Elizabeth Owens-Schiele

Safety and other capital improvements are planned for the school buildings in Park Ridge-Niles School District 64, including at Lincoln Middle School in Park Ridge, pictured, after voters approved an $89M referendum in the Nov. 5, 2024 election. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Park Ridge-Niles School Dist. 64 looking forward to $89M in major upgrades after referendum passage

November 12, 2024 at 5:34 a.m.

Leaders of Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 expect construction to start next summer on more than $89 million in capital improvements to buildings in the elementary school district after unofficial...

A yard ad encouraging support for the Golf School District 67 referendum remains near Hynes Elementary School in Morton Grove Nov. 12, 2024, days after the Nov. 5 election where voters approved the binding referendum. (Karie Angell Luc/Pioneer Press)

Voters say ‘yes’ to $26M referendum for Golf District 67 to improve school buildings, security: ‘We can move forward’

November 12, 2024 at 4:55 p.m.

More than half of the voters who live within Golf School District 67 voted Tuesday to approve a $26 million referendum that called for the district to pay for capital...

The Arlington Heights Village Board approved distributions of the Community Development Block Grant funds.

15 Arlington Heights area nonprofit service orgs get slice of $435K in Community Development funds

August 31, 2024 at 9:53 a.m.

Fifteen area nonprofit organizations are the beneficiaries of a total of $435,315 in Community Development Block Grants awarded by the village of Arlington Heights. The Arlington Heights Village Board approved...

The Buffalo Grove fire and police departments were each on hand Aug. 6, 2024 at Willow Stream Park, with information booths and personnel interacting with attendees, for National Night Out. (Elizabeth Owens-Schiele/for Pioneer Press)

National Night Out in Buffalo Grove features food trucks, K-9 Grady and more

August 12, 2024 at 4:56 p.m.

Caption for any wide angle photo Photos by Elizabeth Owens-Schiele/More than 1,000 area residents attended National Night Out at Willow Stream Park in Buffalo Grove on Aug. 6 to engage...

Lorri Grainawi, a mental health services advocated, asked the Wheeling Township Board at its July 23, 2024 meeting to fund mental health resources in the township. (Elizabeth Owens-Schiele/for Pioneer Press).

Saying its hands are ‘still tied,’ the Wheeling Township board continues to stall mental health funding

August 6, 2024 at 3:21 p.m.

Wheeling Township officials say their hands are “still tied” when it comes to levying a property tax to support mental health services, and they look to the General Assembly to...

State Reps. Nicolle Grasse and Mary Beth Canty, both Democrats from Arlington Heights, held a town hall meeting July 10, 2024 in the Hendrickson Room South at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library in Arlington Heights. (Karie Angell Luc/for Pioneer Press).

Canty, Grasse discuss state government and residents’ concerns at town hall forum

July 16, 2024 at 10:23 a.m.

New legislation, the state budget and issues impacting seniors were among the top issues discussed at a town hall meeting that area Democratic state legislators held recently in Arlington Heights....

Arlington Heights Village Board Tom Schwingbeck Jr. announced he will seek the mayoral seat since Tom Hayes won't seek reelection. (Kamil Krzaczynski/for the baiduhai)

Hayes not seeking a 4th term as Arlington Heights mayor. But he is not yet ready to support Trustee Schwingbeck or anyone else’s bid to replace him.

July 9, 2024 at 10:12 a.m.

Longtime Arlington Heights mayor Tom Hayes had considered not running for a third term in the 2020-2021 election cycle but reconsidered that thought, heeding what he said was a calling...

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