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Carmel mayor reviewing sister-city agreement with Chinese community

January 31, 2024 | Daniel Bradley

Mayor Sue Finkam’s announcement came after U.S. Rep. Jim Banks called on the city of Carmel to withdraw from a sister-city agreement executed by the former mayor and to refuse trips organized by groups linked to China’s ruling party.

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Westfield City Council approves creation of parks department, board

January 29, 2024 | Daniel Bradley

Westfield is the only city in Hamilton County that does not have a standalone parks and recreation department, which has stymied opportunities to obtain state and federal funding.

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On the move: Noblesville Mayor Chris Jensen focuses on building city and region

January 26, 2024 | Daniel Bradley

Chris Jensen, 39, became the city’s first new mayor in 16 years when he succeeded Republican John Ditslear in 2020. While the pandemic provided a roadblock, Noblesville has still experienced a flurry of development in the past four years.

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Developer planning two subdivisions in Westfield with nearly 600 houses

January 25, 2024 | Daniel Bradley

The Westfield City Council is scheduled to hear introductions for the Ravinia and Winterburg subdivisions at its meeting Monday night.

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Aldi eyes Westfield for its fifth store in Hamilton County

January 23, 2024 | Daniel Bradley

The discount grocer, which has 82 stores in Indiana, is seeking approval to build a 20,000-square-foot store in the fast-growing north-side suburb.

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West Fork Whiskey lands funding to increase production, add facilities

January 18, 2024 | Daniel Bradley

West Fork this week announced a new partnership with Ouabache Investments that involves up to $18 million in capital.

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Over-55 crowd fuels growing active-adult housing trend

January 12, 2024 | Daniel Bradley

Active-adult communities are rental properties that can include apartments, cottages or villas targeted toward seniors who do not require medical care and want recreational activities and chances to socialize with people in their peer group.

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Parlor Doughnuts shop to open next month in Fishers

January 12, 2024 | Daniel Bradley

The 5-year-old chain already counts 35 shops in 12 states. The Fishers shop will be owned and operated by Marissa and Wesley Barnes, who also own franchised locations in Munster and Valparaiso.

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Pickleball club planned at former Horton Fan Factory building in Carmel

January 11, 2024 | Daniel Bradley

The Dink House will open in early April at 201 W. Carmel Dr. with eight full-length cushioned pickleball courts.

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New Carmel City Council hits pause on pair of major projects

January 8, 2024 | Daniel Bradley

Councilors decided to withdraw two ordinances authorizing a total of $76 million in bonds for the projects from the agenda to give Mayor Sue Finkam’s administration more time to study plans, consider feedback from residents and negotiate with developers.

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Westfield’s Rail Cafe & Market, Cone + Crumb to close this month

January 5, 2024 | Daniel Bradley

Melanie and Toby Miles opened Rail Epicurean Market in 2014, closed it in 2020 due to the pandemic and reopened it as Rail Cafe + Market in 2022.

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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupt Sen. Young’s address at Carmel inauguration

January 4, 2024 | Daniel Bradley

The group of about a half-dozen people chanted, “murderers,” “cease fire now” and “war criminal” for about two minutes before police escorted them from Carmel’s Palladium performing arts center.

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Carmel planning $13M expansion of Monon Greenway

December 29, 2023 | Daniel Bradley

The expansion will widen the Monon Greenway from 14 feet to 140 feet between Walnut Street and City Center Drive.

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Solar eclipse activities planned around Indianapolis and beyond in 2024

December 29, 2023 | Susan OrrSusan Orr

Communities and groups are planning events large and small for the April 8, 2024, solar eclipse, with a path of totality that will briefly plunge the Indianapolis area and much of the rest of the state into darkness.

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Fishers surveying residents about trash collection preferences

December 28, 2023 | Daniel Bradley

Fishers is trying to learn if residents want the city to contract with a single trash-collection company or continue to let residents and homeowners’ associations choose who collects waste in their neighborhoods.

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Carmel to see flurry of completed real estate projects in 2024

December 28, 2023 | Daniel Bradley

Multiple new developments in Carmel are set to open in the coming months, adding to the city’s lineup of real estate projects that combine residential, business and retail spaces.

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Arena, city hall among Fishers projects expected to be completed in 2024

December 27, 2023 | Daniel Bradley

The city will have new places to stay overnight and watch a hockey game. Fishers city government will move into a new home, and so will an Italy-based manufacturer.

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Jim Brainard looks back on 28 years as Carmel mayor

December 22, 2023 | Daniel Bradley

Brainard, 69, announced in September 2022 that he would not seek an eighth term. Sue Finkam, a Republican member of the Carmel City Council, will succeed him on Jan. 1.

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Carmel completes set of jazz musician sculptures for $430,000

December 22, 2023 | Daniel Bradley

The lifelike sculptures by the late New Jersey-based artist J. Seward Johnson will be arranged on a concrete platform on the west side of the Palladium performing arts center.

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Carmel parks board says city is improperly diverting funding

December 21, 2023 | Daniel Bradley

A dispute between unlikely parties is playing out in Hamilton County Superior Court over how Carmel should fund parks and other public greenspaces.

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