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Just days after returning to school after a two-week remote learning period because of a district-wide quarantine, Norridge School District 80 is returning to remote learning.

Norridge school again shuts down in-person learning due to COVID-19 cases; teachers allege ‘unsafe working conditions’

November 12, 2020 at 4:20 p.m.

After having its school buildings closed for quarantine, a Norridge elementary school district reopened Monday and taught three days of in-person classes before a surge of new COVID-19 cases forced...

The Veterans Day ceremony at American Legion Post 974 in Franklin Park on Nov. 11, 2020.

Franklin Park American Legion holds Veterans Day ceremony, adds names to memorial

November 12, 2020 at 2:41 p.m.

Around 60 people gathered outside the American Legion Post 974 to commemorate Veterans Day on a crisp, sunny Wednesday in Franklin Park. The ceremony was held outside, with seats spaced...

Election signs fill the area outside Eisenhower Library, which serves Norridge and Harwood Heights. It was a polling place for the presidential election on Nov. 3, 2020.

More than 60% of Norridge and Harwood Heights voters supported Trump, majority voted ‘no’ on tax amendment

November 10, 2020 at 5:20 p.m.

Though President Donald Trump lost Illinois in his bid for a second term, he won the support of many voters in Norridge and Harwood Heights, unofficial precinct-level vote totals show....

For decades, some Northlake residents have advocated for a change to the way the town's students are divided into public high school districts. A referendum on Nov. 3's ballot asked voters to decide whether the Northlake city government should support the effort. If the change eventually goes through, though village officials say it will be a challenge to get there, Northlake high schoolers would qualify to attend West Leyden High School in Leyden D212, rather than some qualifying to attend Proviso D209.

Northlake voters signal interest in combining high school students into one district; say ‘no’ to alcohol, ‘yes’ to electric cars in Nov. 3 election

November 10, 2020 at 4:50 p.m.

In the Nov. 3 election, Northlake voters supported the idea of gathering all the town's teenagers into a single high school district and having the village purchase electric cars, but...

Bathrooms at Pennoyer School don't have adequate ventilation and do not meet codes set by the Americans with Disabilities Act in Norridge, Oct. 7, 2020.

Voters say ‘no’ to Norridge’s Pennoyer School’s $10.9 million plan to upgrade facilities; officials say critical repairs can’t wait

November 10, 2020 at 1:34 p.m.

Voters have rejected Pennoyer School District 79's $10.9 million plan to renovate its building and make critical repairs, according to unofficial vote totals from the Cook County Clerk's office. Just...

Illinois Rep. Lindsey LaPointe takes re-elected in House District 19 race

November 10, 2020 at 1:28 p.m.

In the Nov. 3 general election, incumbent Illinois Rep. Lindsey LaPointe, (D-Portage Park) led the race for the Illinois House District 19 seat. She was appointed to the position in...

In this file photo, Congressman Mike Quigley (D-5th District) appeared at a press conference with Governor J.B. Pritzker regarding safety with voting machines at the Chicago Board of Elections in Chicago on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Jose M. Osorio/ baiduhai)

U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley claims victory in 5th Congressional District race

November 6, 2020 at 5:37 p.m.

Congressman Mike Quigley, a Democrat who represents the 5th District of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives, claimed an election victory as results came in Tuesday evening. Unofficial vote...

Voters walk into the Elmwood Park Rec Center, 2 Conti Parkway, in Elmwood Park to cast their ballots the morning of Election Day Nov. 3.

After record early turnout, Elmwood Park and Franklin Park voters take to the polls on Election Day

November 4, 2020 at 1:53 p.m.

Even though suburban Cook County set a "massive record" with 430,000 mail-in ballots returned, many more voters still took to their local polling places on Election Day. Like many who...

The Republican election judge, left, wearing cap, and the Democratic election judge, right, help a voter submit a ballot into the alternate ballot box at Pennoyer School in Norridge on Nov. 3, 2020, because the scanner had jammed the morning of the election. County Clerk officials had it resolved just before 10:30 a.m.

Norridge voters report morning delays, with some waiting three hours to vote

November 3, 2020 at 5:17 p.m.

Voters at a polling place in Norridge had trouble casting ballots Tuesday morning after the only scanner at the location jammed. Some were uneasy with the option of having election...

Oak-Leyden leaders re-think how to serve developmentally disabled clients during COVID

November 2, 2020 at 7:09 p.m.

A non-profit which serves people with developmental disabilities in Elmwood Park, Franklin Park, River Forest, Northlake is re-thinking how to best help its clients. And it's doing so as several...

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