Highland Park takes another look at carbon emissions
In 2005, Highland Park signed on to an honorary pledge to reduce its carbon emissions level by 2012. That deadline has come and gone. How did the city do? No...
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District 112 healing over Lincoln transfers
Highland Park elementary school officials are devising a plan to heal the wounds caused by four teacher transfers that resulted in two resignations and a community backlash. Parents say actions...
$10 million Rosewood Beach plans taking shape in Highland Park
If everything goes as planned, by this time next year more than $10 million will have been spent to renovate Rosewood Beach as part of two simultaneous projects at Highland...
BYOB details discussed in Deerfield
Comments from local restaurant owners has resulted in changes to the proposal for a bring-your-own-bottle liquor license in Deerfield. The pared down proposal will come to officials later this summer...
As others define ‘local,’ Arlington Heights farmers market keeps rules simple
Arlington Heights' farmers market only has one rule: nothing other than food products may be sold. "Local" doesn't come into the picture, organizers say. The 14-year-old downtown Saturday market at...
Highland Park says no to fining parents whose kids don’t wear bike helmets
Highland Park may put the brakes on a proposed change to its bicycle law that would create a fine for parents whose children are caught riding without a helmet. The...
Rosewood beach project cost reduced
After the estimated cost for a renovation project at Highland Park's signature public beach ballooned by nearly $1 million, the designer was asked to do the near-impossible — cut back...
Group for teens seeks funding from Highland Park, but officials are wary
A 2-year-old Highland Park group that provides afterschool activities for teens is seeking what amounts to a government bailout from local city, park and high school officials — but the...
Highland Park weighs changes to spur downtown development
Change is necessary to stimulate development and activity in Highland Park's downtown, officials say. Over the next several months, their decision will be how much change they're willing to stomach....
‘Local’ is in the eye of the beholder in regional farmers markets
For Grayslake, Lake Zurich and Mundelein residents heading to farmers markets this summer, "locally grown" produce might not mean the goods come from a farm right down the road. As...