Valpo lines up new helicopter landing sites

VALPARAISO | The departure of Porter hospital from Valparaiso has created a different kind of parking problem. Not for cars, but for emergency medical helicopters.

Dyer moves toward creating park fund

DYER | The Town Council has started in earnest a process that may establish a Park Board cumulative capital fund for the town’s parks.

St. John council scraps controversial park proposal

ST. JOHN | The proposed Bramblewood subdivision tot lot park is now history.

Park Board votes to remove tennis courts

VALPARAISO | The city's Park Board voted Tuesday to remove the tennis courts at Bicentennial Park and plant it as grass.

Dyer seeks new park board member

DYER | The town is looking for a new park board member.

Portage parks to develop fee structure for nonprofit groups

PORTAGE | The Portage Park Department staff has been asked to develop a policy setting standards for allowing discounted rental fees to nonprofit groups.

Downtown Hobart plan on officials' agenda for Tuesday

HOBART | City officials will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 414 Main St., to discuss implementation of the downtown plan.

New lifts to make Hobart Community Pool ADA compliant

HOBART | The city's Community Pool will be undergoing improvements to make it handicap accessible for the summer season, city officials said.

Valpo Park Board OKs contract for drainage work

VALPARAISO | The next phase of drainage work at Bicentennial Park should begin in two weeks following approval of a contract for the work by the city's Park Board on Thursday.

Valpo's Central Park, its activities, keep expanding

VALPARAISO | Central Park Plaza was a busy place in 2012 with 107 events, but, as Valparaiso prepares to unveil plans for the park's expansion, it's already set for an even busier 2013.

The ice is finally nice at Valparaiso's Tower Park

VALPARAISO | The city's skating rink at Tower Park opened for the first time in two years on Wednesday, but it probably won't be around for long.

Vets group commander tells parks panel Hobart event lost money

HOBART | The new leader of a Hobart veterans organization came to make amends at the Park Board meeting on Monday.

Hobart mayor favors city acquiring Brickie Bowl; former St. Sava property spurned

HOBART | Mayor Brian Snedecor gave a thumbs up to the city likely taking over ownership of the Brickie Bowl stadium by early next year.

Friends of Robinson Lake press Hobart to buy St. Sava land

HOBART | Friends of Robinson Lake will continue to push city officials to buy the former St. Sava property, spokeswoman Sandy O'Brien said.

Hobart man gets OK for tribute to late wife at Lake George

HOBART | A Hobart man will be able to pay tribute to his late wife by placing a poem she wrote on a park bench at Festival Park.

Hobart man wants to memoralize his late wife with tribute at Festival Park

HOBART | A Hobart man hopes to pay tribute to his late wife by placing a monument, with a poem she wrote, at Festival Park.

Park upgrades described at meeting

CHESTERTON | Park crews have begun clearing the area where a public restroom built by the Chesterton High School building trades program will be located in Thomas Centennial Park, Park Superintendent Bruce Mathias said.

LGBT groups win Hobart's approval for Bridging the Gap Musical Festival

HOBART | Veteran's Memorial Park will be the site of a festival Oct. 13 that organizers hope will bring the gay and straight communities closer together.

Valpo extends amphitheater naming rights

VALPARAISO | The city's Park Board voted to renew the agreement with Porter hospital for naming rights to the Central Park Plaza amphitheater Tuesday.

Cedar Lake Park Board meets as town appeals its reinstatement

CEDAR LAKE | Park Board members gathered Thursday for the first time since being reinstated by a Lake County judge — the same day the town appealed the judge's order.