Ogden Dunes teams up to protect its natural resources

Ogden Dunes is a tight-knit beach community nestled in the Dunes.

South Shore Civil War Memorial Trail

Portraying Civil War Capt. Charles Bell, Dave Crane of Cedar Lake speaks during a dedication ceremony for new Civil War veteran headstones and the launch of the South Shore Civil War Memorial Trail Saturday, May 26, 2012.

Portage envisions developing property south of lakefront

PORTAGE | The Redevelopment Commission on Wednesday got a glimpse at what the land south of the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk site of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore could look like some day.

Northside trail project wraps up for season

PORTAGE | Construction of the Northside Trail has wrapped up for the season, less than two months after it officially began.

JOHN DAVIES: Enough talk; let’s walk our national park

Those of us who have been around a while think we know our national park.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Happy trails to you, just as they are for me

Walking is my health hobby. For years, I set a goal of walking on every street in Munster. Keep in mind that I did (and do) drive to a starting point and then begin the morning's walk. Each year, with the Munster street goal accomplished (in total miles about equal to walking to Iowa), I wou…

Work to begin on Northside Trail

PORTAGE | Work began Tuesday, at least ceremonially, on Portage's new Northside Trail.

Steelmaker dedicates environmental restoration, trail project

Kristopher Krouse, executive director of the Shirley Heinze Land Trust, speaks during a ceremony marking the opening of the ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Deerfield Woods Fitness Trail.

Steelmaker dedicates environmental restoration, trail project

Representatives of various groups attend a ceremonial ribbon cutting Tuesday to open the Deerfield Woods Fitness Trail near the ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor training center. Pictured from left are Daniel Goldfarb, of the Wildlife Habitat Council, Paul Quinlan, of the Shirley Heinze Land Trust,…

Steelmaker dedicates environmental restoration, trail project

Rob Maciel, manger of environment at ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor, walks the Deerfield Woods Fitness Trail Tuesday near the plant's training center.

Steelmaker dedicates environmental restoration, trail project

Madhu Ranade, vice president of ArcelorMittal and general manager of the Burns Harbor plant, speaks Tuesday during a ceremony marking the opening the Deerfield Woods Fitness Trail.

Steelmaker dedicates environmental restoration, trail project

People begin to walk on the newly opened ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Deerfield Woods Fitness Trail Tuesday near their training center on the grounds of the plant.

Steelmaker dedicates environmental restoration, trail project

BURNS HARBOR | A group of ArcelorMittal employees took a walk in the woods Tuesday morning.

Bicycle trails will be discussed during meeting Wednesday

SCHERERVILLE | South Shore Trails will host a meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday to explain how trails are developed and ways residents can become involved in the process.

Town to pay portion of trail extension

MERRILLVILLE | The town recently learned it has to contribute 20 percent of the costs of extending a walking and biking trail, officials said.

Bloom Trail connects to Lake Michigan water

Students and staff at Bloom Trail High School can finally drink the water at the school as a result of a nearly year-long major improvement project that tapped into a pipeline connection with the village of South Chicago Heights. Officials gathered to cut a ribbon near a set of drinking foun…

Bloom Trail connects to Lake Michigan water

Students and staff at Bloom Trail High School applaud following a ribbon-cutting ceremony symbolizing the completion of a nearly year-long project that brings Lake Michigan water to the taps in the school as a result of tapping into a pipeline connection with the village of South Chicago Hei…

Bloom Trail connects to Lake Michigan water

Bloom Trail High School senior Randall Peterson, 17, takes a first drink Monday from a water fountain in the school following a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of a nearly year-long project that brought Lake Michigan water to the taps at the school.

Graveside rites recall Civil War sacrifice

A little old, a little new — Joe Wszolek, of Portage, takes a photo of a QR code following a dedication ceremony Saturday for new Civil War veteran headstones and the launch of the South Shore Civil War Memorial Trail. Smartphone and mobile tablet users can access Internet-based biographical…

Graveside rites recall Civil War sacrifice

Portraying Civil War Capt. Charles Bell, Dave Crane, of Cedar Lake, speaks during a dedication ceremony Saturday for new Civil War veteran headstones and the launch of the South Shore Civil War Memorial Trail.