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Shirley Heinze Land Trust moving to former Trailyard site in Valparaiso (opens the original)
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Shirley Heinze Land Trust is moving its headquarters to the former Trailyard Restaurant site in Valparaiso. Meadowbrook Nature Preserve, where the nonprofit is currently based, will continue to operate as a nature preserve. Property managers will be based there, Executive Director Kris Krouse said Tuesday. This move was in the works for several months. “The concept of a regional conservation center came out of some master planning and really thinking through how do we equip Shirley Heinze Land T
Portage zoning board approves Chick-fil-A, Dutch Bros Coffee (opens the original)
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Chick-fil-A and Dutch Bros Coffee got quick approval by the Portage Board of Zoning Appeals on Monday for side-by-side locations. Chick-fil-A plans to build a 4,800-square-foot restaurant with two drive-through lanes at 6245 U.S. 6, where the former Lynn’s Bedroom and Mattress store stands. The existing building and parking lot would be demolished. “This is a really important location for us in the greater Northwest Indiana area,” Midwest Director of Development & Construction Jason Hill told th
Portage School Board considering $98.9 million budget (opens the original)
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The Portage Township School Board is considering a $98.9 million budget for 2027. A vote on the budget will be held Oct. 12. Chief Financial Officer Nicholas Gron went over the details for the board Monday. More than half of the money, $57.6 million, will go into the education fund, with funding from the state based on enrollment. About 75% of that pays for classroom instruction, teachers and aides. Another 22% goes to counselors, student services and administration. There’s a small amount for e
Volunteers transplant marram grass at Indiana Dunes State Park (opens the original)
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Marram grass growing in a parking lot was transplanted into a more appropriate spot Saturday at Indiana Dunes State Park. Volunteers got a lesson in not only how to plant it but also why marram grass is important for the Indiana Dunes. “Its scientific name (Ammophila breviligulata) means sand friend,” Natural Resource Technician Jessica Deerwester told the volunteers. The roots hold everything together, growing not just down also up and out to lock sand in place, she said. “It’s a pioneer specie
New book turns Chesterton’s Burdick Road into Memory Lane (opens the original)
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Jan Cubic fondly remembers visiting her grandparents in the Burdick neighborhood. Now those visits, and more, have turned into her first book, “Burdick: Where the Trains Once Stopped.” Today, Burdick Road still leads to where the train depot once stood. “I think Burdick is a beautiful area,” Cubic said. “My grandparents lived there. They lived at the corner right below the railroad,” from the 1940s to 1980s. “The train depot and all that was gone long before I went to my grandparents’ house,” sh
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