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Morton Grove’s School District 67 gets new assistant superintendent

April 26, 2022 at 9:43 a.m.

Lynn Owens won't ever leave behind her old roles as social worker and special-education director when she starts her new job as assistant superintendent of learning and programs in Golf...

Franklin Park’s park director Joe Modrich to retire; successor has been named

April 25, 2022 at 9:29 p.m.

When the Park District of Franklin Park hired Joe Modrich out of college in 1974, much of the present landscaping and infrastructure – the parkland, athletic fields and indoor facilities...

Orchard Village marks 50 years enriching the lives of disabled people

April 19, 2022 at 10:26 p.m.

Bernard "Bernie" Saltzberg would surely recognize the Orchard Village of today as true to the fledgling home for the developmentally disabled he founded in 1972. The personal touch of the...

Elmwood Park High School students start model business, travel to New York to compete

April 18, 2022 at 6:26 p.m.

Thirteen Elmwood Park High School students founded a corporation that marketed three kinds of portable chargers out of recycled materials, balanced the books and offered a flexible dress code. But...

This BP station at Waukegan Road and Dempster, northeast corner, had prices 57 cents lower per gallon than a Shell station kitty corner.

Gas prices vary from $4.26 to $5.09 in Evanston to Park Ridge area

April 12, 2022 at 4:00 p.m.

Drivers battered by high gasoline prices can catch some breaks if they drive around the area for a less-expensive fill-up. And what they'll find will likely be worth it. Price...

At Oak Park’s Irving School, DiPaolo in running for ‘Custodian of the Year’

April 11, 2022 at 5:10 p.m.

Parents of school children deal regularly with teachers and administrators, but school custodians may not get as much attention. That's not the case at Washington Irving School, 1125 S. Cuyler...

Triton students participate in Model Illinois Government; one gets award for lobbying

April 5, 2022 at 2:34 p.m.

Triton College student Juan Cervantes is a self-described people person whose personality served him well at the recent Model Illinois Government session in Springfield. One of three students representing Triton...

Ukraine-made Passover matzoh will be used in Chicago; refugees likened to Jews fleeing ancient slavery

April 5, 2022 at 10:37 a.m.

When Chicago-area Jews eat the matzoh bread baked in Dnipro, Ukraine at seders April 15 and 16, they plan to tell Passover stories of Jewish history. For many, this matzoh...

Park Ridge Ukrainian hospital priest prays with sick while homeland never far from his mind

March 29, 2022 at 2:18 p.m.

As he ministers to the sick at Advocate Children's Hospital in Park Ridge, The Rev. Yaroslav Mendyuk strengthens his belief systems like never before. "Especially now, when I see that...

Park Ridge, Norridge organizations raise funds, donate medical supplies for Ukraine

March 22, 2022 at 4:25 p.m.

Whether big or small, donations of money or goods to aid Ukraine are flowing from Park Ridge and Norridge institutions and individual citizens. Donations range from medical supplies to cash...

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