Celebrating 100 years of summer reading, Park Ridge Library offers rewards
It was the summer of '24 — we're speaking of 1924 — when librarian Frances...
Niles
![Representatives from the village of Niles and the Golf Mill Shopping Center hosted an Open House on Monday to discuss the upcoming redevelopment at the mall. Construction is expected to begin in 2025. Mayor George Alpogianis kicked off the event that brought nearly 200 people to Golf Mill. Florida-based Sterling Organization, which bought Golf Mill in 2014, brought their CEO Brian Kosoy and Managing Director of Development and Construction Dusting Hicks to present their upcoming project. The mall’s next step is for the village board to approve a redevelopment agreement with Sterling at its upcoming board of trustees meeting on […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ppn-l-nhs-golf-mill-redevelopment-0613-01_45c73e.jpg?w=116 "Representatives from the village of Niles and the Golf Mill Shopping Center hosted an Open House on Monday to discuss the upcoming redevelopment at the mall. Construction is expected to begin in 2025. Mayor George Alpogianis kicked off the event that brought nearly 200 people to Golf Mill. Florida-based Sterling Organization, which bought Golf Mill in 2014, brought their CEO Brian Kosoy and Managing Director of Development and Construction Dusting Hicks to present their upcoming project. The mall’s next step is for the village board to approve a redevelopment agreement with Sterling at its upcoming board of trustees meeting on […]")
Redevelopment plans for Niles’ Golf Mill Shopping Center advance; village, developer show united front
Representatives from the village of Niles and the Golf Mill Shopping Center hosted an Open...
![Go to a Park Ridge youth game and you’ll likely meet an atypical soccer mom – no newcomer to the game. She’s a champion. She’s a Rocker. She’s either an Attacker or Terminator. And if you cross paths with Erin Curry, nee Farmer, she’s a Farm Dog. Select grade school-age soccer players in town have an elite lineage. Their mothers were part of the Rockers traveling team that quickly won titles soon after its start-up in the early 1990s. They were hardly the definition of an “expansion team.” The Rockers won between 12 and 15 tournaments […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ppn-l-prh-rockers-dickinson.jpg?w=117 "Go to a Park Ridge youth game and you’ll likely meet an atypical soccer mom – no newcomer to the game. She’s a champion. She’s a Rocker. She’s either an Attacker or Terminator. And if you cross paths with Erin Curry, nee Farmer, she’s a Farm Dog. Select grade school-age soccer players in town have an elite lineage. Their mothers were part of the Rockers traveling team that quickly won titles soon after its start-up in the early 1990s. They were hardly the definition of an “expansion team.” The Rockers won between 12 and 15 tournaments […]")
Now grown, Park Ridge’s original ‘Rocker’ soccer girls relive the big wins
Go to a Park Ridge youth game and you’ll likely meet an atypical soccer...
![Despite social media backlash, no visible protesters turned out at either public entrance of the Skokie Public Library on June 8 to picket Drag Story Hour featuring a return visit by drag queen Coco Sho-Nell of Chicago Edgewater. A group on the “X” platform (platform formerly known as Twitter), posted images and questioned the Skokie Public Library for using tax dollars for a Pride Month story time for children and families. The critics claimed drag queens are not suitable for small children. In the Radmacher Room, Drag Story Hour on Saturday accommodated up to 20 children ages 3 to 6, […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PPN-SkokieLibraryDrag2024-3.jpg?w=140 "Despite social media backlash, no visible protesters turned out at either public entrance of the Skokie Public Library on June 8 to picket Drag Story Hour featuring a return visit by drag queen Coco Sho-Nell of Chicago Edgewater. A group on the “X” platform (platform formerly known as Twitter), posted images and questioned the Skokie Public Library for using tax dollars for a Pride Month story time for children and families. The critics claimed drag queens are not suitable for small children. In the Radmacher Room, Drag Story Hour on Saturday accommodated up to 20 children ages 3 to 6, […]")
Pride Month storytime at Skokie Library draws fans, despite online complaints
Despite social media backlash, no visible protesters turned out at either public entrance of the...
![If you consider yourself an expert in game shows or on the costs of everyday appliances and merchandise, you might want to “come on down!” to Harwood Heights for a shot at being on The Price is Right. The CBS daytime program is holding an open casting call at Steinhafels furniture store, 7304 W. Lawrence Ave., Harwood Heights, on June 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The program is looking for two semi-finalists who will have an opportunity to be selected as contestants on the show. Applicant will be interviewed on camera for approximately thirty (30) seconds answering questions such […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/02/08/HUQPBHMQSVAB5CWFTQNWP4P2YI.jpg?w=135 "If you consider yourself an expert in game shows or on the costs of everyday appliances and merchandise, you might want to “come on down!” to Harwood Heights for a shot at being on The Price is Right. The CBS daytime program is holding an open casting call at Steinhafels furniture store, 7304 W. Lawrence Ave., Harwood Heights, on June 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The program is looking for two semi-finalists who will have an opportunity to be selected as contestants on the show. Applicant will be interviewed on camera for approximately thirty (30) seconds answering questions such […]")
‘Price is Right’ show searching for contestants in the Chicago area
If you consider yourself an expert in game shows or on the costs of everyday...
