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Officials reported at the Feb. 18, 2025 City Council meeting that the Park Ridge farmers market will remain at its location, 15 S. Prairie Ave. in Park Ridge, for the 2025 season only. The market will have to find a new home because the landowner has other plans for the property. (Pam DeFiglio/Pioneer Press)

Park Ridge farmers market to stay a current location for 2025, will need a new home next year

February 25, 2025 at 9:58 a.m.

The Park Ridge farmers market will remain where it is – in the former AT&T building parking lot – through this year. Where it will set up next year, though,...

The Park Ridge Park District has a number of St. Patrick's Day events planned for 2025, including "The Leprechaun Hunt" March 12 and March 13 in Park Ridge.

Faced with a new landlord, Park Ridge could look to move the location of the farmers market

February 21, 2025 at 11:11 a.m.

With no details on when, where, or really if – for sure – the idea has been raised that the Park Ridge farmers market could move from its current location...

Lake Zurich Village Hall. On April 1, Lake Zurich residents will go to the polls to pick new town leaders and new school board members.

April election in Lake Zurich sees large candidate field for school district

February 17, 2025 at 2:05 p.m.

In April, Lake Zurich residents will go to the polls to elect new town leaders and new school board members.

Park Ridge Mayor Marty Maloney Feb. 2025

Park Ridge Mayor Maloney speaks on ‘State of the City’ during Chamber of Commerce address

February 11, 2025 at 3:49 p.m.

Park Ridge Mayor Marty Maloney was at the city’s newest restaurant Fire and Wine – cutting the ribbon there – when he talked up the city’s progress over the last...

The Niles Parks District hosted its annual father-daughter winter dance Feb. 8, 2025 titled "Little Ladies Winter Dance" at the Howard Leisure Center in Niles. A dance was also held Feb. 7. (Jesse Wright/Pioneer Press)

Dads mingle as their ‘Little Ladies’ play, craft bracelets and more at dance in Niles

February 11, 2025 at 1:34 p.m.

For more than two decades, around this time every year, fathers, uncles and other male relatives, bring their best girls to the “Little Ladies Winter Dance” in Niles. Friday and...

Julie Ryan McGue returns to the west suburbs Feb. 18 to sign copies of her new memoir, "Twice the Family: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Sisterhood" at Anderson's Bookshop in Downers Grove. (Books Forward)

Hinsdale native Julie McGue returns to bookshelves with second memoir

February 11, 2025 at 11:29 a.m.

Julie Ryan McGue, who grew up in the western suburbs, is back with her third book and will sign copies in Downers Grove.

Alani Montes De Oca, 13, center, and Alexa Matz, 13, right, cut a ribbon Jan. 29, 2025 to celebrate the renovation of new classroom spaces during a ribbon cutting ceremony at Pennoyer Elementary School in Norridge.(Talia Sprague/for Pioneer Press)

After yearslong push for money, Pennoyer District 79 gets referendum nod and new digs

February 4, 2025 at 9:24 a.m.

After nearly a decade of work, Pennoyer School District 79 in Norridge cut the ribbon on the newest additions to its lone school building. “This has definitely been a journey,”...

Director of the Park District of Oak Park

Jan Arnold, executive director of the Park District of Oak Park, reviews options for the placement of the new Field Center in Field Park during a meeting Thursday, Jan. 30, in Oak Park before commissioners voted on a plan. (Jesse Wright/Pioneer Press)

Makeover vote for Field Park nets dismay among Oak Park neighbors

January 31, 2025 at 2:07 p.m.

New recreation center at Field Park in Oak Park will replace an existing berm and playground, a move many neighbors opposed.

A rendering shows the design by Patrick Brown, of Chicago design firm ORG Inc., for the new Field Center in Oak Park. (Park District of Oak Park)

Decisions on Oak Park’s new Field Center due Thursday

January 31, 2025 at 4:14 p.m.

Oak Park residents have expressed concerns over the Field Center's cost, the location of the center and its effects on traffic.

People walk into the Tivoli Theater in Downers Grove Wednesday, Jan. 22, to check out short silent films made by area high school students. The Student Silent Film Festival has been an annual event since 2017. (Jesse Wright/Pioneer Press)

Lyons Township team goes silent for Film Festival challenge

January 28, 2025 at 5:03 a.m.

Students from Lyons Township High School participated in the Student Silent Film Festival at the Tivoli Theater in Downers Grove.

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