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Heights remedy for cabin fever ahead

Heights remedy for cabin fever ahead

WinterFest, the annual celebration of nature outdoors deep in the season of ice and snow, returns to the Lake Katherine Nature Center in Palos Heights a week from this Saturday, on Feb. 4, from noon to 4 p.m.

Look for details about the planned fun, food and activities in next Thursday’s Regional. Shown above is some of the fun to be had at last year’s always-cool, winter warm-down event.

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Patricia A. Creevy, past principal of Palos East School, mourned

by Bob Jaderberg
staff reporter

Patricia A. Creevy, longtime Palos District 118 teacher and administrator who served as principal of Palos East School, died on Jan. 16. She was 60 years...

Voices for a better Palos appeal to the community

by Cynthia Weglarz

Ed Dombrowski's appeal to the community, "Let's help McCord expand the arts in our Palos Community" published in this space by The Regional last week, is, most of...

Park plans walk-bikeway up La Grange Rd.

by Bob Jaderberg
staff reporter

Palos Park is plotting a better way for walkers and bicyclists to traverse a section of La Grange Road.

Village commissioners on Monday consented to draft...

Worth businesses continue efforts to resurrect a chamber

by Laura Bollin

Worth businesses owners are scheduled to meet next week as part of an ongoing effort to create a new chamber of commerce.

Members of the fledgling organization plan to...

Vote online for Palos Fire to win needed makeover

Winner gets new firehouse kitchen

Firehouse No. 1 has been nominated to win a free $25,000 kitchen makeover.

It is one of only five firehouses across the whole country to get the...

Caroline's Fashion Chat

by Caroline Foreman

The Winter, the Cold and the Wardrobe

Winter can be a merciless time marked by weeks of gloomy gray.

It may seem as though joy has gone on holiday, leaving...


Sean Morrison named Palos Twp. GOP chief

Cook County Republican Chairman Sig Vaznelis has named businessman Sean Morrison Palos Township Republican Committeeman.

He will succeed outgoing Committeeman Lee Roupas.

For more than a decade,...

Cal-Sag convoy navigates Palos


Caroline's Fashion Chat

A flock of Canada geese, like some naval armada of fat-bellied, web-footed feathered vessels, steer a westward course through the waves of the Calumet-Sag Channel...

Moraine proposes plan for health and wellness center


Caroline's Fashion Chat

$34M facility would house pools, fitness center & health care

by Kimberly A. Thielen
Correspondent

Moraine Valley Community College announced last week a proposal to build...

Connect to Local History @ Palos Heights Public Library


Caroline's Fashion Chat

Residents may recall some press coverage last October lauding Palos Heights School District 128 for meeting AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) under the No Child Left...

Heights Council Digest

A summary of some business conducted at the most recent Palos Heights City Council meeting.

Susan Blattner retires this year

The City Council accepted the retirement notice...

Orland Chili Challenge warms snowy day


Caroline's Fashion Chat

Thirty two cooks participated in Orland Park’s Chilly Willie Chili Challenge last Saturday at the Orland Park Civic Center.

The contests sanctioned by the International Chili...

Winter Sports in Palos


Caroline's Fashion Chat

By Chas. G. Sauers

General Superintendent Forest Preserve District of Cook County

From The Palos Journal December, 1929

“Out of doors the year round” is the slogan pronounced...

Facebook for grownups


Caroline's Fashion Chat

The Center’s Development Director Mark Walker will discuss social network sites such as Facebook and Twitter at a noon luncheon program on Tuesday, Jan. 31,...









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