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Northbrook approves Countryside Montessori School expansion

December 25, 2018 at 4:31 p.m.

Countryside Montessori School has been granted permission to expand its Northbrook site, and village officials also allowed a deferral on paying for the utility lines surrounding the property. "The Planning...

Health programs replace parking tax in Park Ridge

December 25, 2018 at 4:31 p.m.

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and the City of Park Ridge are poised to bring new health care programs to residents. The impetus for the program may have begun in the...

Developer rethinks upscale housing development in Northbrook

December 25, 2018 at 1:34 p.m.

Like many real estate developers, Daniel Zivin saw a way to make the best of the recent economic downturn. When three vacant houses and a farm-stand in the Pine Knolls...

Montessori Middle School a step closer to expansion

December 24, 2018 at 6:45 p.m.

The seventh and eighth graders at Countrywide Montessori Middle School at 1985 Phingsten Road in Northbrook are a step closer to having a new area for themselves. The Community Room...

Des Plaines to replace faulty water meters

December 25, 2018 at 12:04 p.m.

More than two years after discovering many residential water meters were misreporting consumption, Des Plaines has voted to replace them at a cost of $4.3 million over five to 10...

Northbrook Caucus selects board candidates

December 25, 2018 at 12:53 p.m.

The Northbrook Caucus of 2013 has selected candidates to run for open board positions. The caucus method of slating candidates for vacant board positions has been part of the village's...

Panel answers questions about Islam during forum at Morton Grove library

December 25, 2018 at 10:20 a.m.

About 85 people came to the Morton Grove library on a recent evening to learn more about Islam. A question written on a card for the Muslim panelists got to...

Assistant Principal who died honored at Field Middle School in Northbrook

December 25, 2018 at 9:55 a.m.

Staff and students this month remembered Dan Razes, former Assistant Principal of Field Middle School in Northbrook, at a ceremony in the school's auditorium. Razes, 63, died of a heart...

Park Ridge officials still can’t decide what to do about the outstanding loan owed by former City Manager Jim Hock

December 24, 2018 at 6:27 p.m.

At their November meeting, Park Ridge officials still could not decide what to do about the outstanding loan owed by former City Manager Jim Hock, and put off their decision...

More suburbs pass electric aggregation

December 25, 2018 at 8:31 a.m.

Several north and northwest suburbs passed electricity aggregation referendums this month, joining the ranks of communities where local officials say new suppliers will mean lower bills. Northfield, Glenview, Hawthorn Woods,...

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