Heather Cherone

Niles Mayor Andrew Przybylo, center, apologizes for leaving a previous meeting as Trustees Dean Strzelecki, from left, Denise McCreery, Danette Matyas, Craig Niedermaier and John Jekot listen.

Niles mayor apologizes for walking out after tiff on how to spend cannabis revenue; ‘I’m going to try to be the Fonz and be cool, be cool’

December 17, 2019 at 10:32 p.m.

Niles Mayor Andrew Przybylo apologized Dec. 10 for leaving the Nov. 19 board meeting early because he was angered that trustees did not approve his plan to set aside tax...

Clarence E. Culver School, the only school in Niles District 71, was rated exemplary in the Illinois report cards for the second year in a row.

Culver School proud to receive ‘exemplary’ on Illinois report cards

November 18, 2019 at 8:32 p.m.

Clarence E. Culver School in Niles Elementary School District 71 was an "exemplary" school during the 2018-19 academic year, according to rankings from the Illinois State Board of Education. The...

Gemini Middle School in Niles earned a "commendable" rating on the Illinois report cards, as did all the other East Maine District 63 schools.

East Maine D63 schools get ‘commendable’ ratings on Illinois report cards

November 19, 2019 at 10:11 p.m.

All six East Maine School District 63 public schools earned a "commendable" rating on recently released Illinois report cards designed to spotlight how well schools are educating students. However, four...

Chief School Business Official Luann Kolstad fields questions from the Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 Board of Education about the district's tax levy.

Park Ridge-Niles District 64 to raise tax levy

October 29, 2019 at 3:29 p.m.

Residents of Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 will see the school district's property tax levy rise no more than 4.87%, officials told school board members Monday. The District 64 board...

The Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 board met and passed a balanced budget.

School District 64 OKs balanced budget as enrollment keeps growing

October 1, 2019 at 5:42 p.m.

The Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 Board of Education on Monday unanimously approved a balanced budget for the 2020 fiscal year. The board approved an operating budget with revenues totaling...

The intersection of Oakton Street and Hamlin Avenue, where the new water transmission line connecting Evanston and Lincolnwood is set to turn south.

Construction continues for Lincolnwood to switch water supplier to Evanston; board OKs $16.5 million in bonds

October 1, 2019 at 5:10 p.m.

Construction is underway on a $13.06 million transmission water main that will carry water from Evanston to Lincolnwood in an effort to reduce residents' water bills by more than half,...

Mayor favors unique streetlights, but board opts for cheaper ones

September 15, 2019 at 12:52 a.m.

The Niles Village Board of Trustees rejected Mayor Andrew Przybylo's push to install "unique, never before seen" streetlights along Milwaukee Avenue that he said would attract developers and investment by...

Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 headquarters, 164 S. Prospect Ave.

Plans to ease Washington School overcrowding advance

September 10, 2019 at 3:50 a.m.

With students back in class at Washington Elementary School in Park Ridge, efforts to ease overcrowding are moving forward, district officials said. The school's auditorium has been transformed into a...

Members of the Park Ridge School District 64 special education committee discuss the committee's future.

Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 dissolves special education committee

August 20, 2019 at 4:15 p.m.

The Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 Board of Education voted 4-2 Monday to dissolve a year-old committee formed to advise it on how to improve the district's special education programs....

A coworking office has been proposed for the former Affresco restaurant at 11 N. Northwest Highway in Park Ridge.

Park Ridge nears approval of coworking venture in former Uptown restaurant space

August 13, 2019 at 11:46 p.m.

Two Park Ridge businessmen have been given tentative approval to turn an Uptown building that once housed a popular Italian restaurant into shared office space for workers. Andrew Nast, who...

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