What’s at stake today in the Northwest suburbs? Eighteen mayoral seats. Eighty-three slots on city councils and village boards. Ninety-five seats on local school boards and community college boards. Fifty-six park board slots, 37 library board seats...

Art takes many forms. Students in Tricia Fuglestad’s art class at Dryden Elementary School in Arlington Heights learn more than drawing and painting. The 500 students in kindergarten through fifth grade that Fuglestad sees each week learn history, v...

The Northwest Suburban Community Concert Association, in partnership with District 214 Community Education, will hold its fourth and final concert of the 2012-2013 season featuring Peter Oprisko and his Silver Screen Gold Quartet. The concert is at...

What are the important architectural features on an older house? What should be repaired rather than replaced? This program looks at importance of taking a preservation approach in our homes and neighborhoods. It also highlights some common preserva...

This is the second of three profiles on the men running for Arlington Heights village president. The profile on Tom Hayes ran Monday; coming up Wednesday: Ron Drake. Giving back to the community is something Mark Hellner said has always been a part ...

Two years ago, Wanda and Frank Tardio moved from Palatine to a larger home in Inverness Hills. “I was familiar with the area and liked it, then I fell in love with the house, and next I met such nice neighbors — that I knew it was where I wanted to...

Joseph Shanahan retired earlier this year from emergency room medicine and heading up a firm that staffed Adventist GlenOaks Hospital’s ER in Glendale Heights. After all he’s seen his share of accident and heart attack victims. Most of all...

Ask and you shall be answered. At least when it comes to questions about congestion on Army Trail Road, faulty signals on Route 83 and a U-turn conundrum submitted by readers. I have consulted the traffic oracles and have your answers — plus a weal...

Pound it out Industrial cast offs never sounded so good thanks to the Canadian percussion ensemble ScrapArts Music, which returns to the area for a Saturday performance at Ramsey Auditorium in Fermilab's Wilson Hall, Kirk Road and Pine Street,...