Feb 1, 2025 | Library News, Staff Picks For Teens
By Rachel R., Teen Librarian The theme for HEPL’s 8th Teen Writing Challenge is flash fiction! Flash fiction is exactly what the name suggests: very quick stories. Teen writers are challenged to write a complete story in less than 1,000 words. With a limited word...
Dec 2, 2024 | Crossroads Discovery Center, Highlights in History
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian The City of Noblesville has now installed the ice rink at Federal Hill Commons, and people are preparing to do some skating. To those interested in history, this brings up the question of where people would have gone in the...
Oct 17, 2024 | Crossroads Discovery Center, Highlights in History
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian It’s not often that I find a straight-forward ghost story, but while doing some research on another topic, I found an 1899 incident at a house in southwest Noblesville that doesn’t seem to have an explanation. It is...
Sep 30, 2024 | Library News, Staff Picks For Teens
By Rachel R.,Teen Librarian The 7th HEPL Teen Writing Challenge has concluded and three winners were chosen from the teen entries. The Teen Writing Challenge was the idea of a student who shared it with the library’s Teen Advisory Board (TAB). The TAB loved the...
Sep 19, 2024 | Crossroads Discovery Center, Highlights in History
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian Noblesville will soon have a professional basketball team, thanks to the Indiana Pacers G-League team moving from Fort Wayne, which makes it worth looking back at the history of the sport in this area. Of course, high...
