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Park District of Highland Park adding tons of coarse sand to stave off erosion at Rosewood Beach

October 22, 2019 at 7:55 a.m.

Rosewood Beach in Highland Park will be off limits to the public while crews add truckloads of coarse sand to try and curb erosion and protect infrastructure from damaging late...

Township High School District 113 eyes 3% property tax levy increase

October 21, 2019 at 11:02 a.m.

The inflation rate last year of just under 2% could help hold down property tax increases next year for homeowners in Township High School District 113. The district's 2019 property...

Highland Park is raising its water rates by 13 percent in 2020.

Highland Park residents and other area suburbs can expect to pay more for water use in 2020

October 18, 2019 at 3:52 p.m.

Highland Park residents might want to fix their leaky faucets and running toilets before Jan. 1, when wasted water will start to cost more. City council members recently increased water...

Supporter Ann Danner, left, of Lake Forest tours NSSRA's future headquarters with Wendy Rosen of Northbrook and Craig Culp, executive director.

After six years, special recreation association finds a new home in former Highland Park synagogue

October 14, 2019 at 9:10 a.m.

As Illinois' oldest special recreation association prepares to turn 50 next year, the agency is celebrating a milestone of a different sort. The Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association (NSSRA) has...

Highland Park renews calls for Skokie River, Middle Fork flood remedies

October 11, 2019 at 11:59 p.m.

Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering has renewed calls for a regional flood mitigation study after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers concluded that two potential reservoir sites along the Skokie...

Leftover referendum work, new projects add up to $128 million tab

October 11, 2019 at 2:52 p.m.

Looking for ways to finance millions of dollars of facility work without money from a referendum request, Superintendent Bruce Law is asking the school board in Township High School District...

District 112, teachers reach tentative settlement

October 4, 2019 at 3:14 p.m.

The teachers' union in North Shore School District 112 has reached a tentative agreement with the school board for a new five-year contract, averting a possible strike in the school...

Five Port Clinton storefronts set far back from Central Avenue may be leased for medical offices and other service businesses following the Highland Park City Council's decision to lift the city's retail requirements.

Highland Park to allow medical offices in Port Clinton plaza space

October 4, 2019 at 12:55 p.m.

The Highland Park City Council has agreed to remove five storefronts around the Port Clinton Square plaza from a restrictive shopping overlay where ground floor spaces must be occupied by...

The City of Highwood will allow a single recreational marijuana shop to open in the downtown commercial district, including the areas along Sheridan Road and Green Bay Road, shown here.

Highwood to allow single recreational marijuana shop downtown

October 4, 2019 at 1:30 p.m.

Entrepreneurs interested in opening a recreational marijuana shop won't have trouble finding a location in downtown Highwood where a dispensary can open — but they will have to request and...

"Ingress," a public sculpture commissioned for the City of Highland Park's 150th anniversary, has been turning some heads since it was installed at the junction of Deerfield Road, Laurel Avenue and Hickory Street.

Newly installed sculpture lends pizzazz to park

October 4, 2019 at 10:27 a.m.

A formerly mundane city park has become an eye-catching patch of green space in recent weeks with the installation of "Ingress," a stainless-steel and bronze sculpture commissioned for the City...

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