LarryInFishers
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LarryInFishers.com was created by Larry Lannan, a Fishers resident since 1991. Beginning in 2012, Larry began writing about local news and ended the news blog in March of 2020 after 8 years. Larry continues to write some commentaries and produce podcasts, but covering local Fishers news here on this blog ended March 29th
LarryInFishers
2h ago
The City of Fishers has set the day and time for one of the most popular events of the year for the younger crowd, Touch-A-Truck. This year, it all happens Tuesday, May 21, 4:30-7:30pm at the downtown Nickel Plate Amphitheater (6 Municipal Drive).
It’s hard to find a city department not involved in this. Included are the Fishers Department of Public Works, Fishers Health Department, Fishers Fire Department, and the Fishers Police Department, including K-9 exercises and road paving. There will be plenty of kids’ activities and look for food vendors on site.
For more details o ..read more
LarryInFishers
1d ago
Officer Kevin Kolbi, honored for 20 years of service
Fishers Police Chief Ed Gebhart sang the praises of an officer in his department, Kevin Kolbi, as he was honored before the City Council Monday night for 20 years of service.
Also, a team from the Mayor’s Youth Academy presented their proposal on the sale of cannabis and Delta 8. They argued that it would be difficult to ban the substances, but would support limiting the sale of these products and taxing their sale.
Members of the Mayor’s Youth Academy speak before the City Council ..read more
LarryInFishers
2d ago
Fishers City Council
Changes are coming to Fishers Geist Waterfront Park. The nonresident parking fee will be reduced from $50 a day to $25 a day this summer, and only levied during “peak times.”
As previously reported here, Fishers residents will no longer use the city cell phone app to enter the parking area for free, a driver license showing a Fishers address will suffice. Mayor Fadness added at Monday’s City Council meeting that, for instance, out-of-town grandparents driving their grandkids to the park could provide some other identification, such as a student ID, and that his ..read more
LarryInFishers
2d ago
The Hamilton County Highway Department announced a key lane restriction Tuesday on 146th Street at the Allisonville Road construction zone. The statement is below:
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Please be advised, beginning on Tuesday, April 16, between the hours of 9AM and 3PM, our contractor will utilize a lane restriction for concrete placement in the work area. The lane restriction will take place in the left-hand westbound lane of 146th Street.
Please use extreme caution while driving through this construction zone ..read more
LarryInFishers
3d ago
Fishers Events Center, under construction (Photo provided by City of Fishers)
The Indy Fuel are in their final season at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum. The East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) minor league team is headed to the playoffs April 19, and later moving to the Fishers Events Center for their next season starting later this year.
When Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness proposed a financing plan to build the Events Center, with a seating capacity of 6,500 for hockey, basketball or volleyball, the funding formula required the Fishers City Council to pass a food & beverage t ..read more
LarryInFishers
4d ago
Baby Neela & mom
The Ascension St. Vincent Hospital facility in Fishers has become a part of the local fabric, and you need look no further than the number of births it has provided. This week, Ascension St. Vincent Fishers had its 5,000th birth, welcoming Neela Annette Cripe, born at 8:30 a.m. on April 10, 2024, weighing 7 pounds 13 ounces and 20 inches in length. Born to Dafne Sanchez and Trevor Cripe from Ingalls, Indiana, Baby Neela is their first baby and they say delivery was very smooth.
“Pregnancy was honestly pretty easy, delivery was really easy, the staff here was great, s ..read more
LarryInFishers
4d ago
The road construction list in and around the Fishers area is growing as the spring season moves forward. Note the section about the “Barrett Law.” That is the city’s efforts to fix a number of roads and streets built privately and have not been properly maintained.
Below is the full listing, as provided by the City of Fishers:
STATE ROAD 37 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
To learn more about the State Road 37 Improvement Project and sign up to receive text updates, visit 37Thrives.com.
STATE ROAD 37 AND 141ST STREET
A pre-construction phase at SR 37 & 141st Street is currently ..read more
LarryInFishers
6d ago
Johanna Kitchell is in her 16th year as Orchestra Director at Riverside Junior High and Intermediate School. She is also the Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) School District Teacher of the Year for 2023-2024.
She sat down with Larry to talk about teaching, being teacher of the year and much more in this podcast ..read more
LarryInFishers
1w ago
Bond financing took up most of the time at the Wednesday night session of the Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) School Board.
First, the board voted to refinance 2 bonds issued in 2014. Most bond debt has a call date, generally 10 years into a 20-year bond. Both the 2014 bonds were 20-year debt instruments. It is estimated the refinancing will save the school corporation $1.5 million in interest payments over the final 10 year life of the bond. This debt currently carries a 5% interest rate, and experts say the current rate is 2.94%, although rates can vary daily and there is ..read more
LarryInFishers
1w ago
The school calendar for the 2025-2026 school year at Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) Schools was approved unanimously by the school board Wednesday night in a unanimous vote. For more details on the calendar, use this this link to my previous story.
Deputy Superintendent Matt Kegley told the board the calendar provides for no flex days. The school district will do everything possible to allow for in-person classes, but e-learning days can be utilized in bad weather situations.
When the effort to balance the number of days in both 1st and 2nd semesters was raised by the board, Kegley sa ..read more