for across-the-board cuts totaling $1.85 million. The plan would mean layoffs for a number of teachers, including several in the foreign languages. Other instructors would be paid more to teach an extra class […]
Carmel’s plans for a total of 60 roundabouts by 2011 drew gasps of admiration from the crowd at this year’s National Roundabout Conference. And ultimately,…
A Carmel startup that hopes to research drug components here and make them in China has just raised $12 million in venture capital-despite the recession and a deep freeze in financial markets. The founder of 2-year-old Waterstone Pharmaceuticals Inc. is Chinese native Faming Zhang, 44, a former Eli Lilly and Co. executive and Indiana University […]
The Hot Box pizza chain has reached a deal with a pair of veteran local restaurateurs to open two new locations in Carmel. The first, scheduled to open in January, will…
Software Engineering Professionals Inc. intends to spend $7 million on an expansion will result in hiring nearly 90 employees in addition to its existing roster of 71, Indiana Economic Development Corp. announced today. The Carmel company, which develops enterprise and Web-based software for aerospace, medical, defense and automotive customers, plans to finish the expansion within […]
Carmel resident Scott Drew has been indicted by a grand jury in Los Angeles for allegedly taking part in a scheme to secretly rehire workers of Ralphs Grocery Co. under false names and Social Security numbers. The 47-year old, now a vice president at Kroger Co., was an executive at Compton, Calif.-based Ralphs when he […]
