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Amy Bartucci, a local environmental leader who recently received an award from Maine Township government for her efforts, grows food and plants in her Park Ridge backyard. (Pam DeFiglio, baiduhai/Pioneer Press)

‘We had a lot of hungry people’: Park Ridge’s Amy Bartucci receives Maine Township award for environmental efforts

June 4, 2024 at 10:11 a.m.

Conventional wisdom says people should tackle on one environmental cause at a time — say, food waste, plastic reduction or pesticide avoidance — lest they get overwhelmed and abandon the...

A delegation of officials from Italy including Attilio Fontana, right, president of Italy's Lombardy region, and Raffaele Cattaneo, the Italian undersecretary of European and international public relations, visited Ridgewood High School in Norridge last week.

Norridge school gets visit from Italy, thanks to educational partnership

June 4, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.

On a sunny morning last week, the sounds of the Italian national anthem drifted in the air as a group of well-dressed men and women stepped off a bus in...

Heather Mejia, 44, who learned she carried a gene for early onset Alzheimer's disease, has enrolled in a clinical trial at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, the first Illinois site of an international study. Dr. Darren Gitelman, left, senior medical director of Advocate Memory Center and Advocate Aurora Research Institute, is the principal investigator for the study.

Defying fate, woman with early-onset Alzheimer’s gene joins new drug trial at Park Ridge hospital

November 30, 2023 at 12:07 a.m.

After a rare genetic mutation cut short the lives of her father, grandfather and two uncles, Heather Mejia, a self-professed "big planner," wanted to know if she, too, carried the...

Alex Navez, 18, a special needs student at Molloy Education Center in Morton Grove, uses the dishwasher in the school's enhanced lunchroom, where students can learn practical skills.

Special needs students from Skokie, Niles, Morton Grove getting $17.5 million upgrade to their school, Molloy Education Center

December 20, 2022 at 12:30 p.m.

When parent Toula Anagnostou walked into the Julia S. Molloy Education Center in Morton Grove at the beginning of the school year, she couldn't believe how much it had changed....

Skokie vote boosts condo owners who don’t want to be forced to sell

December 19, 2022 at 9:46 a.m.

In a victory for Optima Old Orchard Woods owners who don't want to sell their condos, Skokie buildings with 10 or more units now require agreement from 85% of owners...

William Schejbal is all smiles as he and others are about to rip out a wall at the Oct. 25 groundbreaking of Will's Place, 7927 Lincoln Avenue, in downtown Skokie. The cafe and shop will employ adults with developmental disabilities.

Will’s Place starts construction for cafe in downtown Skokie; will provide jobs for disabled adults

November 2, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.

William Schejbal can't wait to make "yummy sandwiches," and those who know him say they can't wait to taste them and get a dose of his sunny disposition. The 22-year-old...

Chase Bank plans to open a branch location in the outlot of a shopping center on Skokie Boulevard in Skokie that contains a Jewel-Osco, Marshall's and Old Navy.

Chase Bank to open Skokie branch, close three others, including one in Wilmette

October 31, 2022 at 5:35 p.m.

Chase Bank plans to close three branches — two in Skokie and one in Wilmette — and build a new location with drive-up services in Skokie. Those plans were presented...

Skokie building owner wants to deconvert Optima condos to rentals, but some owners won’t sell

October 6, 2022 at 11:40 a.m.

The village of Skokie plans to examine the rules governing the deconversion of buildings from condos to rentals, including possibly requiring a higher percentage of condo owners to agree to...

This building at 5440 W. Touhy, Skokie, is owned by Ron and Scott Gidwitz, who had previously planned to raze it and construct a 500-apartment multi-use complex on the site, which is south of Village Crossing Shopping Center and east of Pointe Plaza Shopping Center. Scott is moving forward with plans for a smaller development with two restaurants and a bank.

Skokie OKs a 500-apartment, retail complex to be built by Gidwitz family

September 27, 2022 at 3:37 p.m.

A longtime business executive and top Republican fundraiser, Ron Gidwitz, and his son Scott Gidwitz saw their proposal for a nearly 500-apartment, two-building complex approved by the Skokie village board...

Skokie man scales summits of Pacific Crest trail as he fights two rare diseases

September 19, 2022 at 5:18 p.m.

Adam Rubinberg is hiking the circa 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, a daunting undertaking for most people, while managing two currently incurable diseases. The 25-year-old from Skokie set off March 8...

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