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Grandfather-grandson team labor to restore classic auto

Grandfather-grandson team labor to restore classic auto

Hope to finish in time for Heights car show

by Kristen Wajda
staff reporter

Burt Petro and his grandson Jim Losiewicz vow to feature their...

Gorman urges countywide drivers cell phone ban

by Kristen Wajda
staff reporter

Cook County Commissioner Elizabeth Doody Gorman (R-17, Orland Park) proposes to extend Chicago’s cell phone ban throughout all of Cook County.

Gorman has drafted a proposed ordinance that was scheduled to be presented on Wednesday to the County Board’s Rules Committee. It stipulates that anyone who is caught driving a motor vehicle while using a mobile analog wireless or digital...

Giving children a handup

Director of alternative high school trying to lift youths out of poverty

by Kristen Larsen

Nearly 100,000 students drop out of high school each year.

Randy Thomas, director of Palos Hills-based Aquinas Academy, is trying to turn around the lives of teens who are on the road to dropping out of school and getting involved with gangs.

In the movie, “Boys Town,” the opening scene is...

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Orland school chief urges school board training

by Kristen Wajda
staff reporter

Orland School District 135’s new superintendent, Dennis Soustek, has made it clear that restoring cooperation and leadership among the district’s school board...

Western McCarthy Rd. due for resurfacing next spring

by Michael Gilbert
staff reporter

Drivers using McCarthy Road between La Grange Road and Bell Road to travel through Palos Park may be able to look forward...

Tough act to follow at parks

by Michael Gilbert
staff reporter

Mark Purcell has come a long way since his days mowing lawns and trimming trees for the Clarendon Hills Park District.

Purcell, Palos...

Orland woman takes no comfort in EPA findings

Urges senators take action

by Kristen Wajda
staff reporter

Tricia Krause will continue to seek the help of Illinois’ two U.S. senators, despite recent Illinois Environmental Protection Agency...

Scribe delves Living Coast

by Kristen Larsen
From The Reporter

Preparing food for and feeding it to sharks, penguins and sea gulls. Cleaning animal tanks. It’s all in a day’s work...

Thrilled someone remembers when

by Marion Deak White

A former schoolmate of mine sent me a copy of Claudia Buktenica’s recent article about my family, the Deaks.

I was thrilled to...

Dollie DeNovo contributed much to history of Palos

by Michael Gilbert
staff reporter

Geraldine “Dollie” DeNovo, a charter member of the Palos Fine Arts Association and a member of the Palos Park Woman’s Club for...

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