Meals on Wheels offers volunteer opportunities delivering meals in your own community Monday through Friday. Why not join us for our orientation/training programs in November? On Tuesday, November 10, at 10:00am, and again on Thursday, November 19,...
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Munster High School science teacher, Mr. Keith Koszut, received a special honor through the Teacher Tribute Initiative at Stanford University. The Teacher Tribute Initiative recognizes that their students have had the support, guidance and friendship...
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The Crown Point Community Foundation awards $362,548.64 for community grants this year! The following are the grantees from the September grant cycle: Best Buddies Indiana $1,000 Support CP high school friendship program for youth with intellectual...
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Nearly a hundred writers and poets attended the second annual Steel Pen Writers' Conference sponsored by the Indiana Writers Consortium on Oct. 10 at the Radisson Hotel in Merrillville. A book fair, breakout sessions, readings, and keynote address by...
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Bailly Elementary student council members recently took food items and money donated by students in conjunction with Bailly’s One School, One Book event recently to the Westchester Neighbors Food Pantry in Chesterton. Students helped unload the...
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Elementary and middle school students and community members across Northwest Indiana have gotten the chance over the last month to experience the outdoors and their local waterways in ways that they may never have before thanks to the Wilderness...
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Jackson Elementary third grade and kindergarten students participated in the Operation Lifesaver presentation at the school by a CN representative recently. CN Operation Lifesaver teaches important safety tips about trains and train tracks and the...
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Seventeen Purdue University North Central students have been selected as recipients of a new scholarship program funded by the Northwest Indiana McDonald’s Operators (NIMO). A financial gift was made to PNC to provide scholarships to students of...
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Military veterans and those in active duty live a different life than those who are not in the Armed Forces. It is a profession where duty to country and to protect those who live in it is a 24/7 job. Which is why it is sometimes difficult for those...
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Did you know that Dr. William Scholl learned his shoe making skills from his grandfather in Cedar Lake, or that the Armour Brothers used to cut and harvest ice from Cedar Lake for their meatpacking company in Chicago, or that the Cope Cup race route...
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