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Student business churns out good eggs

May 23, 2019 at 7:27 a.m.

It all started seven years ago with a raised garden bed that allowed Thea Bowman Leadership Academy students to grow vegetables. That 4-H project has grown into a farm of...

The band Nomad Planets band perform Saturday at the Halfway to Pierogi Fest event in Hammond.

Pierogi-themed event leads people to EAT

May 23, 2019 at 7:27 a.m.

When musician John Carpenter approached Hammond businessman Raymundo Garcia, owner of EAT restaurant, about staging an event that would benefit both of them, the Halfway to Pierogi Fest event was...

Dunes Learning Center naturalist Madison Beatty points out a berry bush during a hike offered during the Jan. 9 open house at the facility. Hourly trips into the woods were offered.

Event a good opportunity to experience great outdoors

May 23, 2019 at 7:26 a.m.

The day was cold and rainy, but that didn't stop dozens of families from coming out Jan. 9 to the annual Winter Open House at Dunes Learning Center. The day's...

User Upload Caption: Holly Polovitch works during a sewing session on one of this year's projects that will benefit the Lake County Parks Department programs. For two months each year, employees and volunteers design, repair, replace and refurbish various items used by interpreters presenting their living history programs.

Seamstresses in a stitch over park costumes

May 23, 2019 at 7:26 a.m.

Considering the current outdoor temperatures, it doesn't take much to find a reason to stay inside and work on indoor hobbies. That's exactly what eight amateur seamstresses did on a...

User Upload Caption: Martha Gallup of Chesterton, left, listens to her son Archer, 7, as he relays a message to her through two tin cans. The pair participated in a tour of the Environmental Education Center during the Winter Wonderland
at Wolf Lake event.

Recycling pitched at annual Winter Wonderland

May 23, 2019 at 7:26 a.m.

Winter Wonderland at Wolf Lake in Hammond didn't get much snow, but the 15th annual celebration sponsored by the Association for the Wolf Lake Initiative included tours and discussions. The...

Kindergarten teacher Antoinette Harmon, left, introduces mentor Talia Crouch to her students.

Lighthouse program puts positive RAP on learning

May 23, 2019 at 7:26 a.m.

A group of Lighthouse College Prep Academy students are are serving as mentors through a community-building program called Restorative Approach and Practices. "We started with our eighth-graders at Lighthouse College...

Tony Diaz of Hammond collects many items relating to the history of Hammond. He brought to the Hammond Historical Society Show and Tell session this 1940s picture of a parade taking place on Calumet Avenue, a few blocks north of City Hall.

Annual show-and-tell reveals Hammond’s rich history

May 23, 2019 at 7:26 a.m.

A two-hour session of show-and-tell usually is not found in a public library. But one recent Saturday morning, the Hammond Historical Society offered this annual New Year's event, welcoming more...

Wild Ones president Pat Rosenwinkel checks out native trees that need a little tender loving care in one of the organization's greenhouses at Oak Ridge Prairie Park in Griffith.

Wild Ones turned loose in greenhouses ahead of annual plant sale

May 23, 2019 at 7:26 a.m.

A large group of Wild Ones spent a recent Saturday morning in two greenhouses in Griffith on the grounds of Oak Ridge Prairie, one of the Lake County parks. But...

Gallery visitors Greg Boyan and Christine Douglas admire some of the art on display during an intermission in the party at Paul Henry's Art Gallery in Hammond.

Art gallery jumps the gun on New Year’s celebration

May 23, 2019 at 7:26 a.m.

It wasn't New Year's Eve, and it wasn't midnight. But more than 60 visitors to Paul Henry's Art Gallery in Hammond on Dec. 30 sang a long, rousing rendition of...

Bellaboo's employee Kim Mills greets the crowd as kids wait for the balloon drop to begin. Pictured behind her are the more than 500 colorful balloons to be released.

Kids have a ball, or a balloon, welcoming the New Year

May 23, 2019 at 7:26 a.m.

Celebrating New Year's Eve isn't just for adults, as evidenced by this year's Rock in the New Year Glitterific Gala at Bellaboo's Play and Discovery Center in Lake Station. Hundreds...

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