Parks

Every winter for the past sixteen years, Porter County Parks and Recreation puts on a dazzling Winter Night Lights Display at Sunset Hill Farm County Park. Hundreds of different light displays from Santa Claus and his reindeer to dancing flowers are...

Beautiful October weather rolled in Friday evening as Portage residents and city officials gathered to celebrate the grand opening and ribbon cutting for the new amphitheater at Founders Square Park. The park, which rests in the heart of Portage just...

Dozens of golfers came from across the tri-state area on the last day of September, gathering at the Briar Leaf Golf Club in La Porte to play a round of golf and raise some money for the Friendship Botanic Gardens in the process. Click here for more...

The Duneland Chamber of Commerce makes it a priority to give back to the community through family-friendly events. They did just this on the evening on Saturday, August 13, for the 11th Annual Party in the Park event. The event was held at Thomas...

It was a sunny day in North Carolina when my sister and I went into the water. The sky was pristine; the waves, calm and collected, gently crashed into the sand bar near where my sister and I were, and the wind was just a whisper. On this calm,...

A number of area homeowners are scratching their heads over their blue spruce trees. According to Lyndsay Ploehn, Agriculture and Natural Resources Associate for Purdue Extension – Porter County, people are calling to ask why their trees are losing...

The City of Whiting is excited to welcome Rivich Antiques & Enterprises to Whiting Lakefront Park, who will be holding their auction ‘The Vintage Board of Trade’ on Thursday, June 2nd at 6 p.m in the park pavilion. The auction will feature...

Friendly Fortune raffle tickets are now on sale through Friends of Portage Township Foundation, Inc. Friendly Fortune is a 1 year ongoing, raffle drawing with three cash prize pots drawn each month. $250, $100 & $50 cash prizes will be awarded to...

The vision of a ‘Downtown Portage’ took another step towards becoming a reality on Tuesday as the City of Portage broke ground on the Founders’ Field Performance Venue in Founders’ Square. “Two years ago at this time you’d walk through...

On Wednesday, January 13, 2016, Porter County Parks & Recreation was honored with the Excellence in Resource Improvement Award at the Indiana Parks and Recreation Association Annual Conference. Superintendent, Walter Lenckos, accepted the award...