Port Barrington
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Simon gets crash course at CLCJun 27, 2011 12:00 am - Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon got a crash course Monday in what College of Lake County is doing to help improve students' retention and completion rates. Her stop at CLC to mee...
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St. Charles teen helps the needy in AfricaJun 27, 2011 12:00 am - Never tell Alex Gruber that one person — especially a kid — can't make a difference. Alex is an eighth-grader at Haines Middle School in St. Charles, but he's been impac...
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Dist. 26, teachers union still at oddsJun 27, 2011 12:00 am - For the past eight months, the negotiating teams for Cary Elementary District 26 and its teachers union have been unable to agree on a new contract. Now, both sides dis...
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Des Plaines takes heat for outsourcing festivalJun 26, 2011 12:00 am - Tighter budgets and growing demands on municipal services have forced many suburban towns to scale back community events, cancel fireworks and parades, and outsource hom...
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Why weren’t the assessors there?Jun 25, 2011 11:00 pm - There was a meeting June 18 at Sun City’s Drendal Hall to review the tax discrepancy between Rutland and Grafton townships. The hall was filled to capacity, approximatel...
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Support in-state hospital groupJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Centegra Health System and its predecessor organizations have supported the Northwest suburbs for more than 100 years. I believe that Centegra is a better choice to cont...
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Unions created middle classJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Union membership has never been more than 30 percent of the workforce. What that 30 percent did was establish the middle class by raising wages, creating a 40-hour workw...
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Surge in hospital construction on horizonJun 24, 2011 12:00 am - Elmhurst Memorial Hospital’s $450 million main campus opening Saturday is one of the first — and biggest — health care projects completed since the economic downtown. Co...
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LITH’s first flea market opens July 9Jun 24, 2011 12:00 am - Lake in the Hills’ first flea market is slated to open in two weeks, and organizers are racing to try to finalize plans for a car show on opening day. Organizer Anthony ...
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Survey: 66 percent would recommend MCC to othersJun 24, 2011 12:00 am - The general perception of McHenry County College is that it's convenient and affordable, but opinions vary on the quality of faculty and staff, a recent survey shows. Th...