Valparaiso Parks & Recreations Concert Series

The Valparaiso Department of Parks & Recreation is pleased to offer again this year the free Concerts in the Park series, funded by the generous support of individual and corporate sponsors.  All concerts are hosted at 7 p.m. Wednesdays at the Butterfield Family Pavilion, Fairgrounds Park, unless otherwise stated.  Each performance is one hour in length. 

July 21 – Valparaiso Middle School Bands – (held at downtown Courthouse lawn; rain site is Valparaiso High School.)

Portage Summer Music in the Park Series

Portage Township Live Entertainment Association’s 10th season of Portage Summer Music in the Park will be held at Woodland Park, 2100 Willowcreek Rd., every Tuesday through Aug. 24. The schedule is as follows: Aug. 3, My Brother’s Salsa Band; Aug. 10, Quentin Flagg Variety Show; Aug. 17, Larry Spurlock Band – dance band; Aug. 24, new element Celtic & bluegrass.
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Portage Perch Fest & Gran Prix Kids Events

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Want to Get Something Done this Summer? Don’t Think or Say This One Word

There are only a few weeks left of summer and still so much to do. What will you be able to pack into the next few weeks? The answer to that question is largely in the words you think and speak. When you think that you really should clean out the garage while the weather is warm, or you really should weed the side of the house, you probably will not do it.

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by Krystal Vivian

For Madalyn Miller, of Portage, and Chuck Temple, of Chesterton, there isn’t much that is more funand rewarding than playing their ukuleles for an excited audience. Read More

Featuring the magnificent town home designs of Phillippe Builders, a third-generation custom homebuilder is celebrating 50 years of superior work  through Chesterton’s Village Green at Coffee Creek, offering the ultimate combination of maintenance-free green living with an exquisite backdrop.

Devoted to preserving measurable amounts of Coffee Creek’s vast 700-acre rolling landscape, developer Phillippe Builders created a plan that fully appreciates the natural splendor and glorious settings of this land. For example, the Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve is 167 acres of woodland, upland prairie, savanna and wetland ready to explore right in your own backyard.
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The Wings of Freedom Tour of the WWII Vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American P-51 Mustang Announce Unique Display in Valparaiso at Porter County Municipal Airport from July 26 to July 28. Read More

ANNUAL CHARITY CAR SHOW

Make-A-Wish Foundation

Help make wishes come true for children in your community via the second annual Charity Car Show at A&W, 1475 S. Lake Park Ave. in Hobart, Sunday August 1, from 1-5 p.m. For information, contact Trisha Jacobs-Carlisle Restaurants, KFC at 762-2105. Read More

Q: I’ve heard of crooks going door-to-door and tricking people into letting them in. How does this scam work?

A:  With all the attention paid to email scams, computer viruses and other electronic methods of committing fraud, it’s easy to forget that a lot of scams are decidedly low-tech in their approach. Door-to-door scams are very common and have been reported several times in Northwest Indiana over the past few years. The usual targets are people who live alone, especially the elderly.
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