After 40 years of service to the Porter County community, Dennis Morgan, President and CEO and founder of the Family & Youth Services Bureau is retiring effective September 30, 2012. With Dennis’ retirement, Lisa Jordan, 16-year veteran of the...
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On September 15, the City of Gary’s Green Urbanism Department is hosting a beach cleanup and Urban Waters Awareness day from 9:00am-noon. Volunteers are needed at Marquette Park Beach to partake in cleanup efforts to help protect water quality in...
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Two Chesterton High School seniors are among the nation’s 16,000 Semifinalists announced in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) competition. These students have completed the first step in the competition for some 8,300 Merit...
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Congressman Visclosky issued the following statement to commemorate the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks: “Today marks the 11th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United...
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Parents are invited to join in the fun at the Porter County Career and Technical Center. The annual parent open house for current career/tech students is slated for Thursday, Sept. 20 from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. The center, at 1005 N. Franklin,...
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The annual College Fair will be held at Portage High School Wednesday, September 19, from 6:30-8:00 pm in the Portage High School East Commons. Approximately 75 representatives from colleges, universities, the military and apprenticeship...
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Tickets are available now for Boys & Girls Clubs of Porter County’s 13th Annual Steak & Burger Dinner and Silent Auction to be held Monday, October 15, 2012 at Valparaiso University’s Harre Union. Steak & Burger Dinner is designed to...
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Written by Scott Hufford, Principal As you may have heard, Portage Township Schools is embracing Developmental Assets throughout our school district. The developmental assets are building blocks for healthy development. At Crisman, our instructional...
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Purdue University continues a multiyear trend of its first-year students setting foot on campus with higher test scores and better grades than ever before, which helps position them to be successful college students. "Our retention and graduation...
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Opportunity Enterprises is still seeking volunteers 8 years old and up for its annual Pack-a-thon, which will take place this Saturday, September 15, at OE’s main facility at 2801 Evans Avenue in Valparaiso, from 8:00 am – 2:00 pm, or until...
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