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Nearly a dozen people applied for a short-term appointment on the Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 Board of Education following the recent resignation of board member Dathan Paterno.

Eleven applicants vie for vacancy on District 64 school board

May 23, 2019 at 4:42 a.m.

Nearly a dozen people applied for a short-term appointment on the Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 Board of Education following the recent resignation of board member Dathan Paterno, according to...

Official: If Oak Park District 97 referendums fail, cuts would be needed

May 8, 2019 at 11:43 a.m.

An Oak Park Elementary District 97 official compared what would happen financially to the district if two referendums on the ballot this spring ultimately fail to pass to a plane...

Evanston mayoral candidate Gary Gaspard answers a question during one of the first candidate forums of this election cycle Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 at the Morton Civic Center. The other candidates include, right from Gaspard: Steve Hagerty, Mark Tendam, Brian Miller and Jeff Smith. The League of Women Voters of Evanston hosted the forum.

Evanston crime, economic development among top issues at mayoral forum

May 12, 2019 at 9:54 p.m.

Over a hundred people packed the Evanston City Council chambers Saturday morning to hear the city's five candidates for mayor publicly stake out their positions on topics ranging from police...

Pink Taxi hit with $250 fine for tardy payment for license in Park Ridge

May 23, 2019 at 4:42 a.m.

After failing to pay a $500 fee to pay the city of Park Ridge on time for a license to operate its livery business, Pink Taxi will now have to...

Evzio, an opioid antidote, is pictured in this Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017 photo at the Lincolnwood Police Department. Lincolnwood and Niles police departments are among ones in Cook County training officers to carry and use the substance in case of heroin and other opioid overdose.

Some area police departments training officers to carry, use opioid antidote

May 9, 2019 at 6:47 a.m.

Police officers in the region are increasingly joining the number of first responders being outfitted with and trained to use an opioid antidote, all in an effort to save more...

Eve Rothbaum, 11, holds a sign during a "Rally for Sanctuary" on Feb. 4 in Oak Park.

Hundreds gather in Oak Park to show support for ‘welcoming ordinance’

May 8, 2019 at 11:43 a.m.

A proposed "welcoming ordinance," up for approval by the Oak Park Village Board on Monday night, would be "exactly what we were looking for," Mony Ruiz-Velasco said as a group...

‘A sea of people’: Oak Park, River Forest residents describe Women’s March scene

May 8, 2019 at 11:41 a.m.

As soon as she stepped off the bus in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, River Forest resident Summer Zandrew said her fears of any violent clashes or confrontations at the Women's...

Dozens of Lincoln Elementary School parents, current and former staff members and students attended a meeting of the Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Board of Education on Jan. 24 to express their frustration with the board's refusal to allow Principal Cathy Hamilton's request to remain in her position instead of retiring early as previously planned.

Supporters continue push for Oak Park principal to keep job for 3 more years

May 8, 2019 at 11:42 a.m.

Dozens of parents, children and teachers packed the Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Board of Education meeting room Jan. 24 to express their condemnation of district officials' refusal to...

Engineering key part of School District 64’s new science curriculum

May 23, 2019 at 4:41 a.m.

Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 recently rolled out a new science curriculum for kindergarten through fifth-grade students that district officials said will better help kids apply what they're learning in...

Interim Director of Community Preservation and Development Jim Brown presented Park Ridge aldermen with staff recommended regulations for short-term rentals on websites like Airbnb at a City Council Committee of the Whole meeting. A public hearing on the issue is scheduled for Feb. 28.

Public hearing on Airbnb set in Park Ridge

May 23, 2019 at 4:41 a.m.

Park Ridge officials are considering new zoning and licensing regulations that would allow for short-term rentals on websites like Airbnb. Aldermen directed city staff to schedule a public hearing on...

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