Park Ridge
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The show goes on - online - for suburban symphoniesJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - Suburban-based symphony orchestras could not perform as usual in 2020 due to the global coronavirus pandemic. "Probably the hardest thing was the great unknown," New Phi...
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First babies of 2021 usher in optimism and hope for new yearJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - Monika and Darius Kizys expected their daughter to be born in 2021, but having her arrive in the first hours of the new year was a surprise. Baby Amelia was born at 5:20...
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Northwest suburban mayors look back on 2020Dec 31, 2020 5:00 am - Not much seemed business as usual in 2020, but one thing that hasn't changed is our annual tradition of reaching out to Northwest suburban mayors and village presidents ...
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District 207 board meets Monday to discuss construction, budget issuesDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - The Maine Township High School District 207 board will meet remotely Monday night to discuss construction updates, budget parameters for the 2021-22 term and other issue...
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Mobile COVID-19 testing this weekend in Elgin and Round LakeDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - COVID-19 mobile testing units managed by the Illinois Department of Public Health are scheduled to be in Elgin and Round Lake this weekend. The testing will be available...
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Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago donates $40,000 to local food pantries to replace holiday partyDec 30, 2020 10:00 pm - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago and the firm's philanthropic arm, the Kindness Foundation, are giving $40,000 to local food pantries in place of their annual com...
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Pandemic, pot, BLM protests, corruption among suburbs' top stories in 2020Dec 30, 2020 10:00 pm - It was a traumatic year for the nation, confronted by a virus that killed more than 300,000 people, protests and, at times, riots after video was posted of the slow deat...
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North Shore preps: Short sports year is long on successesDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - That March 13 boys basketball Class 4A Elk Grove sectional final between No. 1 seed Loyola and No. 3 Evanston certainly felt tenuous. Remember? People were wary even dur...
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Candidates zoom to fill openings on local school boardsDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - The Dec. 14-21 filing period for the consolidated election of April 6, 2021, produced plenty of competition for openings on area school boards. For example, 11 candidate...
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District 207 gets $300,000 donation for new turf at Maine SouthDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - A pharmaceutical company with Chicago-area offices has donated $300,000 to help pay for new artificial turf at Maine South High in Park Ridge. The money will come from I...