Articles filed under Neighbor
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Grayslake library celebrating Valentine’s DayFeb 05, 2012 11:00 pm - A booster organization for Grayslake Area Public Library will host a romance paperback sale on Thursday, Feb. 9, in an advance celebration of Valentine’s Day. Friends of...
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Taste of College for eighth-graders at Gurnee schoolsFeb 05, 2012 11:00 pm - A collaborative program that began between Gurnee-based schools and businesses has launched it sixth year. Designed for eighth-graders, the Business and Education Partne...
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Cantigny announces photo contest winnersFeb 05, 2012 11:00 pm - Two photographers from Batavia and one from Sugar Grove recently were honored as the top three finishers in Cantigny Park's annual Cantigny in Focus amateur photo contes...
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Top Ten Scams of 2011Feb 05, 2012 5:38 am - Work-at-home schemes account for more than 45-percent of scam inquiries to the Better Business Bureau serving Chicago and northern Illinois in 2011. This scam is especia...
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Hanover Park recognizes citizens, businesses at Awards NightFeb 05, 2012 5:00 am - It’s not often that a community bestows a humanitarian award on someone well short of voting age, but that’s just what the village of Hanover Park did this year at its a...
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Naperville woman wins our monthly Photo Finish contestFeb 05, 2012 5:00 am - The window of opportunity can be a fickle thing. Sometimes it's wide open. Sometimes it's closed tight. And sometimes it's cracked just enough to give you a peek at wha...
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Common redpoll is anything but the norm in Northern IllinoisFeb 03, 2012 11:00 pm - Bird names can be misleading as most of us know. Case in point, the red-bellied woodpecker, whose pinkish underparts are one of its least conspicuous field marks. Or th...
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Big Read author explains pasion for HemingwayFeb 03, 2012 11:00 pm - If you haven’t heard of Paula McLain, this year’s featured author for The Big Read, don’t worry, you won’t be required to surrender your library card. She’s published tw...
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NapervilleREADS authors Luis Urrea and Antonio Sacre to visitFeb 03, 2012 11:00 pm - YouTube Sacre will headline the first NapervilleREADS 2012 public author event at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, in North Central College#146;s Wentz Hall, 171 E. Chicago Ave....
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Big Read campaign gearing up at 10 librariesFeb 03, 2012 11:00 pm - Debbie Wordinger could have picked a tougher task than serving as chairwoman for this year’s The Big Read campaign. Maybe something like bringing peace to the Middle Ea...