Red Arrow News provides community information for residents, second homeowners, boaters and seasonal visitors in Southwestern Michigan. With a focus on the New Buffalo, Bridgman and Michigan City area. Red Arrow News links people and businesses with the communities along or near the Red Arrow Highway. [Note: dates in parentheses on this page are when a link or article is posted on Red Arrow News].
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Although the "drop dead date" for completion of the Amtrak platform in New Buffalo was originally May 15th, it may be weeks or longer, before the new station at Whittaker Street and Oselka Drive in New Buffalo is ready for public use. (7/3/09)
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The Region of Three Oaks Museum kicked off its capital campaign June 22, where the plans for the museum building were unveiled to over 100 patrons. (6/30/09)
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Houses sold and closed in May were up 13 percent over those sold in April -- and only six percent behind the houses sold in May 2008. (6/29/09)
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There's a "rebirth" going on in Galien. Residents of the small community just east of Three Oaks have lost a high school, grocery store, a bank office and a number of other businesses recently formed a "Rebirth of Galien" committee. (6/26/09)
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The New Buffalo Police are looking for a male suspect after an armed robbery Sunday near downtown New Buffalo. (6/25/09)
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Burns Harbor, Indiana rejected a dumping request from ArcelorMittal steel mill this week. A company spokesman said they currently pay $3 million to $5 million to truck some of the ongoing production waste 70 miles to a landfill in the Three Oaks area. (6/25/09)
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Thanks to the Pokagon Fund, bicyclists should soon have an easier time pedaling along the north side of Townline Road in Union Pier from Lake Shore Road to Lake Michigan. (6/22/09)
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Chikaming Open Landshas hired Randall Rood to be the Lakeside-based land conservancy's first executive director. "All of us on the selection committee were very impressed with Randy's credentials," said Chikaming Open Lands Board President Steve Smith.. (6/22/09)
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TEDF funds will be used to make U.S. 12 improvements where R Development Group is planning a $120 million water park, conference center, and hotel. It is expected to create 333 jobs by 2011. (6/19/09)
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The Harbor Country Chamber of Commerce is seeking candidates for its Board of Directors. The three year term of service begins in October. Candidates interested in serving on the Board need to submit petitions completed by obtaining signatures of twenty Harbor Country Chamber of Commerce members in good standing. (6/17/09)
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The Save the Dunes Council, Hoosier Chapter of Sierra Club and the Porter Chapter of the Izaak Walton League are offering support to the budget-beleaguered Chellberg Farm. (6/17/09)
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In a recent beach clean up in Michigan City, trash recovered included 927 straws/stirrers, 868 cigarette butts, 785 bottle caps, 398 cigar tips, and... (6/16/09)
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A retreat center in Sawyer is teaming up with the Illinois-based NightBlue Performing Arts Company to bring local audiences what is being billed as the Harbor Country Theater Festival. (6/14/09)
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Berrien County residents can recycle and properly dispose of
home, garden, and garage chemicals on June 27 at Forest Lawn Landfill,
corner of Basswood Road and Forest Lawn Road in Three Oaks Township. (6/13/09)
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Held every Saturday of summer, Three Oaks' Music in the Park series livens up Dewey Cannon Park in downtown Three Oaks. (6/11/09)
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Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple" kicks off the latest Dunes Summer Theatre season with performances June 12-14 and 19-21 at the Michiana Shores theater, 288 Shady Oak Drive. (6/10/09)
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Reconfiguration of South Shore tracks going through Michigan City may significantly reduce the number of street crossings by the popular commuter line. (6/10/09)
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A South Bend man died early Saturday in a motorcycle crash involving a deer at the Indiana Toll Road 41.8 mile marker near the Michigan City exit. (6/7/09)
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Michigan City's Washington Park beachgoers soon can get a snack from a concession trailer and enjoy it on a deck off the east wall of the beach parking lot. It's one of a couple of changes designed to make the park more visitor friendly. (6/7/09)
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Featuring contemporary creations and original lithographs from the late 1920s, including South Shore posters, "Interurban Trains & Tourism: Reclaiming the Past for the Future" marks the latest exhibit at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts, 101 W. Second Street in Michigan City.
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Arborists and tree nurseries are getting calls from homeowners looking for treatments to save trees damaged by the emerald ash borer. The insect is now in 14 states and parts of Canada, including Michigan & Indiana. The destruction is often spead when people transport firewood from one area to anoth.
