HAMMOND – The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority will host a special event for all fire, police, EMS, military and Hoosier Helpers to say thank you for their service. Holiday for Heroes: A Special Evening of Appreciation, will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6. Attendees may take a free photo with […]
CHICAGO – Natalie T. Pedraza of Munster has been named director of compliance for James McHugh Construction Co. Most recently she was with the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority where she was director of procurement and business diversity. She is a graduate of DePaul University.
CHICAGO – Executive Director Walter Stearns announced he will launch a subscription series at the Mercury Theater including four full productions, which will transform the Mercury into the largest producer of musicals in the city of Chicago, employing almost 100 theater professionals. Plans are to produce Rogers and Hammerstein’s “A Grand Night for Singing,” which
LAPORTE – Tickets for the 18th annual LaPorte Hospital Foundation’s Holiday at the POPS are on sale. The concert is Saturday, Dec. 8 at the LaPorte Civic Auditorium, 1001 Ridge St. Doors open at 6 p.m.; the concert begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children, 12 and younger. Proceeds
WASHINGTON, D.C. – North American commodities for the industrial and manufacturing sectors helped increase the tonnage shipped through the Great Lakes-Seaway System. The St. Lawrence Seaway reported a 9.8 percent increase in cargo in October – 4.4 million metric tons – compared to one year earlier. “In the general cargoes category, shipments through the Seaway
HOBART – ITR America has announced a $6.2 million expansion of its heavy equipment parts distribution plant at the North Winds Crossing Business Park. The expansion will create 20 new jobs by 2014. The expansion includes construction of a 100,000 square foot building on eight acres at the business park. It currently has 20 employees
MICHIGAN CITY – Save the Dunes will hold a holiday open house for the public at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7 at Barker House, 444 Barker Road. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Save the Dunes and the group is making available copies of a poster commemorating the anniversary. To attend, call (219) 879-3564
VALPARAISO – Design Organization, a sustainable planning, architecture and interiors firm with offices in Chicago and Valparaiso, has become a division of Shive-Hattery Inc. Shive-Hattery was founded in 1895 and is a 350-person architecture and engineering firm with nine locations in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Missouri. “Our firms complement each other and share the purpose
MUNSTER – Back by popular demand, the critically acclaimed Jim Post returns to the Theatre at the Center, where he delighted audiences last holiday season with his show, “Mark Twain and the Laughing River.” The musical docu-drama “Galena Rose: How Whiskey Won the West” will run Thursday, Dec. 27 through Sunday, Dec. 30 at 1040
MUNSTER – Franciscan Physicians Hospital employees Mary Beth Kosiba, Kari Wall and Robin Rossner hit the road Monday, November 19, hauling a 20-foot trailer filled with donations, and equally important, hope, for victims of Hurricane Sandy. A collection of needed items brought in massive donations from canned goods and pet food to diapers and hand
