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Tommy Guzlas takes some swings at a pumpkin Nov. 8, 2025, in Crete. (Jesse Wright/for the Daily Southtown)

Pumpkins get a beating for greater good of the environment

November 9, 2025 at 2:37 p.m.

Pumpkins were whacked, beaten, hit and tossed off a deck at the Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve’s Pumpkin Smash in Crete.

A bagger puts groceries into plastic bags in May 2014 at a Chicago Jewel store. At a March 2, 2026 committee of the whole meeting, the Park Ridge City Council passed the first reading of a plastic bag ban for large retail stores. The city council will vote on it again at the next meeting.

Park Ridge City Council revisits talk of banning plastic grocery bags, but some question the impact: ‘I don’t think we’re going to solve climate change’

November 5, 2025 at 3:28 p.m.

Park Ridge city leaders had another discussion at the City Council Committee of the Whole meeting Monday night about potentially banning plastic grocery bags. The council is not expected to...

Families turned out to the parking lot of the Centennial Fitness Center Oct. 24, 2025 for the annual trunk-or-treat event in Park Ridge. (Jesse Wright/for Pioneer Press)

Halloween came early in Park Ridge as kids in costumes snagged candy from local business owners’ open trunks

October 28, 2025 at 4:21 p.m.

Park Ridge kids got in on the candy-grab a week ahead of Halloween with the city’s Walk Thru Trunk or Treat Friday in the Centennial Fitness Center parking lot. The...

Attendees of Winterfest in Park Ridge are shuttled by trolleys. The Chamber of Commerce is expected to get $10,000 from the city for the 2025 event that will take place on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. (Pioneer Press file)

Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce expecting a $10K boost from the city for Winterfest: ‘It’s such an expensive event’

October 28, 2025 at 3:15 p.m.

Meeting as the Park Ridge City Council Committee of the Whole, city leaders are in favor of giving a cash boost to the Chamber of Commerce for the Winterfest, a...

Vendors line the street as visitors and shoppers check out the last offerings of the Park Ridge on the market's last day of the season Oct. 25, 2025 in Park Ridge. (Jesse Wright/for Pioneer Press)

Last day of Park Ridge famers market featured sizeable crowd, chilly temps and last-chance deals

October 28, 2025 at 1:56 p.m.

This year’s farmers market season in Park Ridge came to a close Saturday, with some vendors looking to unload their inventory and customers gobbling up deals – including buying bushels...

The Lyons Township High School District 204 board has made more moves to sell its undeveloped Willow Springs property. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Lyons Township School Board moves to sell Willow Springs property

October 13, 2025 at 5:11 p.m.

Lyons Township High School District 204 is selling land along North Willow Springs Road that has long been a source of controversy.

Kids who attended “Harvest Fest” Oct. 4, 2025 at Olson’s Ace Hardware store were able to paint pumpkins under a tent outside the store in Park Ridge. (Jesse Wright/for Pioneer Press)

‘Harvest Festival’ in Park Ridge opens North Park area to the community

October 7, 2025 at 2:54 p.m.

Moms, dads and plenty of kids stopped by Olson’s Ace Hardware in Park Ridge Saturday for the annual “Harvest Festival” the store hosts and opens to the greater community. The...

Nazareth Academy President Deborah Tracy presents longtime school employee Dennis Moran with a plaque marking the dedication if the school's football field in his honor Friday, Oct. 3, during Homecoming festivities at the school in La Grange Park. (Jesse Wright/Pioneer Press)

Dennis Moran, who gave Nazareth Academy ‘the gift of his life’s work,’ now has a football field named for him

October 6, 2025 at 3:55 p.m.

Dennis Moran has been a coach, president and athletic director at Nazareth Academy in La Grange Park, where his name now adorns the football field.

Elmwood Park native Anthony Ciancio, creator of the documentary film “How we Roll,” and his wife, Lauren Massarella, who coproduced the film, stand outside the Madison Street Theater in Oak Park during the Oak Park Film Festival this month, where the film about Elmwood Park's popular bocce ball league won a Best Documentary award. (Anthony Ciancio)

Elmwood Park bocce ball documentary gets a hometown screening

September 30, 2025 at 11:01 a.m.

“How we Roll” is the story of Mike Ciancio and the bocce ball league he founded in Elmwood Park that attracts hundreds weekly.

Lake Zurich board, over local objections, approves Block A development

September 22, 2025 at 4:06 p.m.

Lake Zurich leader approved a site design for Block A that will include nearly 20 townhomes and a restaurant over parking concerns from the neighbors and a rejection from the...

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