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The Porter County Career and Technical Center, located at 1005 N. Franklin St., Valparaiso, hosted it's annual Parent Night September 22, 2011.  Parents had the opportunity to "meet the teachers and see projects their kids have been working on. The...

Kramer & Leonard Office Products has launched a unique way to raise $50,000 or more for the Lake Area United Way and United Way of Porter County, and local organizations can help at no extra cost to their business. It’s as easy as buying paper...

The Kiwanis Club of Portage is generally noted for community service projects. However, throughout the year, they host speakers for their members. One component of Kiwanis is allowing members the opportunity to network, as well as, giving them the...

Congressman Pete Visclosky salutes four local students, Jonathan Jackson, Jared Smoot, Scott Steggerda, and Matthew Spretnjak, who recently began their first year at their respective service academies. Acceptance to one of the nation’s service...

On September 8, 2011 with a silent auction, elegant dinner setting at Avalon Manor, delightful soft music by Rolling Sounds DJ Service, and a fashion show for people of all ages, FAWN, Friends Assisting Women in Need, in a partnership with Housing...

Visit the Portage Township YMCA on Facebook Visit the Portage Township YMCA Website 3100 Willowcreek Rd Portage, IN 46368 Phone: 219-762-9622 Reading is good for the mind. The Portage Township YMCA will be holding a Scholastic Book Fair Sept. 12-16...

Where Were You? I still vividly recall a day back in November of 1963. I was watching TV with my parents, every channel was broadcasting the news of President Kennedy’s death. A man by the name of Lee Harvey Oswald was soon arrested for the murder...

Mayor Olga G. Velazquez along with Portage Fire Chief Tom Fieffer invites the public to join the Portage Police and Fire Departments at Gilbert Park on September 11 for a 10 year 9-11 Commemoration Ceremony. The timeline is as follows: 8:40:00 Gather...

At PortageLife, we have so many videos laying around from all the good stuff we report on, we thought we'd bring a few back around for an encore. This time around, we have some of our best videos (but not all!) related to you and your health in your...

All City of Portage offices will be closed Monday, September 5, 2011 in observance of the Labor Day holiday. All recycling and garbage routes will be delayed by one day for the remainder of the week.