Although Dr. Anna Sacco has loved animals all her life, the inspiration for becoming a veterinarian came a bit later down the road. While growing up in Lowell, Dr. Sacco’s family always had dogs and her aunt had cats. She enjoyed searching for...

With two apps and a website, McColly Real Estate certainly takes advantage of different technology platforms to advance and improve the client experience. McColly recently added a new feature to its website that allows customers to browse the latest...

While there are many ways to help people, making sure that people are insured may not be the first method that comes to mind. Pam Ridings believes that ensuring people are protecting themselves and their livelihood is her calling.  “I feel...

As an only child, it would have been safe for Deborah Gannon to assume she would grow up with fewer connections to other children than her peers who had siblings. However this assumption is far from the reality of Gannon’s childhood, because her...

“This small town has a really big heart,” said Natalie Krivas, “so it’s kind of hard not to be involved, actually. You have to make an effort not to be involved in Valparaiso community work.” Krivas and her husband moved from Montreal to...

Paid Endorsement Protecting individuals and organizations for more than a century is an impressive legacy in itself, but when you add to that a dedicated, multi-generational staff, that legacy is magnified. Meyers Glaros Group claims such a legacy,...

Although he only recently began studying cybersecurity at Ivy Tech, Mina Saad will compete in the National Cyber League Super Bowl in Washington D.C. He earned first place at a recent competition that was held virtually. “The competition...

While summer is vacation season, not everyone can afford to take time off work. If you are looking for a local getaway that will fit into your hectic schedule, look no further than Valparaiso’s Zao Island, which just incorporated seven...

Toni Miller is known among friends and family as the butterfly lady, a nickname bestowed when she first discovered she had cancer, and a welcome sign of hope at the time. Miller’s battle against cancer began the way one would expect: with pain. Her...