GUEST COMMENTARY: Mastersons left positive impact on entire region

Into every person’s life will come an individual or two who truly make a difference. The same can be said for Northwest Indiana as a region.

INTERIM PUBLISHER'S LETTER

We are already experiencing unseasonably warm days and the incomparable beautiful evenings that signal early summer. For me, this has always been a season of industrious home improvement projects---this year it’s windows, every single window in the house to be exact---followed by a race to g…

Boy Scouts to honor Masterson at Wednesday dinner

MUNSTER | The Boy Scouts of America of Calumet Council annually honor an individual who has made significant contribution to the community. This year, Bill Masterson Jr. is the honoree at the 2013 Distinguished Citizens Dinner Benefit for the Calumet Council, Boy Scouts of America.

Adventures in Everyday Living, Shorelines Thursday, April 11, 2013

Northwest Indiana radio came alive on Friday night in Valparaiso with a star-studded cast including Senator Ed Charbonneau as Superman, Heather McCarthy and Leigh Morris and Saturday afternoon John Records Landecker broadcasting from Top Dog in Michigan City.---Pat Colander, Associate Publis…

PUBLISHER'S LETTER

I follow the same routine each time I start writing this letter: I look at what was going on last year. Golf, the Blackhawks, Bulls, Cubs and White Sox were all in full swing in May last year with dreams of Cup, Pennants and Championship trophies all dancing in my head.

PUBLISHER'S LETTER

I thought I might somehow be feeling nostalgic this year because in January 2012, Julie and I were in Kauai, Paradise for a vacation we had looked forward to for years. And though the trip exceeded our expectations I had almost forgotten about it with the non-stop drama this winter. Everyone…

The Times earns Community Spirit Award from United Way

MUNSTER | The Times of Northwest Indiana received the Community Spirit Award on Tuesday after raising $36,349 for the Lake Area United Way.

Catfish Photos

Bill Masterson, Publisher, caught these large catfish specimens at Lake Texoma, near Dallas. Read more about his adventures in his publisher's letter in the next Shore Magazine, due out Feb. 18!

Shore magazine's Letter from the Publisher, Dec/Jan/Feb 2013

The fall in Northwest Indiana never fails to surprise, and this year was no exception. The success of our One Region program in Northwest Indiana and our Best of the Region publications that unite the whole Lake Michigan area continues to amaze me. This year's One Region meeting was sweet, w…

Times publisher Masterson named a VP of publishing

DAVENPORT, Iowa | Bill Masterson Jr., publisher of The Times Media Co. of Northwest Indiana and a group publisher for Lee Enterprises Inc., has been promoted to vice president of publishing.

Daniels: Cooperation key to region's economic future

MERRILLVILLE | Gov. Mitch Daniels declared Thursday he is optimistic about Northwest Indiana's economic future, provided area communities can work together as one region and more fully engage with the rest of Indiana.

Shore magazine's Letter from the Publisher, October/November 2012

Wow! Where does the time go? It seems like only yesterday that Julie and I were gearing up for Memorial Day and to get the summer started. I blinked and now Labor Day is just a memory. While I’m always sad to see summer go, I don’t think we let much grass grow under our feet as it was a fun-…

Shore magazine's Letter from the Publisher, August/September 2012

Memorial Day weekend for our family—and that is our work and home family—was all about the first 73rd Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid (the sponsors encourage us to say the title exactly that way) held at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor, Michigan. While I am not a seasoned vete…

Shore magazine's Letter from the Publisher, MayJune 2012

Here's what our Shore Facebook fans (2,100+) learned about during the last five days: We celebrated National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day; folks out there are learning to live with Parkinson's disease; the Senate race in Indiana is closer than it's been in decades; Sawyer Garden Center is alr…

Volunteers begin transforming Tolleston

Hundreds gathered Saturday morning to clean the former school building at Nineteenth Avenue and Marshall Street. The second day of cleanup marked the first phase in creating the new John Will Anderson Boys & Girls Club.

Volunteers begin transforming 'diamond in the rough'

GARY | Generations of young lives were shaped by lessons learned in the classrooms of Tolleston school, and volunteers are hopeful many more soon will share those experiences.

Bright Media Company tours the Times

HOBART | On Tuesday, January 24, Bright Media Company (BMC), a group of 5th Grade Joan Martin Elementary students that created their own media company, toured the Times Media Company.

Volunteers to prepare Tolleston School for new Boys & Girls Club

GARY | Volunteers plan to roll up their sleeves next week to help transition the former Tolleston Middle School into the new home for the John Will Anderson Club of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana.

Driving the Volt was a charge!

Times Publisher Bill Masterson Jr. poses with the Chevy Volt he drove.

Former Youngstown mayor to speak at One Region, One Vision event

Northwest Indiana leaders will come together for a joint annual One Region, One Vision - Quality of Life Council luncheon Sept. 8 to hear former Youngstown, Ohio, mayor Jay Williams tell of the positive resurgence of the Ohio community.