Record number of high school students complete Basic Nurse Assistant training at Oakton
Over 80 high school students in the northern suburbs are ready to go to college...
Put these Park Ridge summer fun dates into your calendar
Park Ridge is stepping into summer with a new evening event on Saturdays, the 100-year...
![Conventional wisdom says people should tackle on one environmental cause at a time — say, food waste, plastic reduction or pesticide avoidance — lest they get overwhelmed and abandon the course. For Amy Bartucci, that doesn’t work. “People say, ‘Just pick one thing,’” said Bartucci, of Park Ridge. “And I say, ‘I understand what you’re recommending, but I just can’t.’ I was born this way. I just don’t slow down.’” In recognition of her yearslong and multifaceted environmental activism, Bartucci was conferred the 2024 Sgt. Karen Lader Memorial Good Citizen Award earlier this month at the annual meeting of the […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ppn-l-amy-bartucci-yard-portrait.jpg?w=134 "Conventional wisdom says people should tackle on one environmental cause at a time — say, food waste, plastic reduction or pesticide avoidance — lest they get overwhelmed and abandon the course. For Amy Bartucci, that doesn’t work. “People say, ‘Just pick one thing,’” said Bartucci, of Park Ridge. “And I say, ‘I understand what you’re recommending, but I just can’t.’ I was born this way. I just don’t slow down.’” In recognition of her yearslong and multifaceted environmental activism, Bartucci was conferred the 2024 Sgt. Karen Lader Memorial Good Citizen Award earlier this month at the annual meeting of the […]")
‘We had a lot of hungry people’: Park Ridge’s Amy Bartucci receives Maine Township award for environmental efforts
Conventional wisdom says people should tackle on one environmental cause at a time — say,...
![On a sunny morning last week, the sounds of the Italian national anthem drifted in the air as a group of well-dressed men and women stepped off a bus in front of Ridgewood High School, greeted by applause from students. The group featured a delegation of Italian politicians, including Attilio Fontana, president of Italy’s Lombardy region, and Raffaele Cattaneo, the Italian undersecretary of European and international public relations, who visited the Norridge high school and met with students, teachers and administrators. The visit on May 23 took place thanks to a virtual educational partnership between students of Italian at Ridgewood […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ppn-l-nhh-ridgewood-cattaneo-fontana.jpg?w=117 "On a sunny morning last week, the sounds of the Italian national anthem drifted in the air as a group of well-dressed men and women stepped off a bus in front of Ridgewood High School, greeted by applause from students. The group featured a delegation of Italian politicians, including Attilio Fontana, president of Italy’s Lombardy region, and Raffaele Cattaneo, the Italian undersecretary of European and international public relations, who visited the Norridge high school and met with students, teachers and administrators. The visit on May 23 took place thanks to a virtual educational partnership between students of Italian at Ridgewood […]")
Norridge school gets visit from Italy, thanks to educational partnership
On a sunny morning last week, the sounds of the Italian national anthem drifted in...
![Charles Meyer, the current assistant village manager in Lincolnwood, has been chosen as the new village administrator of Morton Grove. The Morton Grove Village Board approved Village President Dan DiMaria’s appointment of Meyer at a special meeting on Wednesday, May 29. Meyer will formally take the job on July 1, the retirement date for current Village Administrator Ralph Czerwinski. Czerwinski said Meyer was chosen from a pool of 29 applicants. “He was well rounded,” Czerwinski said. “He is very intelligent. He communicated well. He would catch the flavor of the village of Morton Grove very easily.” Meyer said he is […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ppn-l-mgc-charles-meyer.jpg?w=88 "Charles Meyer, the current assistant village manager in Lincolnwood, has been chosen as the new village administrator of Morton Grove. The Morton Grove Village Board approved Village President Dan DiMaria’s appointment of Meyer at a special meeting on Wednesday, May 29. Meyer will formally take the job on July 1, the retirement date for current Village Administrator Ralph Czerwinski. Czerwinski said Meyer was chosen from a pool of 29 applicants. “He was well rounded,” Czerwinski said. “He is very intelligent. He communicated well. He would catch the flavor of the village of Morton Grove very easily.” Meyer said he is […]")
Morton Grove plucks new village manager, Charles Meyer, from Lincolnwood
Charles Meyer, the current assistant village manager in Lincolnwood, has been chosen as the new...