Citing earlier promise, Snyder vetoes council salary bump
Portage City Council members will have to try again to pay themselves for work they say they do on behalf of the city's Utility Services Board following Mayor James Snyder's...
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Dem, GOP considering plans for 2019 Portage mayoral race
Two elected officials in Portage have begun making plans to run for mayor, even though they will not face voters for another two years. Clerk-Treasurer Chris Stidham, a Democrat, and...
Parents’ playground dream comes true at Hannah’s Hope in Portage
Hundreds of children squealed and ran while their parents tried keeping up with them during the grand opening of Hannah's Hope Playground in Portage, which city officials called the first...
2 killed in Portage head-on crash
A Portage teenager and an 85-year-old Greencastle, Ind., woman were killed in a head-on collision early Tuesday that also injured a local 12-year-old, according to the Porter County coroner. According...
Portage commission to be reimbursed $154K for house
The Portage Board of Works voted to reimburse the Portage Redevelopment Commission for the purchase of a property on the 5500 block of Central Ave., in an area that will...
Portage shifting to new stormwater fee structure
Portage officials Tuesday night said a new approach to collecting stormwater utility fees from residents, businesses and others in the city will be fairer than charging customers based on their...
Portage to offer new insurance to workers
City workers will be offered a number of new insurance products, and some developers and property owners will catch a break on sidewalk costs after votes by the Portage Board...
Amid safety worries, Portage schools turn to technology to view eclipse indoors
Instead of turning their eyes to the skies, Portage Township School's 7,800 students will turn to monitors and tablet computers to view Monday's total solar eclipse, Superintendent Amanda Alaniz said...
Portage gets first look at human rights proposal
City officials got their first look at a detailed human rights ordinance Monday that supporters said will show Portage can be home to all kinds of residents. The City Council's...
Payment of legal fees questioned in Portage
Portage residents and businesses may have to pay nearly $20,000 in legal fees to a Chicago-based law firm Mayor James Snyder and the former utility services board hired during the...