🌱 Why Chesterton residents stopped a $1.3 billion data center project
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In today's newsletter:
- Why Chesterton residents stopped a $1.3 billion data center project
Also on today's calendar: Life Drawing Drop-In and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Warm; breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 82 and low of 48 degrees.
- Saturday: Rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 54, low: 38.
- Sunday: A couple of showers, with a high of 50 and low of 33 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Data Center Protests: How Should the Industry Respond? (datacenterknowledge.com) — Residents in Chesterton successfully pushed back against a proposed $1.3 billion data center, citing worries about air quality, water, wildlife, and property values, and the project has now been canceled. The piece also shows how similar community-led efforts nationwide are delaying or reshaping massive data center plans, and explains how developers might better address local concerns in the future. 
📸 Around Chesterton
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Womens' Rustic Day Retreat
Dunes Learning Center, 700 Howe Rd, Porter
9:30 am
Sunday April 19
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Other local events
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Friends of the Library Book Sale In-Person
Baugher Center , BC Meeting Room , Chesterton
9:00 am -
Utility Service Board
Chesterton, IN Calendar , 726 Broadway , Chesterton
6:00 pm -
Storm Water Management Board
Chesterton, IN Calendar , 726 Broadway , Chesterton
6:30 pm -
Life Drawing Drop-In
Chesterton Art Center , 115 S 4th St , Chesterton
1:00 pm -
Earth Day Park-wide Cleanup
Indiana Dunes Visitor Center , 1215 IN-49 , Porter
9:00 am -
Board of Zoning Appeals
Chesterton, IN Calendar , 726 Broadway , Chesterton
6:30 pm -
The Second Annual Run The Spectrum 5K
2401 Village Point , Chesterton
2:00 pm
Saturday April 18
Monday April 20
Tuesday April 21
Wednesday April 22
Thursday April 23
Saturday April 25
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Friends of the Library Book Sale - Preview Night In-Person
Baugher Center , BC Meeting Room , Chesterton
4:00 pm -
Friends of the Library Book Sale In-Person
Baugher Center , BC Meeting Room , Chesterton
9:00 am -
Sip&Style Charcuterie and Wine Class
Social Goat , 2542 Portage Mall , Portage
6:30 pm -
Earth Day Park-wide Cleanup
Indiana Dunes Visitor Center , 1215 IN-49 , Porter
9:00 am
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
Tuesday April 21
Wednesday April 22
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- My dryer started making a noise when it first starts like a pair of gym rolling around.
. Is there anyone you can recommend to come look and see if it's worth fixing, or if I need to buy a new one (Nextdoor Westchester) - Report of lockdown at Portage High School, Indiana.
3:02PM on Apr 15: Portage High School is on lockdown, but police report no evidence of a threat to safety. (Nextdoor )
- Strack and Van Til posted a job opening for Seafood Clerk - Chesterton in Chesterton. Apply here.
- Duneland School Corporation posted a job opening for Academic Interventionist in Chesterton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chesterton here.
🗞 Nearby News
Porter
- Porter wants to keep 911 dispatch operation but will join the county (chicagotribune.com)
- Man released from prison after murder sentence faces related charges in Porter County (chicagotribune.com)
- New Hard Rock High Limit Room features new games, more space, improved amenities (nwitimes.com)
Portage
- This Family-Owned Indiana Pizzeria Has the Best Thin Crust in the Region (myfamilytravels.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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