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Kim and Todd Saxton: Go for the gold! But maybe not every time.
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Q&A: What you need to know about the CDC’s new mask guidance
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Carmel distiller turns hand sanitizer pivot into a community fundraising platform
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Lebanon considering creating $13.7M in trails, green space for business park
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Local senior-living complex more than doubles assisted-living units in $5M expansion
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Boone County fairgrounds pavilion gets prepped for COVID-19 patient overflow
The building has been scrubbed and sanitized for use as a medical overflow center to house stable patients in the event facilities in the Witham Health Services network are stressed with victims of COVID-19.
Karuna Therapeutics, led by former Lilly research leader, opens Carmel office
Karuna Therapeutics Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, is developing a potential blockbuster treatment for schizophrenia that got its start at Eli Lilly and Co. decades ago.
Patch planning symbiotic senior living in Westfield
The development firm’s first foray into housing will piggyback onto an assisted living complex next door.
OneZone president Merhoff retiring after two decades
Mo Merhoff, president of OneZone, the joint chamber of commerce in Carmel and Fishers, announced her retirement Friday.
Hamilton County officials work to keep residents informed during crisis
Emergency response officials answered questions via a livestream broadcast on Facebook Live on Wednesday night to provide updates on efforts in the county, which so far has two official cases of the virus.
Calls to Carmel-based travel insurer quadruple with coronavirus concerns
Seven Corners, a global travel insurance company, is hiring and redeploying staff in the midst of the pandemic.
North-side governments take steps to curtail spread of virus
Local governments north of Indianapolis are closing or reducing operations at their facilities to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Here’s a rundown.
Carmel Plan Commission to consider hundreds of new residences next week
Carmel’s Plan Commission is set to consider several residential proposals Tuesday involving more than 270 new homes, as well as a rezoning of nearly 23 acres in Carmel’s central core for redevelopment.
Noblesville caterer rolling out food trolley
Michael and Stacey Spencer launched The Urban Artisan last November in the Veterans of Foreign Wars commercial kitchen. Now they’re expanding the business with an eye-catching conveyance.
Westfield might spend $9 million to turn wastewater lagoons into nature preserve
The Westfield City Council might consider “reimagining” the city’s Simon Moon Park as a 24-acre nature preserve with outdoor classrooms, boardwalk trails, fishing piers, a canoe launch and a potential bait shop, snack shop or watercraft rental facility.
ROUNDUP: Valor 3 Barber and Brews, Board & You and more
The combination barber shop and watering hole headlines a slew of openings in Fishers, Carmel and Whitestown. Also in the works: a new Fishers retail center.
Developers, city partnering on major mixed-use projects in Noblesville
Developers are teaming with the city on a $7.7 million redevelopment project along North 10th Street and a $35 million development west of Federal Hill Commons Park.
Westfield theater will feature Regal’s first multi-sensory-effects auditorium in the state
The special-effects theater is part of a year-long renovation of the complex that the chain said will drop the number of screens from 17 to 15 but enhance the experience of seeing a movie there.
Former Lebanon landfill could become mountain bike park
A former landfill near Lebanon may see new life as the nation’s first mountain bike park designed according to the National Interscholastic Cycling Association’s standards.
Schafer Powder Coatings moving from Carmel to Whitestown
The company, which pulled the plug on a smaller expansion last fall, was lured to Boone County by a bigger facility that will more than double its footprint.
Pulte Group seeks OK for empty-nester neighborhood in Fishers
Pulte Homes of Indiana LLC is seeking zoning approval to build 52 single-family homes not far from Ironwood Golf Club.
An early look at Carmel Clay Public Library’s $40M main branch expansion
Carmel Clay Public Library Director Bob Swanay is scheduled to deliver an annual report on the library’s activities Monday during the City Council meeting.
Carmel’s Midtown, City Center, Clay Terrace welcoming new tenants
From local restaurant Garden Table to the French cosmetics shop Sephora, retailers are setting their sights on the city’s hottest shopping and dining areas.