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HOTT Productions’ ‘Swing!’ on stage in Schaumburg Nov 8, 2011 12:00 AM
The best of the Jazz Age and the big bands is the music behind HOTT (Helping Others Through Theater) Productions' current show, "Swing!" on stage now at the Prairie Center for the Arts in Schaumburg.
Barrington hospital sees benefits of Pink Glove Dance video contest Oct 31, 2011 12:00 AM
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington didn't win the national Pink Glove Dance video contest, but medical center officials are happy with the residual benefits of the three days spent making the video, and it's ongoing value in promoting cancer awareness on YouTube.
Retelling boyhood legend keeps Mt. Prospect man young Oct 25, 2011 12:00 AM
Ken Kitzing is 85 now, but an iconic 1907 drawing and tale about Indian summer has kept him young for many a year. Kitzing re-creates the tale every year in the front yard of his Mount Prospect home, enchanting neighbors and passersby alike.
Mt. Prospect teens’ Gold Award project is community’s gain Oct 17, 2011 12:00 AM
Their goal was 100 pounds of fresh vegetables for the local food pantry. But as of last weekend, Mary Kate Dempsey and Nora Gawlik have so far dropped off 650 pounds. Thanks to the Girl Scouts' endeavor, and the River Trails Park District's garden plot, a lot of people in need are eating well this autumn.
Arlington Hts. firefighters ‘proud to wear pink' Oct 10, 2011 12:00 AM
Pink is the new color of masculinity, if Northwest suburban firefighters are any indication. Fire departments around the Northwest suburbs are helping with breast cancer awareness -- wearing pink, raising money and joining the fight to eradicate the disease.
Barrington 80-year-old finishes Boston MarathonOct 6, 2011 12:00 AM
Joan Abboud of Barrington Hills just completed her 10th Boston Marathon. That's right, the 80-year old mother of Barrington Hills President Robert Abboud, and wife of former First Chicago Chairman Robert Abboud, completed the course like she always does — by walking.
Brothers profiled for National Fire Prevention Week Oct 3, 2011 12:00 AM
When brothers Pat and Tim Murray say fire service is their life, they’re not kidding. Both brothers work full time for the Schaumburg Fire Department and part time with the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District. They were profiled in the Prospect Heights community newsletter in advance of National Fire Prevention Week.
Eighth-graders get taste of the big time with Schaumburg H.S. band Sep 27, 2011 12:00 AM
Eighth-graders from Keller, Frost and Addams junior high schools got a taste of high school musicianship last Friday when they appeared with the Schaumburg High School band on the field at the homecoming halftime show.
Bartlett school gets handicapped accessible play areaSep 22, 2011 12:00 AM
Forty volunteers organized by the PTO constructed a new handicap accessible playground on a recent Saturday at Nature Ridge Elementary School in Bartlett after years of planning and fundraising. The school is one of two schools in Elgin Area School District U-46 with space dedicated to students with special needs, most of whom are wheelchair bound.
Maryville students reap from what they sow Sep 7, 2011 12:00 AM
The fruits and vegetables planted in large gardens at Maryville Academy prove the point that gardening is therapy. The gardens are tended by troubled adolescent boys. “It’s calming,” says Principal Anne Craig. “And it’s healthy. Before we started this, most of them didn’t know much about vegetables or where they came from.”
Giving Hanover Twp. children a good start to the school year Aug 29, 2011 12:00 AM
The Dittmers started out around the kitchen table 10 years ago, filling children's backpacks so that some kids with nothing could be excited about going back to school. Fast forward to 2011, when earlier this month 80 volunteers stuffed donated backpacks with all kinds of things for needy children. Now, Backpack Buddies estimates they've crossed the 7,000 number.
Hoffman couple competes on TLC’s ‘Four Weddings’ Aug 22, 2011 12:00 AM
If you're a fan of "Four Weddings" on the TLC channel, pay special attention Friday, Aug. 26, when a Hoffman Estates couple pits their wedding at the historic Genesee Theater in Waukegan against four others.
Age no barrier at Harper fitness programAug 9, 2011 12:00 AM
Sam and Bess Greco get up with the roosters every day and head for the gym at Harper College, where the 90- and 85-year-olds credit their daily workouts for their exceptional physical and mental health.
‘Miracle baby’ now 5, and continues to surprise Aug 2, 2011 12:00 AM
Around Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, they still call 5-year-old Javier Sotelo of Des Plaines the “miracle baby.” He lived the first three years of his life in the hospital, but recently, he nearly brought down the house in the hospital’s “Rising Stars Talent Show.”
Hawthorn Woods author tells kids to end the silence Jul 25, 2011 12:00 AM
Hawthorn Woods author Dee Dee Sutherland was bullied as a child. Now, she tells today's victims how to help themselves, and says she wishes she had these tools when she was a child.
Arlington Hts. quilter to be featured artist in September show Jul 19, 2011 12:00 AM
Jane Underys of Arlington Heights has been with the Northwest Suburban Quilters’ Guild for 20 years and in September she'll be honored as the featured artist at the Festival of Quilts, opening Sept. 16 at the Prairie Stone Sports and Wellness Center in Hoffman Estates. With more than 200 hand-made quilts to her name, what to bring?
Arlington Heights Irish “Rose” gains fame on Emerald Isle Jul 11, 2011 12:00 AM
Most days, Siobhan Carroll of Arlington Heights works quietly upstairs in the administration department of the Wellness Center at Northwest Community Hospital. Consequently, few of its thousands of patrons know of her fame — across the sea, in Ireland.
Star hurdler from Hoffman Estates got his start with a junior high coach Jun 21, 2011 12:00 AM
Justin Johnson of Hoffman Estates, who won a recent pair of first-place finishes in a Midwest Senior Spotlight event in Wisconsin for elite track and field athletes, says it all started with his track coach at Eisenhower Junior High School.
Des Plaines figure skater turns to old pro to help her move up Jun 13, 2011 12:00 AM
Agnes Zawadzki, the 16-year-old Des Plaines native who is the 2010 U.S. figure skating junior champion, will resume training with her original coach; noneother than Olympian David Santee.
‘Heirloom suit’ treasured by Arlington Heights family Jun 6, 2011 12:00 AM
Margaret Irvine and her Arlington Heights family have a direct link back to the Roaring Twenties, John D. Rockefeller and even the historic stock market crash of 1929, all sewn into one suit.