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Indianapolis Children’s Choir involves audience in Zionsville performance
For 41 years, the Indianapolis Children’s Choir has performed for audiences and received applause in return. At the choir’s Sept. 27 show, that dynamic is going to change. “So many times when you do go to a performance, when you do go to a concert, you just sit there and you…
Letter: LEAP water proposal dangerous
Editor, Here are two facts. I love this Town of Zionsville, and I see the benefits of the LEAP project. Here is another fact. I believe the plans for handling the wastewater are inadequate and dangerous to our environment. This LEAP project has many issues, starting with the…
Zionsville in brief — September 29, 2026
Zionsville Town Council — The town council meets at 7 p.m. Oct. 5 at Zionsville Town Hall, 1100 W. Oak St. Brush pick up underway — The Town of Zionsville started its fall brush pick up Sept. 28 and will continue through the week of Oct. 5. The service is available to residents…
Zionsville student earns top prize at state fair art competition
A Zionsville Community High School student stood above the rest at the Indiana State Fair’s art contest. Ruby Hsu, a 15-year-old sophomore at ZCHS, won first place in the seventh through ninth grade youth sculpture division and best of show award in the youth sculpture category…
Zionsville nixes deficit spending for 2027, additional firefighters still planned
The Town of Zionsville plans to appropriate an additional $2.4 million this year to cover expenses that will lead to a balanced budget in 2027. Next year’s budget initially included deficit spending and dipping into the town’s surplus; however, not any more thanks to some…
Zionsville Town Council approves moratorium on data centers, wind and solar projects
Zionsville joined the growing list of municipalities that are halting data center developments Sept. 21 as the Zionsville Town Council approved a one-year moratorium. The moratorium also applies to solar and wind farms and battery energy storage systems. The action taken by the…
Zionsville Town Council: LEAP wastewater not wanted
The Zionsville Town Council opposes any plans that would discharge wastewater from Lebanon’s LEAP project into local waterways. The town council unanimously approved a resolution Sept. 21 urging Lebanon city leaders and state officials to alter any plans that would have…
Letter: Trying arson suspect as adult misguided
Editor, In the case of the fire at Kogan Antiques on Main Street in Zionsville, I see the Boone County prosecutor is interested in trying the young man who has been arrested as an adult and not a juvenile. Why, I ask myself, why? The individual was 17 years old when he allegedly…
Letter: Town should speak up on LEAP water
Editor, Jeni Jenkins was right in her letter. Zionsville can’t stay quiet about LEAP’s wastewater plans. Zionsville is still on the list of possible discharge sites, including near Carpenter Nature Preserve. Eagle Creek is where our drinking water comes from. This isn’t just…
Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library looks to trim employee benefits to afford needed building repairs
Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library administration intends to make cuts to employee benefits and public databases to afford needed building repairs. The reduction in benefits, the elimination of at least one database and two fewer employees are included in the 2027 proposed…
Zionsville in brief — September 22, 2026
Zionsville Redevelopment Commission — The RDC meets at 9 a.m. Sept. 22 at Zionsville Town Hall, 1100 W. Oak St. The commission handles items related to development including acquiring land and overseeing tax increment financing districts. Street Dance rescheduled for Sept. 26 —…
Neighborhood disconnect: Residents: Fiber optic internet project disruptive
A T-Mobile fiber optic internet project will bring more internet options to two Zionsville neighborhoods. But the company might have a hard time getting customers. Residents in the Spring Knoll and the Preserve at Spring Knoll neighborhoods have reported a litany of issues since…