When spring break started for families with students in the HSE Schools, we had snow.  Now that spring break is over and classes are resuming, the weather has changed for the better.

But there have been several news stories over the past week that are worth your attention:

–First, Stoney Creek Farm has been sold to a local firm, Boomerang Development.  The President of Boomerang, Corby Thompson, told the Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ) he immediately worked out a deal to buy the property once he discovered the 50-acre farm, nursery and landscaping business was  on the market.

“I had it under contract with him in a day,” Thompson told IBJ reporter Samm Quinn. “I didn’t want it to get developed.”

Stoney Creek is best known for its annual fall Pumpkin Harvest Festival, an event Jane & I  shared with our daughters when they were young.

Thompson has made it clear he wants to keep Stoney Creek Farm as it is.

You can read more of Samm Quinn’s story about Stoney Creek Farm at this link.

–The Nickel Plate Bar & Grill made official what has been rumored around town for weeks, the long-time downtown eatery will be closing.  The last day for their famous tenderloins, and other food offerings, will be April 20th.  The city has said for some time that if the Nickel Plate Bar & Grill decides to close, the city will make every effort to find a firm willing to place a similar restaurant at that location.  Browning Investments will be constructing a major development on the north and south end of 116th Street near City Hall.  The building that currently houses the Nickel Plate Bar and Grill, along the the older structures just to the east, will be preserved but will have what Mayor Scott Fadness described as “deferred maintenance” and before re-opening.

–The Republican primary election campaigns are now fully underway, with political signs popping-up all over town.  It appears Gurinder Singh, candidate for Fishers City Council At-Large, may be trying to set some sort of record on the number and size of his campaign signs.  Not only are his signs everywhere in Fishers, they have been seen in Castleton, Noblesville and McCordsville.

Also, I recorded a podcast with mayoral candidate Logan Day.  I have a podcast recording session scheduled with incumbent Mayor Scott Fadness in about two weeks.  The timing of that recording session was at the request of the Fadness campaign.

I have already recorded podcast interviews with the two candidates for Fishers City Clerk and all contested races for Fishers City Council, 8 council candidates in all.

So, I hope all of you lucky enough to skip town for spring break enjoyed your time away from Fishers.  But it’s time to get back down to business.