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Vaccines are safe and effective in protecting your child from various diseases.

Children’s health: Childhood vaccines are safe and effective

Experts in vaccines and vaccination — including pediatricians — work together throughout the year to update the Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for kids 18 and younger.

Prospect Heights Mayor Patrick Ludvigsen, right, reads a proclamation honoring the accomplishments of retiring City Administrator Joe Wade, left, at last week's city council meeting.

Prospect Heights City Administrator Joe Wade retiring after a decade of service

Prospect Heights City Administrator Joe Wade will retire Monday after 10 years of service there and a three-decade career in municipal government.

Players on the Lake Bluff Fire Department’s hockey team race to retrieve the puck from Evanston’s team at the Fire on Ice event Saturday in Mount Prospect.

Firefighters face off in ice hockey tourney for charity

Suburban firefighters battled in a charity ice hockey tournament Saturday in Mount Prospect.

Maury Ettleson, Elmhurst car dealer whose catchy commercials made him a star, has died at 93

Maury Ettleson, who rose to local fame through television commercials for his Elmhurst auto dealership “Where you always save more money,” has died at 93.

Club Med Turkoise sits along one of the world’s best beaches, Grace Bay in Turks and Caicos.

Return to Club Med: All-inclusive pioneer evolves in its 75th year

Eager to rediscover Club Med, my husbad and I flew to Turks and Caicos last spring for a few days at the adults-only Club Med Turkoise. Would it be the old Club Med I remembered from decades ago? Or had it changed?

Mario and Gail Cirasunda of Orchard Park, N.Y., share a kiss on a bench following a Memory Cafe event at the National Comedy Center in May in Jamestown, N.Y.

Memory cafes ignite laughter, connections for dementia patients

Memory cafes have emerged around the world in recent years as a way to connect and support individuals with Alzheimer’s and dementia and their caregivers. Many of the more than 600 cafes regularly running in the U.S. bring in speakers and engage participants with physical activity, music and art.

Nico Rivera, 4, and MaryAnna Rivera, 18 months, water their newly planted cucumber seedlings at Crossroads Farm in Malverne, New York. Letting kids pick plants, name gardens, and take responsibility teaches patience and pride.

Let kids create their own garden, and other tips for instilling a love for growing things

Giving children ownership of small garden plots makes them more engaged. They learn responsibility from watering and weeding.