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.
The Indiana Dunes Birding Festival will again take flight this week after its wings were clipped by the coronavirus pandemic last year.
The annual festival the Indiana Audubon Society organizes at the Indiana Dunes will take place as a hybrid with both virtual and live events between Thursday and May 16. It celebrates one of the best spots for birding in the country, where hundreds of species have been spotted. Birding in the Indiana Dunes is the best the state has to offer. With its rich biodiversity, varying habitats and miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, the Indiana Dunes is a hotspot for migrant birds, organizers said on their website. The annual Indiana Dunes Birding Festival is held to celebrate the dunes areaâs various birding habitats and bird watching opportunities to create a positive impact on the economic, conservation, and environmental education for visitors and residents to the Indiana Dunes region.
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The Portage Lakefront location of the Indiana Dunes will be closed temporarily By: Matt Nagy
PORTER COUNTY, Ind. The Superintendent of Indiana Dunes National Park will temporarily close the Portage Lakefront location for a project.
Portage Lakefront and the Riverwalk sites will be closed on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning Monday.
The closure serves as a safety precaution for visitors while large trucks deliver and install boulders needed to shore up the accessible ramp west of the pavilion.
Besides the ramp under construction, the area will still be open from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. on weekdays with an unaffected schedule on the weekend.