It’s one of the luxuries of living in a developed nation in the 21st century, that we needn’t spare a thought when flushing the toilet, taking a shower, or doing a load of laundry. Had we any reason to think about it at all—as Chicagoans did in...
Town Of Chesterton
For Early Voting in the Town of Chesterton use the POOL ENTRANCE at former Chesterton Middle School
The Duneland YMCA Healthy Living Campus—in the former Chesterton Middle School, 651 W. Morgan Ave., Chesterton—will be hosting Early Voting this fall. Use DOOR 11 or—as it’s more commonly known—the POOL ENTRANCE, on the SOUTH side of the...
External demo underway as old CMS is transformed into YMCA Healthy Living Campus
External demolition is underway at the old Chesterton Middle School (and before that the old Chesterton High School), as work continues on the construction of the Duneland Family YMCA’s Healthy Living Campus. Yesterday morning, Monday, Sept. 30, an...
Chesterton Town Council gets first look at tentative drawings of new Downtown public parking lots
When they’re completed, the two new public parking lots on Grant Ave. and East Indiana Ave. will provide approximately 100 new spaces in Downtown Chesterton. Assistant Town Engineer Matt Gavelek took the Town Council on a virtual tour of those two...
Chesterton Town Council eyeing remodel of town hall meeting room and fire station improvements
Once upon a time the most notable furnishing in the Chesterton town hall’s meeting room was a long wooden bench looking remarkably like a church pew, salvaged years earlier from the New York Central’s passenger depot. That bench was typically...
Pond enhancement project completed at Coffee Creek Park
Chesterton Park Superintendent Tyler McLead was delighted to announce at the Town Council’s meeting Monday night, Sept. 23, that the pond enhancement project at Coffee Creek Park has been completed. “It’s a good project for Coffee Creek...
Central Services technicians keep the Chesterton Street Department moving forward
The next time you watch the Chesterton Street Department’s grapple truck lifting and removing your brush—or you happen to notice in your rear-view one of the Chesterton Police Department’s two dozen squad cars—or you see a Park Department...
Demolition of old Chesterton Police Department station house underway
The full-scale demolition of the old Chesterton Police Department station house at the northeast corner of Broadway and North Eighth Street began this morning, Monday, Sept. 23, as subcontractor Indiana Earth took a claw-equipped excavator to the...
Korean War veteran Andy Michel recalls his service after Honor Flight to Washington DC
The U.S. military calls it the “tooth-to-tail” ratio: The number of rear-echelon troops (or tail) it takes to support a combat soldier (or tooth). In World War II, only 19 percent of soldiers (or Marines or sailors or airmen) ever saw the front...
Chesterton Fire Department’s C Crew successfully completes annual agility test
Firefighters must not only be light on their feet but sure of foot Ladders, staircases, and roofs. Attics, basements, and crawlspaces. Every scene is potentially an obstacle course which firefighters must navigate and negotiate, all the while wearing...