Cook County Lifestyle
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Big Trucks Coming to Palatine May 3Apr 30, 2014 11:00 pm - Palatine Park District presents Big Trucks, a free community event, on Saturday, May 3, 2014 from 10:00am to 1:00pm in the Family Aquatic Center Parking Lot, located at ...
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Dani's Dream Team raises money for Rett Syndrome Research at the 2014 Run for RettApr 30, 2014 11:00 pm - Despite 40 degree temperatures and a brisk wind, members of Dani's Dream Team came out in force to support the 2014 Run for Rett on April 27, 2014 in Busse Woods of Elk ...
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GiGi's Playhouse Dash for Down syndrome June 8Apr 30, 2014 1:01 am - Registration is now open for the 11th annual GiGi's Playhouse 5K Fun Run, 1-mile walk, Dash for Down syndrome, taking place Sunday, June 8 at the Sears Centre Arena in H...
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Program to paint Carpentersville homes needs applicantsApr 29, 2014 11:00 pm - Carpentersville is looking for certain groups of people in the village who need help painting their homes. Every September, the village's Paint-A-Thon committee paints t...
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Community Garage Sale for DG Paramedic/Firefighter's FamilyApr 29, 2014 11:00 pm - Spring Cleaning for a Cause A community-wide garage sale will be held at Fishel Park in Downers Grove on May 10h. All proceeds from sales at the event will support the ...
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Cook of the Week: Technology helps Inverness dad get dinner on the tableApr 29, 2014 5:30 am - It isn't too much of a surprise to discover that John Keelan, a computer software salesman from Inverness, relies on technology when he's cooking. The scenario often beg...
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Cannings discuss logic behind their Harper giftApr 29, 2014 5:30 am - In the early 1980s, newly divorced and in search of a job, Rita Canning headed to Harper College. She had been out of the workforce for some 20 years. At Harper, she fre...
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Fettuccine AlfredoApr 29, 2014 5:30 am - 2 tablespoons salt 1 pound fettuccine pasta 2 cups heavy cream ¼ cup lemon juice 2 teaspoons lemon zest 12 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 cups parmesan cheese Pinch of wh...
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Elgin woman, 90, volunteers for more than 50 yearsApr 29, 2014 5:00 am - After more than 50 years as a volunteer, Myra Becker says it's finally time to slow down. But listening to the Elgin woman's conviction about her causes — women's empowe...
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Harper College lauds $1 million donation to women's programApr 29, 2014 5:00 am - From her hospital bed, Denise Owens made a simple request. The Hoffman Estates mother of three asked her kids to deliver her laptop so she could finish her homework. ...