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January 6, 2009 8:42 am
Two former St. Simon students, Alex Collignon and Oliver Hopkins, have been in the recording studio this summer recording Sanuk first CD “Honey I got news.” On Saturday, January 10th at 2:00 pm the band will be performing at the [...]
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January 5, 2009 9:52 am
This mailer is going out today, January 5th. With the holidays, it was delayed a bit and unable to be processed and mailed according to the original schedule. Like any heated debate with a lot of people involved, there has [...]
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December 31, 2008 2:38 pm
Judge Nation handed down his verdict today in the long-awaited Fishers vs. Geist annexation case. Fishers was given the green light to annex over 2,000 properties around Geist Reservoir. “I’m not surprised, but I’m obviously disappointed,” said Geist United Opposition [...]
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December 20, 2008 10:23 am
Michelle Petterson Miller recently moved into the Moorings neighborhood from California. After talking with some of her neighbors, the Moorings board of directors, and the Moorings Womens Group leaders, Michelle suggested a change. “I wanted to do even more events [...]
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December 13, 2008 9:01 am
A new roundabout at the 96th Street and Fall Creek Road intersection is the marquis construction phase of a road widening project slated to begin next spring. The section of 96th Street from Mollenkopf to Fall Creek will be closed [...]
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November 23, 2008 6:47 am
A neighbor of mine sent me a link to a very cool holiday idea. Xerox has launched LetsSayThanks.com, a website that allows you to choose a holiday card online, personalize it by entering a message, and then it prints and [...]
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November 18, 2008 8:49 am
Volunteers from the Geist Recreational Facility Committee (“Geist Rec”) working to save the Geist Clubhouse presented their argument last night for purchasing the 10+ acre amenity and bringing it under the GHPOA umbrella. Jim Felli led the presentation and was [...]
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November 11, 2008 4:46 pm
Over the last few days, we have been moving the atGeist.com weblog and associated neighborhood blogs to a new server. In the process, several links, bookmarks, and downloads have been updated or changed. Previously, several sites were under the GeistBlogs.com [...]
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November 2, 2008 2:51 pm
Not sure where you need to go on Tuesday to vote? Google has a nifty little map they have developed that you can just type in your address and it will tell you where to vote. Go ahead, type in [...]
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November 2, 2008 11:57 am
Top three winners of the 5K race were (left to right) Jurjuan Walker (first), Mike Hlavek (second), and Mike Denny (third). Holy Cross Lutheran Church (8115 Oaklandon Road) hosted their fifth annual “Neighbors Sharing with Neighbors 5K Run/Walk” on Saturday [...]
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October 30, 2008 9:31 am
An Old Oakland resident is breathing new life into an established local watering hole. Waters Edge Pub & Eatery located in the Kroger strip mall at 79th and Fall Creek Road was recently purchased by Robert Garcia, former owner of [...]
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October 15, 2008 7:39 am
After 24 years of building pizza empires for someone else, Mark Anthony Porretti finally went out on his own to open Mark Anthony’s Pizzeria in May of this year. “Where I grew up we had neighborhood pizza places. You could [...]
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October 15, 2008 6:51 am
In just three weeks, the volunteer group leading the charge to purchase the Geist Clubhouse property has covered a lot of ground. Committees have been formed to look at the $690,000 asset from all angles: legal, finance, and communications. At [...]
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October 9, 2008 4:52 am
My entire career has been spent in the publishing and Internet arena which now spans over 20 years (hard to believe I’m that old, eh?). I’ve done everything from a dot com start-up in the late 90′s to atGeist.com which [...]
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October 7, 2008 3:09 pm
Many of you read the small classified ad in the October issue of the “atGeist Community Newsletter” entitled “Colts Tickets Wanted.” I sat next to this young lady named Kim Taylor at the Kenny Chesney concert last month who was [...]
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October 3, 2008 8:12 am
After a rocky purchase of the Log Cabin Animal Hospital earlier this year, the new owner wants to put the ordeal behind him. Veterinarian Keith Gaines threw his hands in the air after the existing staff at the Log Cabin [...]
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October 1, 2008 8:18 am
Residents have organized committees to pursue the purchase of the Geist Clubhouse from Marina Limited Partnership. As was reported in the August issue of the “atGeist Community Newsletter” (Last Days for the Geist Clubhouse), the Geist Clubhouse will be officially [...]
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September 26, 2008 9:18 am
Tour through 15 homes in Feather Cove this weekend on Sunday, September 28th from Noon-5:00 pm. All homes will be open for public tour. Sign up at every home you see for the chance to win a gas gift card [...]
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September 24, 2008 7:10 am
This November will mark the four-year anniversary of the infamous “swiss cheese” plan by the Town of Fishers to forcibly annex residents around Geist Reservoir. While the Geist United Opposition has kept Fishers at bay for nearly 48 months, if [...]
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September 17, 2008 3:00 pm
For 10 years, residents of Persimmon Creek and Persimmon Ridge have wanted to join the sidewalks that bound their two Carroll Road neighborhoods. Dividing them was a creek and two sidewalks that stopped short of what was supposed to be [...]