Articles filed under Niles

• Des Plaines police chief opposes medical marijuana bill May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  Chiefs of police in three suburban communities -- Des Plaines, Park Ridge and Niles -- issued a statement Tuesday voicing concerns about a medical marijuana bill approved in the Illinois House that the Senate could vote on as early as Wednesday.
  

   
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  Life not the same for Hoffman mother as GiGi's Playhouse expands May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  Kukec's People featuresNancy Gianni, who started Hoffman Estates-based Gigi's Playhouse, a facility for children with Down Syndrome. Her daughter, now 10, was the inspiration for what now has turned into a national chain of playhouses that help both children and adults with Down's.
  

   

• Report: Dist. 207 responded appropriately to hazing allegations May 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  A report from an independent investigator released Thursday regarding hazing allegations at Maine West in September 2012 concludes that Maine Township High School District 207 staff members responded appropriately to the circumstances.
  

   

• District 207 settles former orchestra teacher's lawsuit May 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  Maine Township High School District 207 has reached a deal with a former Maine West High School orchestra teacher to drop his federal lawsuit against the school board claiming he was fired because of his gender. Without admitting to any wrongdoing, the district will pay $10,000 to Andrew Ladendorf for agreeing to dismiss the lawsuit.
  

   

• Give NLRB power it needs May 3, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Lake Villa letter to the editor: As a printer working for nearly 10 years for a company in Niles, I went to work every day and worked hard. I served as a shop steward to help ensure safe and decent conditions on the job. Then everything changed one day when the company fired me for my union activity.
  

   

• State IHSA bass fishing championship postponedMay 1, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Illinois High School Association has announced that the 2013 IHSA Bass Fishing State Final Tournament, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May 3-4 at Carlyle Lake in Carlyle, has been postponed due to potentially dangerous water levels and will be rescheduled to unfold in Carlyle later this spring.
  

   
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  Maine West Golden Apple winner puts students first May 1, 2013 12:00 AM
  The murals on the walls of Maine West High School bear witness to Gregory Regalado's contribution to the Des Plaines school's art program. Those contributions, along with many others, were rewarded Wednesday when Regalado was surprised in his classroom with the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, bestowed on only 10 teachers statewide. "I would venture to say that he's impacted every department of the school," said Mike Smith, the Maine West mathematics teacher who nominated Regalado for the coveted award.
  

   

• Bishop, Maine West show a flair for finishing Apr 23, 2013 12:00 AM
  Back to the place where he cut his coaching teeth, first-year head coach Jeff Bishop enjoyed a homecoming of sorts after watching his team from Maine West roll over Maine East 6-0 on a cold, rainy Tuesday afternoon in Park Ridge. The visiting Warriors (4-7-1) shrugged off a slow start and stormed into the lead with consecutive goals from Alice Faraone. Maine West used another by Alexia Prosperi at the half-hour to put away its crosstown rival for good.
  

   
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  Mt. Prospect supportive housing facility draws 150 hopeful applicants Apr 22, 2013 12:00 AM
  Illustrating the widespread interest in permanent supportive housing, about 150 people on Friday submitted applications for one of 39 apartments in the new Myers Place development in Mount Prospect. “There's nothing like this in the Northwest suburbs,” Kenneth Young Center CEO Mitch Bruski said. “We could build a facility with 2,000 units and we'd fill every one of them. That's how much demand there is.”
  

   
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  2 students win new cars as part of safety push Apr 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  A total of 29 high school students held coveted keys in their hands on Wednesday, but only two would up starting the new cars parked in front of the Concorde Banquets in Kildeer. Emina Mesic, a Palatine High School sophomore and Tanner Hermes, a senior from Grayslake Central High School, emerged as the lucky winners.
  

   

• Early childhood resource center opening at Oakton Apr 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Oakton Community College will open an Early Childhood Resource Center Library at its Des Plaines campus, 1600 E. Golf Road, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 17.
  

   
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  Dist. 207 Foundation dinner tops $13,000 to benefit students Apr 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  The fifth annual Maine Township High School District 207 Educational Foundation Benefit Dinner, "A Night For The Books," was held at the Rosewood Restaurant on Tuesday, April 4.
  

   
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  Des Plaines mayor-elect young, not inexperiencedApr 12, 2013 12:00 AM
  At 26, Des Plaines Mayor-elect Matt Bogusz already has earned many distinctions — among them youngest mayor in the Northwest suburbs, and perhaps the youngest city leader in recent Illinois history. “What he lacks in institutional knowledge, he makes up for in enthusiasm and really a go-getter attitude,” Northwest Municipal Conference Executive Director Mark Fowler said.
  

   

• New local Holocaust film premiers at Oakton Apr 12, 2013 12:00 AM
  "Refuge: Stories of the Selfhelp Home," a one-hour documentary by Ethan Bensiger, premiers 11 a.m. Tuesday at Oakton Community College's Skokie campus.
  

   

• Film premiere features Chicago area Holocaust survivors Apr 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  In the late 1930s, a group of young German Jews avoided Nazi persecution by immigrating to Chicago, where they created a supportive community. Eventually, they established a Jewish retirement home on the city’s north side, where many of the area’s last Holocaust survivors live today. Delve into their stories during a free screening and panel discussion open to the public, starting at 11 a.m., Tuesday, April 16, at Oakton Community College, Skokie.
  

   

• Two incumbents in lead for Oakton board Apr 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  With 333 of 341 precincts counted, unofficial vote totals showed incumbents Ann Tennes and Joan DiLeonardi won re-election to the Oakton Community College board Tuesday, receiving 22,475 and 20,889 votes, respectively.
  

   

• Incumbents and Brook win in Maine Elementary District 63 Apr 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  Three incumbents and newcomer Alexandra Brook won 4-year terms on the East Maine Elementary District 63 board Tuesday. Sheila Urban, who has been on the board since 2009, received 1,948 votes to be the top vote-getter. Brook received 1,672 votes; Krystal Zec, who became a board member last year, took 1,669 votes; and Walter Gluzkin, who joined the board in 2008, garnered 1,619 votes.
  

   
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  Childers, McGrath, Owen, Lee win in District 207 Apr 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  Newcomers Mary Childers and Jin Lee, incumbent Margaret McGrath, and recently appointed board member Carla Owen won election to four seats on the Maine Township High School District 207 board Tuesday, according to unofficial vote totals with 107 of 109 precincts reporting.
  

   
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  Suburban “Madonna Bar Mitzvah Boy” now a motivational speakerApr 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Stevenson High School alumnus who became a YouTube sensation for dancing to Madonna's "Vogue" at his bar mitzvah will speak to students about being their authentic selves. He'll give presentations Monday at Stevenson, and Tuesday at Maine East High School in Park Ridge.
  

   

• Victims upset over Dist. 207 deal to represent fired Maine West coach Apr 2, 2013 12:00 AM
  The attorney representing the families of four Maine West High School students who say they were hazing victims is upset over Maine Township High School District 207's decision to represent the soccer coach who is in the middle of that scandal. Former head soccer coach Michael Divincenzo has agreed to a drop an appeal of his dismissal in return for the district hiring an attorney to represent him in the lawsuit, district officials said.