The city is investing $60,000 in the first step toward addressing long-standing parking issues in the downtown area that could see changes as soon as this summer. Mary Freda, The Times
CROWN POINT â The city is investing $60,000 in the first step toward addressing long-standing parking issues in the downtown area that could see changes as soon as this summer.Â
The Crown Point Board of Works on Wednesday unanimously approved an agreement with American Structurepoint, an engineering consulting firm, for a parking study.Â
Crown Point Mayor David Uran said the survey will include data collection; collision diagrams; sight distance evaluations; traffic simulation models; renderings of the proposed conditions; and a final design of new parking solutions.
CROWN POINTÂ â The Board of Public Works accepted two bids Wednesday for the final leg of the cityâs portion of the 109th Avenue expansion project.
The apparent low bidder on the project, pending review of its documentation, is Rieth-Riley Construction Co. The Gary firm bid $1,097,489.59. The other bidder was Milestone Contractors North Inc. of Griffith, which quoted $1,127,516.77 on the project.
Speaking after the special meeting, Mayor David Uran explained that this final leg of the project covers 109th Avenue from Delaware Parkway eastbound to the Indiana Department of Transportation interchange at I-65. The project, to be completed this year, expands the roadway to a four-lane boulevard.
âIâll see you in heaven.â
It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life.
Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday.
Alâs daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Alâs hospitalization.
Noe, 66, is no stranger to helping elderly shut-ins weather isolation.
âIâll see you in heaven.â
It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life.
Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday.
Alâs daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Alâs hospitalization.
Noe, 66, is no stranger to helping elderly shut-ins weather isolation.
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Gary Students Return to the Classroom
Gary Community School Corp. students line up on the morning of Feb. 22 at Banneker Elementary at Marquette to have their temperatures checked. It was the students first day back in nearly a year for in-person learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. John Luke, The Times
Gary Students Return to the Classroom
Elijah Jones, 6 waits to see if he can get into the school Monday morning at Banneker Elementary at Marquette in Gary. where students returned to the classroom for the first time in nearly a year. Banneker Elementary @ Marquette students have their temperature checked at the door and are required to wear masks. About thirteen percent or 70 students opted for in-person classroom learning at Banneker, while the remaining 87 percent will continue with virtual learning, said Principal Chaitra Wade.