Articles By: Tom Britt

Lindner Learning Center: To the Stars Through Difficulties

Lindner Learning Center: To the Stars Through Difficulties

0 April 30, 2012 3:38 am

Lindner Learning Center has served the community for over 20 years as a 1-to-1 ratio learning center and school for non-traditional learners. The students at the learning center span from elementary school age to adults in need of study skills, [...]

Grant Could Fund Sidewalk Along Carroll Road

Grant Could Fund Sidewalk Along Carroll Road

3 April 16, 2012 1:03 pm

Residents living in Admirals Bay, Treasure Pointe, and Cardinal Woods know the dangers of trying to walk, bike, or run along Carroll Road just south of 96th Street. A sidewalk from the Hamptons at Geist dead ends just across from [...]

Family, Culinary Masterpieces at the Heart of the Fort Grille

Family, Culinary Masterpieces at the Heart of the Fort Grille

1 April 14, 2012 2:44 pm

In a small, simple building on the outskirts of Fortville is perhaps one of the finest restaurant destinations in the Geist area. The Fort Grille, the last stop on your left as you leave Fortville headed towards Pendleton, has quickly [...]

City of Fishers? Debate Over Reorganization Plan Goes to State Supreme Court

City of Fishers? Debate Over Reorganization Plan Goes to State Supreme Court

3 February 21, 2012 3:33 pm

In 1990, the Town of Fishers was an exit off of I-69 with a McDonalds, gas station, and only 7,200 residents. According to 2010 census data, the town has grown to 76,794 residents, nearly 10 times the size in just [...]

Vision Fulfilled: Dr. Philip Dulberger Takes Helm of New IU Health Saxony Hospital

Vision Fulfilled: Dr. Philip Dulberger Takes Helm of New IU Health Saxony Hospital

1 January 25, 2012 9:41 am

Just across the interstate from Hamilton Town Center, IU Health Saxony Hospital is now open for business with a local anesthesiologist at the helm. Dr. Philip Dulberger, or “Dr. Phil” as his friends and colleagues refer to him, shared an [...]

New Fishers Board Seeks Input on $2.5 Million Fund

New Fishers Board Seeks Input on $2.5 Million Fund

0 January 10, 2012 2:54 pm

After a four-year fight by the Geist United Opposition, the unincorporated areas on the north half of Geist Reservoir officially became the Town of Fishers’ newest residents on January 1, 2010. A new voting district was formed to give these [...]

A New Face for Lawrence

A New Face for Lawrence

0 January 6, 2012 5:39 am

A city best known for political infighting is about to get a new look, complete with a mustache. Twenty-six year Lawrence resident Dean Jessup pulled off what many thought was a political upset in November when he beat Republican incumbent [...]

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0 January 1, 2012 8:02 am

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Mother Daughter Brunch Celebrates 20 Years

Mother Daughter Brunch Celebrates 20 Years

0 December 27, 2011 8:15 am

Twenty years is a long time to maintain Christmas traditions, particularly among people who aren’t related by blood. But there are eight young women and their mothers who have been best friends and manage to carve out time each year [...]

Jumping Up and Down in Fishers

Jumping Up and Down in Fishers

0 December 14, 2011 6:19 am

A new Fishers franchise has customers jumping up and down. Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park just off of 121st and Cumberland Road (10080 E. 121st Street, Suite 182) in Fishers just opened a 25,000 ft2 facility boasting 16,000 ft2 of [...]

96th Street Property Owners Petitioning Fishers to Rezone

96th Street Property Owners Petitioning Fishers to Rezone

0 December 11, 2011 3:41 am

Eight property owners along the newly improved 96th Street between Mollenkopf and Fall Creek Road have filed a petition with the Town of Fishers to rezone their properties from R2 residential to C2 commercial. Rezoning these homes would make way [...]

Wine Tasting Event Showcases Cancer Charities

Wine Tasting Event Showcases Cancer Charities

1 October 24, 2011 4:20 am

This year’s Vines for Life Wine Tasting event at the Indianapolis Yacht Club was a celebration of three Geist-area charities all working for a common cause: Provide support and compassion for those dealing with cancer. Between the admission fees, silent [...]

HSEHS Student Wins ‘Share Your Adventure’ Video Contest

0 October 12, 2011 1:40 pm

Dan Resler, Hamilton Southeastern High School senior and staff member of the HSETV broadcast journalism class, won the “Share Your Adventure” video contest sponsored by YouTube, Lonely Planet and Intel September 26. The video contest entailed making a travel video [...]

Geist Elementary Students Celebrate World Milk Day

Geist Elementary Students Celebrate World Milk Day

0 October 5, 2011 1:26 pm

Geist Elementary celebrated World Milk Day Sept. 28 by building a cow out of milk cartons, decorating the cafe in milk cartons and having a “build the tallest tower” of milk cartons. Students welcomed a special visitor “Lindsay” who came [...]

Dealing with Dyslexia

Dealing with Dyslexia

0 September 22, 2011 9:12 am

When Wendy Blaylock’s son Nick was 9 or 10, she noticed he was having some issues in school. He kept asking his teachers to repeat things and often said, “I don’t understand what you’re asking.” As several years rolled by, [...]

Geist Resident Running 100-Mile Ultra Marathon for Friend

Geist Resident Running 100-Mile Ultra Marathon for Friend

0 August 30, 2011 4:47 am

“Friendships can make people do crazy things,” said Tom Collignon, a Geist resident who is setting out to run the Rio Del Lago 100-Mile Ultra Marathon in California on September 10. Collignon is raising money for prostate cancer research and [...]

Olio Road Construction Project Underway

Olio Road Construction Project Underway

1 August 27, 2011 8:25 am

About one and a half miles of Olio Road from 96th Street to the Geist Reservoir bridge is getting widened this coming year. The $8 million project is well underway which includes 4-5 lanes of road, curbs, and new enclosed [...]

MillerCoors Teams Up with Geist Lake Coalition to Celebrate “Great Water Month”

MillerCoors Teams Up with Geist Lake Coalition to Celebrate “Great Water Month”

0 August 20, 2011 11:52 am

Tom Long, CEO of MillerCoors, announced recently that September is “Great Water Month” in an effort to “preserve beer’s most essential ingredient: water.” Employees of MillerCoors are partnering with area nonprofits to help invest in their local communities. Here in [...]

Hitting the Air Waves

Hitting the Air Waves

0 July 18, 2011 5:38 am

TownePost.com and WZPL 99.5 FM Form Media Partnership, Tom Britt Debuts on the Smiley Morning Show That six-page, black and white photocopied Geist Community Newsletter that started just over seven years ago is now expanding into the Indianapolis radio airwaves. [...]

Geist Boat Parade Winners Announced

Geist Boat Parade Winners Announced

0 July 7, 2011 5:08 am

Kicking off the Geist Lake Coalition’s “Blast on the Bridge” on July 4th was the annual boat parade. Entrants decorated their boats up to the theme of M*A*S*H and took a parade lap around the southern end of Geist Reservoir [...]