Chesterton

By KEVIN NEVERS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED DEC. 24, 2002, IN THE CHESTERTON TRIBUNE My favorite scene in just about my favorite Yule movie, “A Christmas Story,” is the one set in Goldblatt’s department in downtown Hohman, Ind., the Depression-era...

Boy Scout Kane Darnell—a member of Troop 908—has completed his Eagle Scout project by building and installing a trio of benches as sturdy as they are handsome. Two of the benches have been placed at Coffee Creek Park and the third one at Dogwood...

Think of an Olympic swimming pool, 164 feet in length, 82 feet in width, and 9 feet deep, filled with approximately 660,000 gallons of clean, clear, chlorinated water. Now imagine 1,442 Olympic swimming pools, laid end to end—basically a concrete...

Katie Hess and Alexis Dines have created a captivating children's book about the Indiana Dunes called “A Day At The Dunes.” Hess, an eight-year teacher at Westchester Middle School in Duneland, and Dines, a marketing designer, share a deep...

Sgt. Tony Alfaro—a 20-year veteran of the Chesterton Police Department’s Patrol Division—will be leaving the street early in 2025 to begin his new assignment as a School Resource Officer (SRO) at Liberty Intermediate/Middle School. If you’ve...

The Town of Chesterton presented 21 of its municipal employees with longevity awards at the annual Christmas Party on Saturday, Dec. 7. These 21 employees represent 340 combined years of experience and institutional knowledge: 30 YEARS JAMIE COPOLLO,...

Orthopedic spine surgeon Wajeeh Bakhsh, MD, is now part of the Franciscan Physician Network and is accepting new patients in Chesterton and Michigan City.  Dr. Bakhsh is board-certified in orthopedics. He attended medical school at Washington...

Families in Chesterton got their first taste of the Christmas spirit with the annual Hometown Holiday Celebration on Saturday, November 30. The event is organized and sponsored by the Duneland Chamber of Commerce.  Greg Babcock, a member of the...