Hamilton County June 2009 Events

June 10, 2009 – Carmel Summer Family Concert Series at the Gazebo, located at Carmel Fountain Square Committee in Carmel.  Call 317.571.2495 for more information or visit The City of Carmel website.
June 11, 2009 -Thursday Night Live- Live Music In The District, come out for live music every Thursday at Carmel Arts and Design District, [...]

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Help the Hamilton Humane Society

The Hamilton Humane Society has received a very nice offer from a small group of financial supporters who will match every donation up to $6,000 dollar for dollar until March 31, 2009. This means that the HHS can earn up $12,000 and you can help. The HHS is asking for your help in [...]

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Roundabouts helping to reduce number of accidents on Keystone

When Carmel officials decided to rebuild the intersections at 106th and 126 Streets and Keystone Avenue, there were some who wondered whether this would indeed help to reduce the number of accidents or whether it was just an unnecessary waste of taxpayer money. I am sure more than a few of us had to [...]

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Green living

Going green can imply a myriad of measures but while reading some articles in thedailygreen.com and indystar.com I ran across two simple things that all of us can do to live a little greener.

The first is recycling our Christmas trees. There is an article in the indystar.com entitled, “Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree… It’s [...]

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A study in character development for Primrose students

According to an article that I have just read in IndyStar.com entitled, “Primrose students get in the habit of giving” children from the four Primrose schools ion Hamilton County are currently engaged in a canned-food drive to help benefit the Third Phase food bank in Noblesville. The goal of this drive is to collect 3,000 [...]

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Food pantries in Hamilton County need help

I have just read an article entitled, “Groups set up food drives to help fill pantries’ shelves” in IndyStar.com. According to this article, Hamilton County food pantries have seen a 20% rise in the number of local residents who need food.
Thanks to a slowing economy, more Hamilton County residents are in need of food. [...]

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Noblesville fall events calendar

While browsing the noblesvilleledger.com today, I ran across a fall calendar of upcoming events in and around Noblesville, Indiana.  This article entitled, “Check out all the fun fall events around” is a good way to find out when and where you can go and participate in all of the Noblesville fall activities.
From Halloween parties and [...]

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Things to do this weekend

If you live in Noblesville, Cicero, Fishers, Carmel or elsewhere in Hamilton County and you are wondering what to do this weekend, look no further.  I was just perusing the IndySatr.com when I saw a listing of events going on in our area this weekend.
Tomorrow is the 22nd annual Noblesville Preservation Alliance Historic Home Tour.  [...]

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Open Doors helping provide school supplies in Hamilton County

I saw another article just now entitled “Meeting back-to-school needs” in the WestfieldStar.com, which talks about Open Doors in Westfield.  I thought this article would serve nicely as a follow-up to my last post.  Open Doors is an organization that provides help paying for school supplies for families who are battling with rising costs.  Children [...]

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Tips for saving on back-to-school supplies

With the rising cost of living, many Americans are trying to save money wherever they can.  Thanks to the high cost of fuel, prices on just about everything are higher, including back-to-school supplies.  Folks who do not have children do not know how expensive those necessary things like clothes, pencils, pens, crayons, notebooks and textbook [...]

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