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Elmwood Park’s Krueger named state finalist for Teacher of the Year: ‘She had this magic way of just knowing what everybody was feeling’

October 6, 2020 at 11:43 a.m.

A third-grade teacher at John Mills Elementary School, Traci Krueger, was named a Regional Teacher of the Year for Cook County by the Illinois State Board of Education. This makes...

Superintendent Kristin Kopta outside Pennoyer School District 79 building on May 11, 2016.

‘Our building fails our students’: Pennoyer School asking voters to approve $10.9 million facilities referendum

October 2, 2020 at 3:45 p.m.

Lead in the water, leaking ceilings, students with mobility impairments having to crawl or be carried up staircases: This is the picture of Pennoyer School District 79 that Superintendent Kristin...

East Leyden High School in Franklin Park.

Leyden High School District 212 announces plans to return to in-person learning in November

September 29, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.

East and West Leyden students can return to in-person learning for part of each week starting Nov. 2, according to a Tuesday announcement from district officials. The high schools started...

Leyden Family Service to hold virtual fundraiser Friday, with Kris Bryant signed baseball, fur wrap as auction items

September 30, 2020 at 11:38 a.m.

Leyden Family Service, a nonprofit mental health and substance recovery center in Franklin Park, will hold its annual fundraiser virtually on Friday. The organization provides crisis support, senior benefits assistance,...

Elmwood Park is planning to sell the site of the old United Methodist Church, on North 77th Court, to a developer willing to build single family homes.

After neighbors complain, Elmwood Park scraps town home plans for Methodist Church site

September 29, 2020 at 2:39 p.m.

After residents opposed a town home development at a vacant church site in Elmwood Park, the mayor brought them in to hear their views. As a result, the village decided...

Singer Mel Senese, of Norridge, hosts live online show during pandemic

September 29, 2020 at 1:49 p.m.

Just as Mel Senese's music career started taking off, the COVID-19 pandemic forced music venues to close. The singer, who lives in Norridge, loves to give live performances, so she...

Elmwood Park D401 approves budget, expects to spend $800k on coronavirus-related expenses

September 26, 2020 at 3:15 a.m.

Elmwood Park School District 401 budgeted $66 million in revenue and $52.5 million in expenses this fiscal year, according to the final version of the district's budget approved in mid-September....

‘Give them a little bit of that joy and that heritage:’ Leyden high schools celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month

September 25, 2020 at 12:36 p.m.

Teachers and staff at East and West Leyden High Schools are finding ways to recognize National Hispanic Heritage Month through books, music and poetry — including a surprise Mariachi band...

Leyden D212 board members approve FY21 budget, forecast lasting impacts on revenue from COVID-19

September 22, 2020 at 5:22 p.m.

Administrators at Leyden High School District 212 anticipate a normal year for revenue in fiscal year 2021, but district leaders say COVID-19 will impact the district years into its future....

The Moss Inc. surgical mask is assembled in three layers by a machine at the company's manufacturing site on Sept. 18, 2020.

After revenue declines due to COVID-19, Franklin Park manufacturer pivots production to masks

September 23, 2020 at 9:09 a.m.

Before anyone had heard of COVID-19, Franklin Park-based Moss, Inc. designed and manufactured exhibits for trade shows, conventions and retail and corporate settings. When the pandemic took a financial toll...

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