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Competition stiff for bike trail funding

Competition stiff for bike trail funding

Bike trails have grown to become a mini highway system in the region in the past 20 years, but the funding used to build them has some interes…

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Cartoonist to draw crowd for tourism

Cartoonist to draw crowd for tourism

The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority's annual Tourism Week luncheon May 9 will feature both a light-hearted conversation and a se…

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Pain at the pump: Residents wonder why NWI gas is highest in state

Pain at the pump: Residents wonder why NWI gas is highest in state

Barbara Kotas can remember when a night on the town cost her 50 cents a gallon in gasoline.

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U.S. Sen. Lugar in his toughest Senate campaign ever

U.S. Sen. Lugar in his toughest Senate campaign ever

INDIANAPOLIS | The belief that Republican U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar cannot be beaten, perhaps one of the greatest articles of faith in Indiana poli…

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Cartoonist to draw crowd for tourism

Cartoonist to draw crowd for tourism

The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority's annual Tourism Week luncheon May 9 will feature both a light-hearted conversation and a se…

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About David Fitzsimmons

About David Fitzsimmons

David Fitzsimmons is 56 and should know better. Cartoonist, humor columnist and blogger for The Arizona Daily Star, Fitz is syndicated to more…

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Q&A with humorist David Fitzsimmons

Q&A with humorist David Fitzsimmons

Did you doodle in textbooks when you were a child, and did a teacher ever catch you?

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Students learning about earning, spending

Students learning about earning, spending

Students at Lake Central High School are learning tough lessons about just how far a dollar can stretch. The school recently began requiring a…

April 22, 2012 12:00 am(0)

Urban League of Northwest Indiana eager to help

Urban League of Northwest Indiana eager to help

Vanessa Allen, the president and CEO of the Urban League of Northwest Indiana, said the Urban League is a place where residents in Lake, Porte…

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Note to candidates

The Times is contacting all candidates for public office in Lake and Porter counties for a special election preview. Responses are due by midn…

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Note to candidates

The Times is contacting all candidates for public office in Lake and Porter counties for a special election preview. Responses are due by midn…

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FORK IN THE ROAD: Governments looking at potential of improving community health through food studies

FORK IN THE ROAD: Governments looking at potential of improving community health through food studies

Local governments and regional groups are paying more attention to issues of healthy eating and its relationship to building vibrant communities.

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Going paperless saves municipal, school boards green

Going paperless saves municipal, school boards green

The Lake Station City Council in late January moved to the iPad era, swapping paper and pens for electronic tablets.

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Should Gary's old Union Station be saved?

Should Gary's old Union Station be saved?

GARY | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Superintendent Costa Dillon has suggested Gary's long-abandoned Union Station might make a fine place …

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Changing of the guard: 12 new police chiefs in region

Changing of the guard: 12 new police chiefs in region

A massive turnover at the helm of region police departments could lead to a boost in cooperation and community policing, officials said.

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Growing demand for bandwidth is changing public safety communications

Growing demand for bandwidth is changing public safety communications

Think of the airwaves as lakefront property. There's only so much of it. "You want to get as many people on the lakefront as possible, but you…

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NWI businesses tend to in-home needs of the elderly

NWI businesses tend to in-home needs of the elderly

As co-owner of Home Helpers' Valparaiso office, Jim VanVliet is well aware that about 8,000 baby boomers a day began turning 65 last year.

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Filmmaker wants to make black history 'More Than a Month'

Filmmaker wants to make black history 'More Than a Month'

Shukree Hassan Tilghman stood in the middle of Times Square in New York, wearing a sandwich board reading "End Black History Month" on the fro…

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Lake County dodging a legal bullet on trash disposal?

Lake County dodging a legal bullet on trash disposal?

The Lake County Solid Waste Management District could avoid potential litigation — but invite other legal problems — if the trash-to-ethanol c…

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Zipcars offer new twist on ride sharing

Zipcars offer new twist on ride sharing

Just as many of today's young adults prefer downloading their music one song at a time rather than buying an entire CD, they also like having …

February 12, 2012 12:00 am(0)

PHIL WIELAND: My date with Pingpong — a fool and his fuel gauge

PHIL WIELAND: My date with Pingpong — a fool and his fuel gauge

VALPARAISO | Maybe it was my imagination, but Pingpong seemed almost happy to see me when I arrived. I was a couple minutes late for my reserv…

February 12, 2012 12:00 am(0)

Becoming a Zipster: Zipcar members can reserve cars 24/7

To rent a Zipcar for as little as half an hour or as long as four days (longer rentals can be arranged through the company), a person first ha…

February 12, 2012 12:00 am(0)

Lake County trained on a new era with ethics sessions

Lake County trained on a new era with ethics sessions

CROWN POINT | Lake County officials have decided to put the fear of God into their employees and each other.

February 05, 2012 12:00 am(0)

Digital-age pickpockets: Police report ID theft, bank account fraud on rise in NWI

Digital-age pickpockets: Police report ID theft, bank account fraud on rise in NWI

During the Christmas season and ever since, an increasing number of residents have reported their personal and financial information has been …

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Hospitals prepare for federal judgment of their patient care

Hospitals prepare for federal judgment of their patient care

Report card day carries with it the possibility of students being grounded or applauded. "Report cards" for hospitals will affect their bottom line.

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True blue on the street and at home: Police dogs earn their keep

True blue on the street and at home: Police dogs earn their keep

CROWN POINT | If Dan Murchek could have his way, he would keep a police dog with him in his administrative office. He misses that companionship.

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Jobs issue is Job No. 1 for Editorial Advisory Board

When The Times Editorial Advisory Board for Indiana met this month to determine priorities for Northwest Indiana and to offer advice on priori…

January 15, 2012 12:00 am(0)

Once more unto the breach

Once more unto the breach

INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mitch Daniels is poised to finish his second and final term as governor this year with a budget surplus, an unparalleled r…

January 08, 2012 12:00 am(0)

2012 Indiana Editorial Advisory Board

2012 Indiana Editorial Advisory Board

Today, we introduce new members of The Times Editorial Advisory Board. They have agreed to share their opinions on issues of local and regiona…

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2012 Illinois Editorial Advisory Board members

2012 Illinois Editorial Advisory Board members

Today, we introduce new members of The Times Editorial Advisory Board. They have agreed to share their opinions on issues of local and regiona…

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