Archive for category: Local News

Geist Watershed Alliance Update

1 / March 10, 2008 12:33 pm

Great news! The Geist Watershed Alliance has non-profit status and can now accept financial donations. Please give – future recreational use of the lake depends on its water quality. The alliance is just beginning its work to address the issues [...]

Springtime Good News for Lake and Lawns

Springtime Good News for Lake and Lawns

2 / March 9, 2008 9:30 pm

While Geist residents are itching for the return of warm weather, area merchants and lawn service companies are preparing to start the spring growing season by mailing out ads and contract renewals to their existing customers. This spring, however, the [...]

Who and What is Green around Geist?

Who and What is Green around Geist?

1 / March 8, 2008 3:53 pm

Believe it or not, lots of Geist area businesses offer products and services that will appeal to the “green” part in all of us. In this month’s issue of the newsletter, we’re focusing on ways that we, as citizens and [...]

What It Means to be ‘Green’

What It Means to be ‘Green’

0 / March 8, 2008 3:50 pm

We keep hearing the catchphrase “green” in the media, and it seems to mean many different things. The word is used to describe products, services and lifestyles and seems to be a more palatable term for things that might formerly [...]

The New Metropolis of McCordsville: Rapid Growth hits Geist’s Neighbor to the South

The New Metropolis of McCordsville: Rapid Growth hits Geist’s Neighbor to the South

0 / March 7, 2008 3:22 pm

The McCordsville Gary Wiley knows is rapidly changing. His quaint barber shop built inside an antique caboose — a fixture in McCordsville for over three decades — now sits juxtaposed with a modern CVS store, and construction on a $40 [...]

Simple Green Practices

0 / March 6, 2008 11:02 pm

Buy local! Support your local producers and reduce the carbon emissions created when products are shipped from great distances If you’re a Duke Energy customer, contact them about an ‘energy audit’ Duke Energy – 877-388-7676 Use Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs [...]

Geist’s Own Samantha Peszek Takes 3rd at American Cup

1 / March 2, 2008 7:01 pm

Highland Springs resident, Cathedral High School student, and atGeist’s October 2007 Meet Your Neighbor Samantha Peszek took third place overall at the Tyson American Cup yesterday which was nationally aired on NBC. The top four finishers were all from the United States [...]

Meet Bev Gard and Steve Dillinger on March 21st

0 / February 27, 2008 3:47 am

Mark your calendars for a “Meet and Greet” event for two important candidates to this area.  On Friday, March 21st, the Indianapolis Yacht Club will open its doors to Geist residents to host a reception for State Senator Beverly Gard [...]

Annexation Costs to Fishers Since Last Summer: $500,000+

Annexation Costs to Fishers Since Last Summer: $500,000+

22 / February 25, 2008 9:12 am

Fishers has spent over $500,000 in legal, accounting, public relations, and consulting fees to Fishers taxpayers since July of last year. Over 60% of those fees have been paid to Church, Church, Hittle & Antrim, the legal counsel of record [...]

Latest Fishers Flyer Intended to Scare Residents

Latest Fishers Flyer Intended to Scare Residents

16 / February 23, 2008 5:40 pm

In a continued attempt to scare unincorporated Geist residents into rolling over and accepting the Town of Fishers’ annexation ordinances, a flyer was mailed out by town officials entitled “Fire Sale! Don’t Sell Your Neighbors Short.” In short, the flyer [...]

Go Green in Fishers and Geist – Free Event

0 / February 22, 2008 12:22 pm

Get revved up for the upcoming boating season … Learn how to keep the lake primed for recreation & protected from harmful algae growth You can also find out other simple and fun ways to preserve our local environment Let’s [...]

Geist Half Marathon Recruiting “Volunteer Commandos”

Geist Half Marathon Recruiting “Volunteer Commandos”

2 / February 21, 2008 5:25 am

Picture a party for 3,500 people. Now picture that this party is 13.1 miles long and goes through subdivisions and busy streets. Oh yeah, and we need 500 volunteers to do everything from pass out water to pick up trash.  [...]

Early Spring Estate/ Garage Sale

0 / February 20, 2008 11:39 am

EVERYTHING MUST GO! Lawnboy lawnmower, MB Quart speakers w/ center channel, 60″ television, shelving, formal Henredon dining set, 3 sets kitchen table and chairs, various furniture pieces- beds, dressers, tables, leather sofas, armoire…, skiis, beautiful ART- some original, misc. household [...]

State Agency Announces New Lower Interest Rate for Homeownership Program

0 / February 18, 2008 8:39 am

The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) today announced a new, lower interest rate for its First Home program to benefit first-time homebuyers in Indiana. The lowered rate puts the program at about a full point below the market [...]

New course map available for Geist Half Marathon

New course map available for Geist Half Marathon

0 / February 12, 2008 11:49 am

A new course map has been added to the GeistHalf.com website, highlighting the waterstop locations, mile markers, and heavy foot traffic times for residents living on the course route. Download the Half Marathon Map (click here). Runners and walkers will [...]

Geist resident trains for a different marathon to raise funds for cancer patient support

Geist resident trains for a different marathon to raise funds for cancer patient support

0 / February 7, 2008 10:36 am

Geist resident Gregg Pellicone is taking a step in a new direction, and he knows it is the right one. New to both marathons and fundraising, Gregg is tackling both by signing up for the Strides For Hope marathon, which [...]

Fishing boat or portion of a dock sighted in Geist

0 / February 4, 2008 7:47 pm

A fishing boat, row boat, or even possibly a portion of a dock has been sighted in Geist Lake.  Because of limited visibility, it is difficult to tell at this point.  The location is in the proximity of the center of [...]

Summer Camp Fair Returns for 19th Consecutive Year

0 / January 30, 2008 1:05 pm

One of the nation’s largest one-stop summer planning events is back with nearly 100 camps and programs, entertainment, informative speeches, prizes, mascots, demonstrations, hands-on summer safety and much more. The Indiana State Museum will be hosting this one day event [...]

Senate Bill 114 passes Senate!

1 / January 29, 2008 3:53 pm

Senate Bill 114, which eliminates forced annexation in Indiana for good with an effective date of January 1st, passed the Senate today 26-22. Yesterday, the bill was defeated narrowly, but after some arm twisting and lobbying by the GUO and [...]

Indiana Politics at Work

0 / January 29, 2008 3:35 pm

B. Patrick Bauer-D, Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives, explained the state’s proposed property tax plan. “Homes valued at $245,000 or less would be taxed/capped at 1% of the appraised value. Homes above the cap, those owned by “the [...]