Holiday happenings
Santa’s gingerbread house decorating party
Month: December 2018
Red Cross in need of blood donations
The American Red Cross needs blood donors to give now to avoid delays in lifesaving medical care for patients. Volunteer blood drive hosts are also critically needed to prevent the shortage from worsening this winter.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Griffith-North Township deal would benefit everyone
After a couple years of court battles ultimately decided by the Indiana Supreme Court on July 26, Griffith residents cast 3301 yes votes and 70 no votes (98 percent to 2 percent) on Sept. 25 to secede from Calumet Township…
Auction raises $300,000 for local MS chapter
The 15th MS auction netted $300,000, and the money was given to the MS society Friday afternoon at Albert’s Diamond Jewelers in Schererville.
East Chicago ice rink opens Tuesday
EAST CHICAGO — Skaters can sharpen their blades and head over to MacArthur Golf Course, 4000 Indianapolis Blvd., this winter to check out a 60-foot outdoor ice skating rink that will be officially unveiled at a 2 p.m. Tuesday ceremony.
For same-sex couples, a new path to legal parenthood
BOSTON — When Sara Watson’s partner got pregnant with their son through in vitro fertilization, they were overjoyed. Then the fear came.
60 blighted properties to be demolished to make way for green space in Gary
GARY — A collapsed church on Ellsworth Street and a burned-out building near 13th and Pennsylvania are among the structures to be torn down and replaced with green space under a new intergovernmental agreement.
Proposed Valpo halfway house enters final fundraising push
VALPARAISO — Most of the inmates at Porter County Jail are there because of drug-related issues.
Book review, signing: New book offers fresh take on Gary/Chicago resident, Nelson Algren
Mary Wisniewski was a college student when she first discovered the writings of Chicago writer Nelson Algren.
UPDATE: 55-year-old Lake Station man found dead in burned building in Gary
GARY — Authorities found a body inside a structure damaged in a fire Sunday morning off U.S. 20 on the city’s far east side, a fire official said.