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Denny Stone helps students cross the street near Longfellow Elementary School on August 24. Stone has been working as a crossing guard for 20 yards.

Nov. 13 becomes deadline in squabble between village and schools about crossing guards

May 14, 2019 at 3:27 a.m.

The future of the tenuous agreement between Buffalo Grove Village Hall and Community Consolidated Elementary District 21 to provide crossing guards at three elementary schools remains unclear, and a deadline...

Lake County Board President Aaron Lawlor (center) disputed several claims made by Long Grove Village Board member Michael Sarlitto (standing to his right) during the board's meeting about the proposed extension of Illinois Route 53.

Audience ‘gangs up’ on county board chair during Route 53 meeting

May 14, 2019 at 3:27 a.m.

No new information —but a lot of old emotions — came out of Long Grove's open-house meeting to discuss the possible extension of Illinois Route 53. Lake County Board President...

Survey results show lack of trust in Long Grove leadership

May 14, 2019 at 3:27 a.m.

At a time when Long Grove is facing several choices that have the potential to determine the direction of its future, a small minority of its residents are putting whole...

Students at Stevenon High School in Lincolnshire mull about outside Mike Schrimmer's DeLorean, outfitted to look like the time machine from "Back to the Future."

Great Scott! Teens impressed by DeLorean time machine

May 23, 2019 at 8:01 p.m.

Hundreds of Stevenson High School students may have arrived in class a little behind schedule on "Back to the Future Day" — Oct. 21, 2015, the day depicted as "the...

Meningitis vaccine deadline passes, only one area student misses class

May 14, 2019 at 3:27 a.m.

Out of more than 1,000 high school seniors in the area's two schools, only one missed any school for lack of an immunization against the bacteria that cause meningitis. A...

Denny Stone helps students cross the street near Longfellow Elementary School in August.

District 21 will not pay past crossing guard bill

May 14, 2019 at 3:27 a.m.

The future of the tenuous agreement between Buffalo Grove Village Hall and Community Consolidated Elementary District 21 to provide crossing guards at three elementary schools is unclear, officials said this...

Long-time Cubs fans in Buffalo Grove revel in postseason run

May 14, 2019 at 3:27 a.m.

Though they trailed the New York Mets early in the National League Championships Series, two Buffalo Grove devotees were still hoping that this October run could still be the Chicago...

Maggie Grable, a fifth grader, shows her mom Julie and sister Holly of Buffalo Grove where her desk is at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School Saturday afternoon during their 50th Celebration.

Digging through decades: Students, historians observe Kilmer’s 50th anniversary

May 14, 2019 at 3:27 a.m.

One of the northwest suburbs' oldest public schools celebrated its 50th anniversary this weekend. Joyce Kilmer Elementary School, 655 Golfview Terrace in Buffalo Grove, commemorated its first five decades in...

A Route 53 sign pictured earlier this year.

Regional planning agency hears from Route 53 critics

May 14, 2019 at 3:27 a.m.

Out of approximately 225 people who came to a pair of open houses about the proposed extension of Illinois Route 53, fans of the idea were hard to find. The...

Shout Out from Sam Seidel, educator

June 16, 2018 at 2:05 p.m.

Author and educator Sam Seidel recently addressed all of the teachers of Aptakisic-Tripp Elementary District 102. Days after his appearance at the in-service learning event, District 102's School Board members...

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