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Town Councilman Jim Ton, R-1st, spoke about the three Rs - recruitment, retention and retirement.

-- Town Council: 7 p.m. the second and fourth Monday of the month. -- Redevelopment Commission: 6:30 p.m. the fourth Monday. -- Advisory Plan Commission: 6:30 p.m. the third Thursday. -- Board of Zoning Appeals: 6:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday. -- Stormwater Management Board: 6:30 p.m. the third Monday. -- Utility Service Board: 7 p.m. the third Monday. -- Park Board: 6 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. -- Police Commission: 5 p.m. the second Thursday. The Chesterton town hall and meeting room are located at 726 Broadway; the municipal complex, at...

Chesterton Fire Department gets green light to spec out new engine By KEVIN NEVERS Chesterton Interim Fire Chief Eric Camel has the go-ahead to begin preparing specifications for a new engine, after Engine 510 was totaled earlier this fall while on an emergency run in an accident at the intersection of Ind. 49 and 1100N. The Town Council unanimously voted to green-light Camel as well as to approach Westchester Township Trustee Suzanne Philbrick about the possibility of the township’s making up some of the difference between the cost of a new engine and the ...

ALDI floats possibility of temporary sidewalk waiver on Council Drive By KEVIN NEVERS For ALDI, it’s first things first. Build the grocery store on the site of the old Kmart on Indian Boundary Road, then start thinking about the ancillary strip mall which will be part of the development. However, as Chesterton Building Commissioner Mark O’Dell reported to the Town Council at its meeting Monday night, given the fact that strip mall is a Phase II proposition, ALDI is interested in knowing whether it may delay the installation of the 170-foot sidewalk along...