Park Ridge Schools
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Flag ceremonies across the suburbs, country honor last request of Iwo Jima veteranFeb 24, 2021 4:00 am - Elwood "Woody" Hughes intended to raise a flag at a local school Tuesday, 76 years to the day he witnessed his fellow Marines make history with their iconic flag-raising...
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Young Fremd squad hasn't stopped winningFeb 24, 2021 12:00 am - With a large senior exodus from a year ago, the Fremd girls basketball team was bound to encounter highs and lows this season. Yeah, right. The Vikings, with a much smal...
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Maine South teacher part of Library of Congress projectFeb 21, 2021 10:00 pm - Michael Biondo, a social science teacher at Maine South, was recently selected as one of only 15 educators who will create a valuable new classroom resource for students...
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Schools, others to honor Iwo Jima veteran's last request to raise the flag on TuesdayFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - Seventy-six years to the date of the historic flag-raising during the Battle of Iwo Jima, people will raise flags Tuesday morning to honor the last request of a suburban...
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Beloved Loyola physics teacher diesFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - Loyola Academy in Wilmette recently suffered the loss of faculty member Kevin Warnke on Feb. 8. A physics teacher and former Naval reservist who retired a captain, Mr. W...
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Elite talent, strong team bond has Hersey off to strong startFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - Last year's Hersey girls basketball team reached a Class 4A sectional, continuing a decade-long run of excellence for the program - seven regional titles and a fourth-pl...
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After 76 years, pieces of WWII plane finally return to Des PlainesFeb 15, 2021 4:30 am - Len Johnson achieved his decadelong quest to reclaim, preserve and display important vestiges of Northwest suburban wartime and aviation history when the artifacts of a ...
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Roberts with another big game as Hersey knocks off Maine SouthFeb 15, 2021 12:00 am - Ethan Roberts stayed hot. One game removed from posting a career-high 42 points last Friday, the Hersey guard continued his smoldering outside shooting by drilling two g...
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Good News Sunday: Elgin funeral home collected valentines for veteransFeb 14, 2021 5:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published by the Daily Herald during the previous week: An Elgin funeral home i...
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Glenbrook South beats Maine South again to stay unbeatenFeb 13, 2021 12:00 am - Nothing upends expectations like the 3-pointer. The high variance generated by the extra point means even the tightest games are turned wholly inside out. "Being able to...