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Hundreds of community members gathered to celebrate the completion and dedication of the new Veterans Memorial and Community Park in Rockwood Saturday morning.O
There will be no regular general November election in Whiting, New Chicago, St. John and Griffith where the incumbents all are running unchallenged, while residents in Lake Station will be asked to continue to help fund school operations. The Lake County board of elections voted Tuesday to cancel the elections in the four communities after no independent candidates signed up to run against the ...
Canceling elections where every candidate listed on the ballot is a guaranteed winner saves money by not having to staff and operate voting sites, officials said.
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Rather than use its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for another public improvement project, the Griffith Town Council opted to use the remaining money to pay its employees and elected officials, approving the expenditure at its meeting on May 1.
There would have been no primary election in Griffith had not been a challenge against Republican incumbent Jim Marker for his Ward 1 Town Council seat. It was a challenge in which Marker, unofficially, maintained an edge over challenger Tony Terzarial.