Fire Department receives approval to plan a new engine
A preserved report on municipal equipment planning and council oversight.
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Chesterton public affairs and community record
Explore preserved reporting on town government, planning, utilities, parks, public safety, transportation and local development. These stories form a historical archive and may describe officials, proposals or schedules that are no longer current.
Archive guide updated August 21, 2026
Archive highlights
Selected local reportingPark Board prepares a request for the Coffee Creek project
Archived coverage of public-space planning and the procurement process.
Chesterton fiber network connects with Porter
A record of regional coordination on communications infrastructure.
Chesterton story index
- Public affairs
Longtime local reporter appointed town public-affairs liaison
- Town government
State representative honors retiring town manager
- Town government
Chesterton Town Council remembers Bob Crone
- Planning
BZA hears petition for duplex variances on South 20th Street
- Utilities
Utility decides against immediate water shutoffs for delinquent customers
- Planning
Planners schedule public hearing on the 1100N planned development
- Development
Temporary sidewalk waiver considered on Council Drive
- Community
Chesterton veterans honored with Quilts of Valor
- Public safety
Fire chief resigns leadership post and returns to captain rank
- Public services
Council approves revised refuse and recycling rates
- Transportation
Town Council enacts downtown snow-parking ban
- Public safety
Police Commission names an interim chief
- Public safety
Two members retire from the police reserves
- Planning
BZA approves commercial sign variances
- Labor
Town changes fire-labor contract approach and sets oversight panel
- Public safety
Chesterton Engine 510 declared a total loss
- Town government
Town Council names a new town manager
- Planning
Public hearing set on Springdale development replat
- Stormwater
Survey work begins for the 1050 ditch project
- Public safety
Police prescription takeback records strong participation
- Utilities
Utility reports a decline in past-due accounts
- Downtown
Town seeks Indiana Main Street designation for downtown
- Environment
Council renews compost-site agreement with the county
- Parks
Park Board approves design request for Coffee Creek Park
- Environment
Town Council hears challenges facing recycling operations
- Planning
Two commercial buildings removed from 1100N proposal
- Planning
Springdale developer prepares to seek a replat
- Labor
Firefighters’ local reaches settlement agreement with Chesterton
- Public works
Archived notice outlines scheduled leaf pickup
- Development
Archived report tracks plans for a commercial groundbreaking
- Planning
Plan Commission prepares to revisit the 1100N proposal
- Parks
Youth tennis community raises concerns about pickleball plans
- Transportation
Chesterton serves as lead agency for regional signal grant
- Parks
Town Council establishes revised park hours
- Stormwater
1050N ditch infill project advances through planning
- Utilities
Utility Board urges customers in arrears to arrange plans
- Planning
Planners review impervious-surface request in Springdale
- Parks
Pickleball players petition the Park Board
- Development
BZA conditionally approves variance for a distillery
- Trails
Surveying begins for Westchester–Liberty Trail
- Planning
Council sets deadline for completion of an 11th Street sidewalk
- Planning
Plan Commission scrutinizes the 1100N development concept
- Parks
Coffee Creek Park presentation reaches Town Council
- Annexation
Town Council annexes acreage south of 1100N
- Utilities
Overdue balances affect utility revenue
- Parks
Details considered for a 27-acre park donation
- Planning
Land-use plans considered at Coffee Creek Center
- Utilities
Council approves regulated sewer-territory ordinance
- Utilities
Utility Board endorses revised zinc pollutant limit
- Trails
Engineering contract awarded for trail phase
- Utilities
Communities seek settlement in sewer-service dispute
- Infrastructure
TIF board approves archived paving and sidewalk program
- Parks
Dog run concept discussed for Dogwood Park
- Utilities
Schools seek sewer service for Liberty campus
- Public safety
School resource officer prepares to retire
- Climate
Town Council passes climate-emergency resolution
- Transportation
Town awards railroad quiet-zone feasibility study
- Planning
Plan Commission endorses adjustment to park impact fee
- Transportation
Council committee reviews railroad quiet-zone proposals
- Public works
Road-salt costs put pressure on town budget
- Downtown
Downtown survey records views on quiet zone and events
- Trails
Town receives grant for 1100N trail
- Utilities
Town Council approves sewer-rate increases
- Public records
Town Council enacts a public-records policy
- Transportation
Report examines potential cost of a railroad quiet zone
- Utilities
State agency rejects sewer-plant capacity rerating proposal
- Sidewalks
Residents cite pedestrian risk along County Road 100 East
- Stormwater
Town Council approves stormwater-rate adjustment
- Sewers
New combined sewers prohibited in Chesterton
- Development
Archived business-development report documents local expansion
- Planning
Town Council approves business center south of the Toll Road
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Are these current news reports?
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