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There were seven in all: six drownings, one heart attack, all occurring in a single afternoon along a three-mile stretch of Berrien County's Lake Michigan coast. All were the result of rip currents. Talk with your family about this. If you did in the past, do it again this year. (6/1/09)
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Beach-goers who park in downtown New Buffalo all day are the target of a new city policy that limits parking in designated areas of the Central Business District to a maximum of three hours. (5/29/09)
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Among the other many delights of summer are the concerts offered in area communities. Some of the concert series begin this week and continue throughout the summer. (5/29/09)
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Florida writer Liliana Dones recently discovered Harbor Country. Read what she had to say as she traveld through the area recently. (5/28/09)
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When money is tight, people vacation closer to home. "... (The down economy) helps us because of our proximity to Detroit and Chicago and Indianapolis," said Chris Moersch, general manager at Round Barn Winery near Baroda. "We've seen a lot more people taking day trips or weekend trips and staying closer to home." (5/24/09)
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Creating an interconnecting series of bike trails to link the northern border of Indiana to Grand Haven and with side trails to Three Oaks and Niles is the ultimate goal for the Friends of Harbor Country Trails organization. (5/24/09)
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The New Buffalo City Council selected Rusty Geisler as New Buffalo's new mayor and Jack Kennedy as the city's new mayor pro tem. The council bid farewell to outgoing members Gary Ramberg and Jim Oselka. (5/24/09)
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Visitors to Warren Dunes State Park will now find a new bridge over Painter Creek to get them to the beach. The previous bridge was washed out in flooding last fall. (5/22/09)
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Gino the Minnow may be small, but understands the importance of keeping his pond litter free. The booke was written by Scott Wolford who grew up in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore... (5/20/09)
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The Harbert Business Association is seeking additional artists interested in participating in the summer long Umbrellas of Harbert event. (5/17/09)
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Sailboats with larger than average keels and other big boats won't have to avoid New Buffalo Harbor this summer for fear of getting stuck below the water's surface from year to year. (5/15/09)
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Work on the new bridge at Warren Dunes State Park will be done in time for Memorial Day, say workers. The former bridge was badly damaged in September flooding. (5/15/09)
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The Three Oaks Police Chief who was briefly the only local officer in town, will get some is now getting relief after the Village Council and Emergency Financial Manager agreed to restore funding. (5/15/09)
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The board created to distribute revenue from the Pokagon's Four Winds Casino to local communities finally has some money to hand out. Until now, due to a stalemate, casino revenue sharing payments had been withheld by the tribal owners of the Four Winds. (5/13/09)
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A tourism article entitled, "Relaxing in SW Michigan's Harbor Country" appeared in the Chicago Tribune recently. Take a look and see what the author has to say. The same article is appearing around the country (5/12/09)
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The latest numbers show the Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City is still running behind the Four Winds in New Buffalo (5/12/09)
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Budget constraints at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore are forcing painful changes for its Chellberg farm, a relic of the Swedish farming district and a living history museum. Earlier this year, lakeshore managers announced they would remove the remaining animals from the farm. (5/10/09)
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Voters in the City of New Buffalo's May 5 elections decided that they wanted a change electing Ray Lawson and Margaret "Migs" Murray in place of incumbents Gary Ramberg and Jim Oselka. (5/10/09)
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After a long battle with cancer, Bev Sullivan, owner of the Clipper Ship & a board member of the New Buffalo Business Association, died last weekend. (5/5/09)
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A grandparents vacation home can be a hit with the children. Making the visit a pleasure for them as well as you requires a few preparations, in addition to putting the glass figurines out of reach. (4/24/09)
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Calling it "a tragic loss for the whole community," Supervisor Rose Dudiak noted the passing of Trustee Larry Frankle, who died on Saturday, April 18, after a battle with cancer. "He was a very, very big advocate of the township, the City of New Buffalo and all of Harbor Country," she said. (4/24/09)
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READ OBITUARY in the Chicago Tribune
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On the eastern edge of Michigan City is one of the regions natural gems. Ambler Flatwoods, a holding of the Shirley Heinze Land Trust, protects 208 acres of boreal flatwoods, a rare natural community that exists in Indiana only in northern LaPorte County. (4/17/09)
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All the things you’ve wanted but not had are possible now: a wonderful view from the kitchen work area, built-in glass shelves for art objects, or an oversize fireplace....(4/11/09)
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With the new Amtrak station finally emerging from the ground in downtown New Buffalo, an article in Crain's looks at New Buffalo's potential to graduate from weekend getaway to Chicago suburb. (4/4/09)
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Technology has touched the Harbor Country Area in a special way recently, with the launch of Harbor Country Life, the areas first and only podcast dedicated to life in Harbor Country. (4/2/09)
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Links to Articles on Vacation Homes

(RISmedia, 4/4/09)
(Chicago Tribune, 2/15/09)
(LJworld, 1/19/09)
(Examinar.com, 1/29/09)
(New York Times, 1/30/09)
(Baltimore Sun.com, 1/5/09)
(Kiplinger.com, 12/18)
(WalletPop.com, 11/12/08)
(HomeAway.com, 9/26/08)
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Loreen Niewenhuis, a Battle Creek woman, began in Chicago at Navy Pier. She plans to walk around Lake Michigan, dividing her walk into segments. She was in Michigan City overnight with her eye on Union Pier. You can follow her trek online. (3/20/09)
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There aren't many places to get steak tartare these days. But, at Maxine's, in Michigan City, diners will find the raw meat lover's delicacy along with other out-of-the-ordinary treats. (2/4/09)
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Frank Freedman, who started working in the hospitality industry in 1978 and went to work for Donald Trump in 1985, came from Atlantic City to New Buffalo last summer before the Four Winds Casino Resort and its Copper Rock Steakhouse opened. (10/14/08)
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