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Plans for a new subdivision can move forward in Portage. The city council voted four-to-two last week to rezone almost 34 acres of land from low-density to multi-family residential development. That will allow Olthof Homes to build 90 paired cottage homes and 40 town homes south of Lute Road, between the Breckenridge Apartments and Roswell Drive.
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Former Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas easily secured the Republican nomination to get his old job back. He defeated Art Elwood by a margin of 83-to-17 percent.
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U.S. Representative Frank Mrvan (D-Highland) joined Portage officials Wednesday to celebrate a pair of federally-funded infrastructure projects.
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Portage Mayor Sue Lynch says she's proud of the work her team has accomplished, since she took office in 2020.
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Portage officials say they're getting the city's finances back on track with the 2023 budget. The budget adopted by the city council last week totals just over $66.1 million dollars, including a general fund of $24 million.
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Portage officials are downplaying environmental concerns about a proposed lead casting business.
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Portage Mayor Sue Lynch welcomed residents to the newly-renovated City Hall Tuesday.
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The Portage Park and Recreation Department is running out of money. Last year, the city council put more than a million dollars in the park department's 2022 operating budget, only for the state to cut it down to $609,000. Park Board President Paul Ciesielski told council members Tuesday that's less than what it was in 1995 and not enough to run the city's current park system.
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The Portage City Council is narrowing the list of projects to receive American Rescue Plan funding. The city has already spent more than $364,000 dollars and allocated another $800,000. On Tuesday, Council Member Scott Williams presented a plan for the other $7.2 million Portage expects to get.
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A few Portage city government departments have new leaders. Mayor Sue Lynch told the city council last week that the sanitary plant superintendent, building commissioner, and chief deputy clerk-treasurer are all retiring this month.