I know some people think I am a little nutty on the positive side, but come on.... What is not to like about today? The sun is shining, days are getting longer, and we all could use some fresh air, and a break in our winter routine of staying...
On this St. Patrick’s Day, the Indiana Business Research Center offers a few statistics on Irish roots in the Hoosier State: About 36.3 million U.S. residents claimed Irish ancestry in 2008. This number is more than eight times the population of...
Let’s start a wave. Just for the fun of it. Just start waving at people. Open your car window and wave as a friend drives by, wave to the runner going by your house when you walk out to get the mail, raise up your hand and say hi to that guy...
Shortly before the Academy Awards show I wrote about what I considered an injustice that "Public Enemies" was not acknowledged by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for anything. Not that PE was the best of the year. It wasn't. But it...
The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) Local #104 awarded State Senator Karen Tallian (D-Portage) today with the Tommie Blaylock Award for Outstanding Leadership. The award is given each year to those who help promote and support the rights of...
Tonight was a wild and hairy night for Valpo Boys Basketball, in so many different ways. Heading into the game in Michigan City against Merrillville, each team had beat the other at home during the season, though both by tight margins. The trip...
Cosier will take the helm of the Discovery Park center, effective Jan. 1, following a sabbatical leave in the fall. In the interim, he will continue as acting co-director of the Burton D. Morgan Center with Alan H. Rebar, the executive director of...
The Chesterton/Duneland Chamber of Commerce is calling all Duneland-area professionals under 30 to be a part of the new networking group Young Professionals of Duneland. Young Professionals of Duneland will be a regular-meeting committee of the...
The Chesterton/Duneland Chamber of Commerce is calling all Duneland-area professionals under 30 to be a part of the new networking group Young Professionals of Duneland. Young Professionals of Duneland will be a regular-meeting committee of the...
by Candace Gwaltney In this era of Twitter, smartphones and cable news networks, the minute something happens we know about it. A lot has been said/written/tweeted/etc. about print media dying. While that’s a debate for another day, I will say I...