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Make your opinions heard The District 4 legislative survey is now available. As your State Senator, your input on issues facing our state is vitally important to me. Your responses and comments will help guide me throughout the legislative session....

On Monday, November 28, 2011, Mayor Elect James Snyder notified Chief Mark Becker of his intentions to initiate interviews for the position of Chief of Police. Mr. Snyder informed Chief Mark Becker that he would not be afforded an interview for the...

The Reverend Frederick M. Hoover of Portage’s St. Peter Lutheran Church was the guest speaker at the November 23 meeting of the Portage Exchange Club. Pastor Fred, as he prefers to be called, discussed the way many in society now view religion as...

In my last email, I invited all who wished to obtain charitable funding to contact me and I would forward it to all in time for Christmas. Well, December 25th is fast approaching and so I wanted to get this out sooner rather than later. I have listed...

Can you bear to look at bare kitchen cabinets? Right now, you’re either wondering where in the world I’m going with this blog or you’re nodding your head knowingly at my use of homonyms. I was inspired to pen that fun (at least, I think it’s...

On December 1, 2011, the Sierra Club recognized NIPSCO for its efforts to fully develop its clean energy pilot program this month. NIPSCO submitted a 30-day filing to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to fix technical issues with the feed-in...

The Valparaiso compost site, 2150 W. Lincolnway, and the Boone Grove compost site, 546 South 400 West, will close for the 2011 season Saturday, Dec. 3. In 2012, the Valparaiso compost site will begin 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. off-season hours on Saturdays...

The Lake County Public Library will introduce a new library catalog on January 6, 2012. During the transition, the library will not be able to place new hold requests on items from December 31-January 5. Patron accounts and the library’s catalog...

All City of Portage offices will be closed Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25, 2011 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. All recycling and garbage routes will be delayed by one day for the remainder of the week.

Schoolhouse Partners LLC, based in the Purdue Research Park, has published the 2011 resource of operating grants for nonprofit organizations. The fifth edition of Operating Grants for Nonprofit Organizations from Schoolhouse Partners LLC has...