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Niles trustees approve $99,228 workers’ comp settlement for former village employee

May 9, 2019 at 6:48 a.m.

Niles trustees authorized the village to pay out just under $100,000 in a workers' compensation settlement with a former employee, village records show. The case still has to go before...

Melecio Ramirez hands change to Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen after the mayor makes a purchase at last year's opening of the Farmers Market on June 12, 2016, outside Skokie Village Hall.

Sign of summer: Skokie gears up for 2017 farmers market

May 15, 2019 at 12:42 p.m.

Skokie's popular Farmers Market will kick off June 11 and run every Sunday through Nov. 5 in the parking lot of Skokie Village Hall, officials announced. The market will offer...

Skokie School District 68 Education Association Co-President Matt Tomenille, left, signs a contract Tuesday, May 30, 2017 after a district board meeting at the district office. The union and the district settled a new four-year contract which will be effective starting in the 2017-18 school year.

Skokie School District 68, teachers union sign off on new four-year contract

May 15, 2019 at 12:42 p.m.

Skokie School District 68 board members approved the new four-year contract with its teachers union Tuesday, sending both sides off on summer break with a lot less stress compared to...

‘Wednesdays on the Green’ free entertainment ready to get underway

May 15, 2019 at 12:42 p.m.

When the band Z28 rocks away June 7 in the heart of downtown Skokie, summer will unofficially begin for many. Wednesdays on the Green, the free entertainment series now in...

Winnebago Park draws neighbors to new playground

May 15, 2019 at 12:42 p.m.

When the red ribbon was cut, children stormed into Winnebago Park May 18, jumping onto the new playground equipment that was cushioned by soft wood chips in the case of...

Neighborhood children from Winnebago Park get a first crack at playing on new playground equipment Thursday, May 18, 2017 at the park in the 7600 block of Knox Avenue. The Skokie Park District revamped the park after concerns were raised by neighbors.

Winnebago Park draws neighbors to new playground

May 15, 2019 at 12:42 p.m.

When the red ribbon was cut, children stormed into Winnebago Park May 18, jumping onto the new playground equipment that was cushioned by soft wood chips in the case of...

Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin talks to a group before a Morton Grove Village Board meeting onMay 22, 2017, outside Village Hall. The rally was to support board approval of a pro-immigrant resolution and to coordinate asking the board not to opt out of a new Cook County minimum wage set to begin in July.

Morton Grove trustees approve pro-immigration resolution

June 4, 2018 at 5:33 p.m.

The Morton Grove Village Board unanimously approved a pro-immigrant resolution Monday, less than a month after residents voiced diverse opinions over whether trustees should take such action. Trustee Connie Travis...

Lincolnwood School District 74 Supt. Joseph Bailey, pictured Tuesday, May 23, 2017 working in his office, is scheduled to retire at the end of June after four years leading the school district.

Lincolnwood School District 74 superintendent, Lincoln Hall principal set to retire

May 23, 2019 at 1:19 p.m.

Two of Lincolnwood School District 74's top administrators will retire from the district at the end of June, but first they have the chance to say goodbye. Supt. Joseph Bailey...

Lawler Park, located across from Westfield Old Orchard mall in Skokie, pictured here May 16, 2017, is soon to lose its one tennis court but be turned into pickleball and futsal playing venues.

Lawler Park’s tennis courts to be replaced with futsal, pickleball facilities

May 15, 2019 at 12:41 p.m.

Tennis is out, pickleball and futsal are in at Skokie's Lawler Park on the northwest end of the village. Supervisor of Parks Michael Rea said that the lone tennis court...

Yield from Skokie church’s garden to be donated to Niles Township Food Pantry

May 15, 2019 at 12:41 p.m.

One by one, children took turns May 16 shoveling soil before they helped plant tomatoes in the new garden at St. Timothy's Lutheran Church. The tomatoes, and other vegetables planted...

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