Highland News

ANDERSON, Ind.A - Faculty, staff, parents and students in favor for retaining two high schools with grades 7-12 in Anderson Community Schools will gather for a forum next week before the school board decides on whether the city will have one or two high schools.

A Highland High School student will be the lone Hoosier in the premiere marching band at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

All Sherri DeMar has wanted since last September was to be back in her house by Christmas of this year -- no small feat since it had to be razed and rebuilt from the ground up.

Christmas will not be coming to Buckley Homestead this year. Budget cuts within the Lake County Parks Department prompted officials to cancel the long-running holiday program after last season, according to Sandy Basala, superintendent of visitors services.

The Regional Development Authority's working group agreed Thursday to recommend allocating an initial $500,000 to help the Regional Bus Authority take over and expand a route operated by the Hammond Transit Authority.

Community Crime Watch meeting: A guest speaker from the Lake County Sheriff's Department will talk about Internet safety and current crime statistics at the Crime Watch meeting from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Highland Branch of the Lake County Public Library, 2841 Jewett Ave.

ANDERSON, Ind.A - About 200 people attended the Anderson Community Schools board meeting on Tuesday, and most applauded speakers who urged the board to keep Anderson and Highland open as schools with grades 7-12. "I see great potential and excitement in that 7-12 building plan," Highland High School physics teacher David Perrel told the board.

In the years before the Little Calumet River flooded Gary, Griffith, Hammond, Highland and Munster in 2006-2008, residents and businesses saw a future without flood insurance.

"Connections: Everyone Happens for a Reason": Meet Jerry Davich, Post-Tribune columnist and author of "Connections: Everyone Happens for a Reason," at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Main Branch of the Hammond Public Library, 564 State St.

Indiana Youth Ballet's Clara's Tea: This tea -- a prelude to "The Nutcracker," a ballet for children by children -- will run from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Bridges banquet room, 121 N. Griffith Blvd.

Applications for the Christmas Assistance program are available from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, through Nov.

When property taxes aren't enough to keep the wheels of government turning, what's a city or town to do? Faced with frozen tax levies, tax caps and reassessment angst, Lake County officials have cut payroll and reduced services.

Five people have been charged with battery in an attack on a man Wednesday morning.

Centennial poster unveiling: The South Shore Railroad-style poster commemorating Highland's centennial will be unveiled during an after-hours event from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday at First Financial Bank, 2600 Highway Ave.

Get away for a day of family fun at Merrie Acres, 2900 S. U.S. 35 in LaPorte. There's something for everybody with Porkies Pig Races, a haunted corn maze, Betsy's Cow Train, a hay turnel, and much more.

School field trips have not been eliminated altogether for School Town of Highland students, but they have been curtailed for the foreseeable future.

I had been to Traditions Restaurant & Pub building many times before, though under prior eateries' different names.

Learn to be effective parents: Systematic Training for Effective Parenting classes are offered for Northwest Indiana residents by Mental Health America, 9722 Parkway Drive.

Deborah Honeycutt, a 1990 Highland High grad and longtime member of the morning show on WFMS-FM 95.5, has received an honor from the Country Music Association.

Coke oven technology in the 21st century will cut down on harmful gas produced by burning coal at high temperatures, whether its done by recovering the gaseous byproducts or burning them in the ovens, industry experts said Tuesday.