Jessica Campbell

A few weeks have gone by since the Chesterton High School Boys and Girls Swim and Dive teams placed within the top five schools at the Indiana High School Athletic Association State Swimming Championships. With the excitement wearing down and another …

The Valparaiso Department of Parks and Recreation is a team of staff and volunteers who come together to achieve the same goals: sustaining the city’s high quality of life through recreational activities, both indoor and outdoor. This team is does not sit …

It started with a book, “The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore.” It was the twins’ love of their 36-foot Chris-Craft boat that inspired Barb Lusco to say, ‘One day, I’m going to have my own 36-foot Chris-Craft boat.’ Combine that with a love of Lake …

When Jane Delligatti arrived in Chesterton in 1982, she was a single mother looking for a full-time job. She stumbled upon the Duneland YMCA, where she was met with the same generosity, opportunities, and kindness that she now shows community members behind …

Every year on the 4th of July, we dress ourselves in the United States of America colors and head outside to enjoy a night of family, friends, parade-fun, and fireworks. We celebrate the history of the independence of this country, remembering the service our …

Care Packages for the Region, or CPR, is the new, simple project one region-er started to help her fellow community members. There is nothing fancy – the drawstring bags may have the year 2014 written on them – but that is not the point, owner Dara Grady …

The phone rings at the Valpo parks Department. The voice that answers is the familiar, happy, and excited voice you hear each time you phone the department. It is the same voice who answers questions about youth sport registration while shopping at Target …

The 2017 Annual Campaign of the Duneland YMCA has begun and as Campaign Chairs, Laurie and John Evans, say, “There is no better thing to support than your local Y.” On Thursday morning, the Duneland community were invited to a breakfast held at the Spa …

The pack is composed of a group of tough survivors. They have been through a lot, have been afraid, feared, and now are living in happiness on the three-parcel land area in Westville with their leader, Kris Shultz. There are two blind pups, a skinny greyhound …

It has been a long time in the making, but finally that dream is turning into reality. For the last five years the group of passionate, dedicated volunteers of Hannah’s Hope have been working towards the vision of a playground where children of all ages and …