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“These are all good ideas,” said Town Manager Jim Gorman. “We know what we want to see, for the most part.”

Incumbents were performing well late Tuesday.

Lake County party chairs have filled several ballot vacancies ahead of the November general election.

Lake County’s Democratic and Republican Party leaders have taken steps to fill some empty ballot spots in unchallenged races in the November election in Schererville, Dyer, Winfield, Lowell, Munster and Crown Point. Jim Wieser, chairman of the county’s Democratic Party, slated Ryan Fleming to mount a challenge against longtime incumbent Republican Councilwoman Carol Drasga in the city’s 5th ...

Attendees at a public hearing were invited to fill out a survey.

During a special meeting, the Town Council passed Ordinance No. 1961, 5-0, eliminating tobacco shops and hookah lounges and electronic cigarette/vapor product shops as a permitted use in the C-2 commercial district under the towns zoning ordinance.  Cigar lounges are considered a permitted use, according to the ordinance.  According to a previous Times report, anyone seeking to open a tobacco shop, hookah lounge or e-cigarette/vapor product shop now needs to appear before t...