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Fishers chamber poised to name interim leader
FISHERS — The Fishers Chamber of Commerce expects to name an interim replacement for outgoing president Christi Wolf early next week. The search for a permanent replacement for the southeastern Hamilton County business organization will take...
Fishers Star sports notes
Three more Hamilton Southeastern High School athletes signed letters of intent to continue their athletic careers in college: Nathan Kinney (swimming, Louisville), Pat Robinson (wrestling, Purdue) and Kelsey Lamb (basketball, Bellarmine). Kinney has...
Fishers chamber collects food for families
The Fishers Chamber of Commerce is trying to collect enough food to feed 25 Hamilton County families this holiday season. Last year, the chamber collected enough food to feed 13 families for one week. The chamber wants to nearly double that number...
Fishers voters may decide city-or-town issue
City Yes group says it’s gathered enough signatures for a spring referendum A group that supports Fishers becoming a city says it has gathered enough signatures on a petition to bring the proposed switch to voters. Greg Purvis, who leads the...
Meet the Teacher: Nikki Boram
Grade/subject, school: Seventh- and eighth-grade nine-week art, eighth-grade full-year art, art department chairwoman. Number of years teaching: I feel like my whole adult life has been spent teaching, but officially, getting paid, this is my second...
Indiana employees work to save jobs at Sallie Mae
Fishers — Student loan guarantor Sallie Mae announced Wednesday its employees in Indiana have collected 81,000 of the more than 186,000 signatures on a petition to help save their jobs. The federal government’s proposed student loan...
Fishers chamber president to depart
Christi Wolf announced today she will step down as president/chief executive of the Fishers Chamber of Commerce. Wolf has worked in the position for the past 13 years. In a phone interview today, she said she hasn’t set a last day, but expects...
Town wants all to have a Fishers ZIP code
It’s a case of identity and revenue for town; Postal Service is studying issue A request from Fishers to the U.S. Postal Service might mean some residences and businesses would need to change their ZIP codes. Some Fishers businesses and homes...
Schools hope Fishers voters will OK more money
$38.5 million referendum would pay for new school project but won’t raise taxes Hamilton Southeastern School officials hope to build a new junior high school to accommodate rapid student growth. It’s the next step for school leaders, now...
Fishers faithful find more room
St. John Vianney Catholic Church to celebrate 1st Mass in new home Imagine a few dozen people crowded into somebody’s living room for Sunday Mass. St. John Vianney in Fishers has been there, done that. Imagine a few hundred standing elbow to...
More than 186K sign petition to save Sallie Mae jobs
Sallie Mae employees in Indiana have collected more than 81,000 signatures on a petition to help save their jobs. The federal government’s proposed student loan reform is threatening 2,300 Sallie Mae jobs in Indiana, and the company thought the...
Attendance, revenue up at Conner Prairie
Conner Prairie is reporting increases in attendance and revenue. Attendance through Nov. 1 of this year was 90,952, an 11 percent increase over the same period last year, spokeswoman Angela Tuell said. At $366,338, 2009 general admission and...
Fishers teacher wins $5K on 'Millionaire'
Leonardo da Vinci. That’s all that stood between Fishers High School English teacher Renee Vanlandingham and $25,000. Vanlandingham, 39, walked away with $5,000 in winnings on today’s episode of “Who Wants To Be A...
Fishers spell team finishes in state's top 10
The Fishers High School’s spell team placed among the top ten in state finals last weekend. The team placed seventh at the Indiana Academic Spell Bowl State Finals held Saturday at Purdue University in West Lafayette. The team made it to state...
City Yes finds support to bring issue to Fishers voters
FISHERS — A group that supports Fishers becoming a city says it has gathered enough signatures on a petition to bring the proposed switch to voters. Greg Purvis, who leads the City Yes political action committee, said the group has collected...
Hamilton Southeastern to open H1N1 vaccinations to non high-risk pupils
FISHERS — Leaders at Hamilton Southeastern Schools will announce later today that Thursday’s scheduled H1N1 vaccination clinic would be open to non high-risk students. Parents will have to register students at an online service used by...
Fishers reopens part of Brooks School Road intersection at 126th
FISHERS — Part of the intersection at 126th Street and Brooks School road reopened today. Northbound and southbound traffic on Brooks School Road can cross the intersection, which remains closed to eastbound and westbound traffic on 126th...
Fishers High School teacher on 'Millionaire'
FISHERS — Renee Vanlandingham, an English teacher at Fishers High School made it up to the $7,500 question on today’s episode of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.” Vanlandingham will continue as a holdover contestant on...
Fishers planners back new zoning plan
Fishers — A new zoning plan for rural Fall Creek Township property had its first taste of success last week. Fishers’ Advisory Plan Commission sent the plan to the Town Council with a favorable recommendation. Since September, the Plan...
I-69 widening project nears completion
This week, the Indiana Department of Transportation will be mostly finished with widening a stretch of I-69 through Fishers. Construction on the $8.1 million project has been going on since May and has caused headaches for commuters. The Indiana...
Donations still sought for veterans memorial
Funding has come up short for Liberty Plaza, a monument to recognize veterans that has been in the works for four years, said Pete Pippen, a Navy veteran who leads the Liberty Plaza Task Force. The project is expected to cost about $500,000; the task...
Hamilton Southeastern plans registration for H1N1 flu vaccine
FISHERS — Hamilton Southeastern Schools and its health provider will host a registration and screening tonight for students eligible to receive the H1N1 vaccine. The registration is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the Hamilton...
School district setting up health clinic
FISHERS — Hamilton Southeastern Schools’ officials are the process of setting up an on site health clinic they said would prove to be the most cost effective solution to providing care to district employees. The district would team up...
Widening work on I-69 will be mostly finished next week
Northside commuters’ wishes are about to come true. Next week, the Indiana Department of Transportation will be mostly finished with widening a Fishers stretch of I-69. Construction on the $8.1 million project has been going since May and has...
Benefit dinner will help Boy Scout assistant pay medical bills
Mark McAlister, a Noblesville businessman whose left leg was amputated below the knee after a motorcycle accident, is the focus of a fundraiser Saturday. McAlister, a 1989 graduate of Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers, said he’s...
Liberty Plaza in Fishers needs more donations
Fishers group has raised $170,000 of $500,000 needed for monument that will honor veterans The economy is making it tough for a Fishers group trying to honor veterans. Funding still is coming up short for Liberty Plaza, a monument to recognize...
Meet the Teacher: Laura Collier
Grade/subject, school: Third grade, Sand Creek Elementary. Number of years teaching: Six. Work e-mail: lcollier@hse.k12.in.us Background/Schooling: Undergraduate in elementary education and special education, Indiana University; master’s degree...
Zoning plan moves to council's hands
Fishers planners back proposal that gives rural landowners more freedom A new zoning plan for rural Fall Creek Township property had its first taste of success Monday. Fishers’ Advisory Plan Commission sent the plan to the Town Council with a...
HSE consensus: Education wins
Schools chief says teachers’ jobs are safe, class sizes will be limited Hamilton Southeastern Schools officials beamed Wednesday after voters sent them a resounding message of support. Voters on Tuesday approved a $5.5 million referendum to...
HSE: Time to start planning new junior high
Fresh off the referendum election, Hamilton Southeastern Schools’ officials are in the stages of setting up their next big push: to get a new junior high school built to accommodate rapid student growth. Hamilton Southeastern Schools officials this...
