Adventures in Everyday Living, Shorelines Thursday, May 2, 2013

Emerging designers rock the runway in St. Joe at Fashion on the Shore Year 2; Maple City Grand Prix brings big-time racing to Northwest Indiana and in Douglas, Water Street Gallery opens the season with stunning new work.---Pat Colander, Associate Publisher and Editor, Shore Magazine.

LaPorte OKs expanding TIF district for job creation

LAPORTE | A financing mechanism is now in place to pay for developing 137 acres of farmland viewed as having the potential to create up to 1,000 new jobs in LaPorte.

Mayor, community members to celebrate successes, look to future

LAPORTE | While Mayor Blair Milo may not be able to pinpoint her top accomplishments, she can speak to the joint effort that went into all of the year’s successes.

Blair Milo

Blair Milo is mayor of LaPorte.

Job growth, Fitness Fridays, teamwork make LaPorte great

LAPORTE | We’re fortunate in LaPorte to have so many great things to brag about that it’s tough to pick just a few. I can’t tell you how excited I am when I meet new people and get to tell them all about what’s happening in our community. It truly is one of my favorite topics!

Water weed taking over Pine Lake

LAPORTE | Funds are being raised to save the boating season in LaPorte, threatened by a fast-growing weed overtaking Pine Lake.

LaPorte City Hall celebrates its 100th anniversary

LAPORTE | It cost just $56,000 to construct the building that houses LaPorte City Hall.

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 politics, faces its toughest test ever Tuesday.

Hotline might combat drug scourge

LAPORTE | Teenagers and young adults need to become more active in reaching out to friends and classmates they know are using heroin and other drugs, according to city officials.