Ex-director accused of stealing $100K from Michiana Humane Society

MICHIGAN CITY | A former official with a Michigan City animal shelter could face prison time on allegations she embezzled more than $100,000 from her workplace.

Adventures in Everyday Living, Shorelines Thursday, January 3, 2013

Jeff Daniels is up for a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award and his 15th play is opening in Michigan January 10th; the popular 3rd Annual Birdhouse Auction is set for next weekend in New Buffalo and Fritz Olsen and Martha Cares give Sharon Phillips a pink bike.--- Pat Colander, Ass…

Vegetables from garden to grill with coconut popsicles

This season I have a renewed appreciation for natural bounty, both homegrown and purchased locally. ---Pat Colander, Associate Publisher and Editor, Shore Magazine.

My dinner at Bentwood Tavern last Friday night

Perseverance, time and distance work in my favor at the silent auction part of the NBBA Bev's Second Season Ball each winter at Heston Hills in LaPorte.---Pat Colander, Associate Publisher and Editor, Shore Magazine.

Eating peaches like potato chips and sushi at the Bistro

Luckily, Millicent Huminsky, Anne Vonk, Mary Sorensen, Dani Lane and I, happened to find ourselves at the Bistro on the Boulevard in St. Joe on the monthly Chef Ryan Thornburg-created sushi night. --Pat Colander, Associate Publisher and Editor, Shore Magazine.

Three Floyds Brewing and 15 Years of Success

Last week I found my way over to the famous Three Floyds Brewing, walking distance from my home office in Munster, just as they were getting ready for a gigantic 15th-year birthday celebration that happened last Saturday.

Eating and drinking along the Lake Michigan shore

Discover what Chef Jean Joho and thousands of others already know, autumn rocks in Southwest Michigan; Chef Ryan Thornburg cooks up a sumptuous dinner with Albert Bichot wine; St. Joseph, from comfort food to chocolate; Shore Bite & Sip listings have all the details; also apple pie, chil…

Illinois man drowns in high waves off New Buffalo beach

NEW BUFFALO, Mich. | An Illinois man drowned Sunday when an apparent rip current pulled him away from a New Buffalo beach and into deep water.

Twin Cities Organ Concert Series celebrates 10 years

A new generation has discovered the centuries-old tradition of pipe organ music, that intoning and imposing beautiful sound usually associated with chapels, cathedrals and classic movie palaces of the past showcasing the silent film era.