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Letters to the Editor: It took conviction to attend Wilmette menorah lighting

December 28, 2025 at 7:02 a.m.

On the evening of Sunday, Dec. 14, in below-zero temperatures, our community gathered for the annual menorah lighting on Wilmette Village Hall’s lawn. The cold was enough to keep most...

Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce announces its 2026 board of directors

December 26, 2025 at 7:00 a.m.

The Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce (BACC) has announced the election of its new 2026 Board of Directors.

Police rescue motorist from fiery crash in Oak Brook

December 22, 2025 at 4:28 p.m.

An officer encountered a crashed vehicle that had rolled over, and its engine compartment was fully engulfed in flames, police said.

The village of Glenview allows individuals and groups to create and display religious and nonreligious holiday symbols near Village Hall. (Karie Angell Luc)

Glenview offers display of holiday symbols

December 19, 2025 at 8:00 p.m.

Glenview offers display of holiday symbols

Rabbi Yosef Posner, from left, Rabbi Yochanan Posner, and Rabbi Sholom Raices look at the just-lit ceremonial menorah after Skokie Chabad organized a Hanukkah menorah lighting and gelt drop at the Memorial Park at Lincoln and Oakton Dec. 16, 2025. (Chaya Mishulovin)

Skokie lights Hanukkah menorah candles downtown, days after Australia shooting

December 19, 2025 at 7:00 a.m.

Skokie lights Hanukkah menorah candles downtown, days after Australia shooting at Bondi Beach.

Westfield Old Orchard Shopping Center in Skokie recently saw the opening of a Lego store and a Sees's Candies. The outdoor mall is also offering photos with Santa at the Candy Cane station behind the holiday trolley. (Pam DeFiglio/baiduhai)

Lego store, other new businesses open at Skokie’s Old Orchard, plus holiday extras

December 16, 2025 at 5:41 p.m.

A Lego store and a See's Candies have opened, and other new businesses are set to open, at Skokie's Old Orchard Shopping Center.

Ann Craig, pictured Nov. 19, 2025 at a Niles Public Works Department facility in Niles, is executive director of Charles H. Walsh Sr. Academy and Career Tech High School in Des Plaines. The special education school has a new partnership with the village of Niles. (Talia Sprague /for Pioneer Press)

Niles partnership with Walsh Academy special ed school helping students learn the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of vocations

December 16, 2025 at 1:08 p.m.

On a Wednesday in November, Niles Public Works Department mechanic Joe Pacelli and Michael Flournoy, a special education student at a Des Plaines school, raised the hood on a village...

Liam Jarek,4, hugs Santa and tells him what he wants for Christmas during the village of Norridge annual holiday tree lighting event Nov. 29, 2025 at Village Hall in Norridge. (James C. Svehla/for Pioneer Press)

Santa has arrived for the season, greeting kids in the north suburbs and spreading holiday cheer

December 11, 2025 at 3:42 p.m.

Amid cold temperatures and rounds of snowfalls, Santa and Mrs. Claus made their way to town in several north suburban towns in recent days, frolicking with families, kicking off holiday...

An early morning blaze destroyed apartments in a building in the 8200 block of Dempster Street in Niles. (Courtesy Niles Fire Department)

Several families displaced but no injuries reported after fire ravages Niles apartment building

December 11, 2025 at 2:49 p.m.

Several families were displaced when an early morning fire tore through the upper floors of a three-story residential building in Niles, according to fire officials. In a Niles Police Department...

Businesses along Main Street in downtown Hobart advertise Small Business Saturday on Nov. 30, 2024. It will again be celebrated on Nov. 29, 2025. (Michael Gard/for the Post-Tribune)

Letters to the Editor: Shop small businesses this holiday season

November 26, 2025 at 6:07 a.m.

This holiday season, will you shop at one of the 33.2 million small businesses that make up 99% of all businesses in the U.S? Up and down rural main streets...

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