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DINING: BUFFALO WILD WINGS-WEB ONLY
Buffalo Wild Wings made a fresh foray into downtown late last year, moving into long-vacant at 7 E. Washing ton St.-just a block north of the Maryland Street location another franchisee gave up on in 2007. What a difference a block makes. The new B-Dubs (951-9464) is much more welcoming than its predecessor, in large […]
EYE ON THE PIE: I dreamed I saw Barack last night-WEB ONLY
I had a dream that I met with President Obama during his visit to Elkhart. It was just before breakfast in a school gymnasium. He was shooting baskets with one hand and drinking orange juice with the other. “A little one-onone?” he asked. “No,” I answered. “My basketball days are over.” “What do you do […]
A&E: A symphony premiere: Hahn for the record books-WEB ONLY
This week, emptying the notebook on recent work at the ISO, the Phoenix and the IRT. Who says you can’t have a do-over at a symphony concert? Virtuoso violinist Hilary Hahn called for just that after being lost shortly into the brutal third movement of Jennifer Higdon’s world premiere violin concerto (which she played without […]
EDITORIAL: Time to lower liquor barrier-WEB ONLY
Indiana liquor distributors are small and some of their counterparts outside the state are huge, so it’s understandable why the locals are desperate to preserve an old statute banning out-of-state competitors. But let’s be real. Protectionist measures like this one should have been axed decades ago. They make about as much sense as township government. […]
DINING: BUFFALO WILD WINGS-WEB ONLY
Buffalo Wild Wings made a fresh foray into downtown late last year, moving into long-vacant at 7 E. Washing ton St.-just a block north of the Maryland Street location another franchisee gave up on in 2007. What a difference a block makes. The new B-Dubs (951-9464) is much more welcoming than its predecessor, in large […]
$3.5 billion. 200 feet deep. 20 miles long. 15 years.-WEB ONLY
Try to imagine a space large enough to hold as much water as thunders over Niagara Falls in five minutes. Now imagine stashing that water beneath Indianapolis in a cavity nearly as deep underground as the Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument on Monument Circle is high. That’s the goal of city engineers and consultants as […]
Reviews: Cirque and Feinstein
There’s not enough room in my IBJ print column this week to discuss all I’m seeing this week. Plus, I wanted to get word to you on these two while they are still in town. So here’s two quick reviews:
First,…
New owners plan Hamaker update
The new owners of the Hamaker Building at 49th and Pennsylvania streets are planning to spend more than $500,000 to repair the facade, add new landscaping and give the 1920s building new…
Ideal places for public companies
Just as an Indiana company goes through the nationâ??s first initial public offering in months, its executives
ratchet up their plans to move the headquarters out of state.
Mead Johnson, the Evansville baby formula maker, staged a successful IPO…
Colts, Pacers state financial case
Sen. Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, a key fiscal leader in the state legislature, has been busy in the last week meeting with members of the Indiana Pacers and Indianapolis Colts. The primary topic: The…
First look: State Fair concerts
More than any other concert series, the Indiana State Fair’s is influenced as much by the atmosphere as it is by the act. Catch a slight breeze on a warm-but-not-too-hot night after a loop around the Fair with friends or…
Firestone to close 238-worker Noblesville plant-WEB ONLY
Nearly 600 Hoosiers are losing their jobs as the result of more manufacturing-plant closings, including one operated by Firestone Industrial Products Co. in Noblesville. In a state filing made public yesterday, Firestone said the facility would close by June 26, putting 195 union members out of work. Forty-three salaried employees will be phased out by […]
U.S. 31 upgrades get green light-WEB ONLY
The Indiana Department of Transportation has received approval to proceed with upgrades planned for U.S. 31 in Hamilton County. A decision this week from the Federal Highway Administration allows INDOT to acquire land for the corridor that extends 13 miles from Interstate 465 to State Road 38. Construction is expected to begin in 2011. The […]
Legislation would eliminate township government-WEB ONLY
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would eliminate township government in Indiana and shift duties such as poor relief to the county level. Dozens of township officials packed the Senate chambers yesterday to tout some of the services they provide: helping the needy pay their bills, maintaining cemeteries and handling weed control. Township government was […]
Strong winds cause damage across Indiana-WEB ONLY
Winds are expected to calm down tonight after reaching peaks of 60 mph yesterday. The gusts uprooted trees and knocked down branches, causing property damage around central Indiana and knocking out power to thousands of Hoosiers. Indiana Michigan Power reported 10,000 customers without power this morning. Duke Energy and Indianapolis Power & Light reported 6,000 […]
Businesses slashed inventories 1.3 percent in December-WEB ONLY
U.S. businesses slashed inventories in December by the biggest amount in seven years as they coped with plunging sales in a dismal holiday season. The Commerce Department reported today that inventories fell 1.3 percent in December, far worse than the 0.9 percent decline analysts expected. It was the largest cut since the record 1.5 percent […]