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  Fishers Resident Takes the Go Red BetterU Challenge

  February 25, 2012 / Local People

  Fishers resident, Ruthann Graham, is one of seven women selected to participate in the American Heart Association’s 12-week Go Red BetterU Challenge. As one of the faces of this year’s challenge, she hopes to inspire others by sharing her personal account of sudden cardiac arrest. On April 1, 2005, the healthy 52-year-old Graham went to work as usual. As the day progressed, she began to feel nauseous. She told the receptionist at her office that she was ill. Moments later, [...]

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

  February 21, 2012 / Featured

  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 20 years. In the Indianapolis metro area, Fishers is second in size only to the City of Carmel which has 79,191 residents. With this in mind, a group of Fishers residents thinks that it’s time for Fishers to change from [...]

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  Rent Your Home for the Super Bowl for $10,000?

  January 14, 2012 / Local News

  Super Bowl XLVI is right around the corner and everywhere you look there is some sort of Super Bowl story or advertisement. A particularly interesting sign spotted around town claims that you can earn up to $10,000 per day by renting out your home for the Super Bowl. While earning $10,000 per day may be a bit far-fetched, renting out your property to earn some extra cash is not. According to the Super Bowl Host Committee, the Super Bowl is [...]

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  New Fishers Board Seeks Input on $2.5 Million Fund

  January 10, 2012 / Featured

  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 residents a voice on the seven-person Fishers Town Council and Pete Peterson, the former leader of the anti-annexation movement, won the seat in the November election. Furthering Fishers’ olive branch to the residents, the Fishers Town Council set aside an [...]

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  Avoiding DUI During the Holidays

  December 27, 2011 / Crime Watch, Local News

  Ever wonder what happens when you get a DUI in Indiana? Well, getting a cab ride home could save you a lot in the long run! When someone drives under the influence, there is always the risk of causing serious injury or killing innocent people. Drunk driving is extremely dangerous and the laws are meant to deter people from getting behind the wheel after they have had too much to drink. But what happens when you get a DUI? What [...]

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• The Heavy Hand of Fishers. Cyntheanne Park

  August 13, 2008 / Local News

  Kevin and Caroline Peterson of Fall Creek Township, Indiana have a very nice home in the country and it was peaceful until the Town of Fishers, Indiana made the decision to build a park next door to them. Now you would think a park would be nice to have next door. But not a park built by Fishers. Not Cyntheanne Park. You see Fishers does not want a park but rather a massive sports complex complete with a stadium and [...]

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• Fishers to double in Size by 2025

  December 28, 2007 / Local News

  Folks Fishers is planning to double in size by 2025, and I want to know can you handle it? Can you handle the traffic, the pollution, crime, and schools that can’t be built fast enough, kids are already in trailers. I know you don’t believe me, but it’s in their own documents. In their development documents they plan on all the population including all areas not yet annexed “unincorporated areas” that will provide a population as follows: Town of Fishers [...]

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