Northfield News

LONDON a " Cadbury PLC has rejected a new $16.4 billion cash-and-stock offer from Kraft Foods Inc.Monday's hostile offer is lower than Kraft's previous rebuffed offer.Northfield, Ill.-based Kraft says the price 'represents a substantial premium to the unaffected share price of Cadbury.' The company is referring to a surge in the British company's ...

Public libraries in Northbrook and Glenview are overcharging nonresidents living in unincorporated areas of those villages for library cards and services, said the Northfield Township Assessor.

Glenview and Northfield Township trustees added their voices to a petition with 260 signatures opposing a plan to turn a single-family home into multi-family town houses in an unincorporated area bordering Glenview.

If the Illinois Standards Achievement Test is any indication, students who attend public schools in New Trier Township leave eighth grade with a strong and comparable foundation for the more rigorous demands of high school.

3-5. The new TS240 includes high-speed, non-contact 300 DPI image scan heads that increase the accuracy of check scans, even with folds and wrinkles.

Older students' reading scores shot up at Sunset Ridge District 29, but they dropped for third- and fourth-graders, according to 2009 state test results.

Glenview trustees are scheduled to decide Nov. 3 whether to impose a local 2-cent tax on motor fuel purchases, expected to raise $290,000 annually that they'd dedicate solely to roadway improvement projects.

Both Glenview and Northfield Township have registered opposition to a plan to replace a single-family house on the corner of Central and Glenshire roads in unincorporated Cook County with four townhouses.

Seven candidates - five Republicans and two Democrats - running for the 10th Congressional District will vie to capture the top spot on the Feb.

Story posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 They're Heeerree... County Sets Tax Rates Cook County released property tax rates for suburban townships yesterday , the final piece of the puzzle in figuring final tax bills.

In this issue, through images taken during a single day - Friday, Sept. 25 - we reveal a portion of the good life people enjoy in Northbrook - where we live, work, dine, play, learn and worship.

Many Glenview and Northbrook youngsters will not receive inoculations against the H1N1 flu virus at their schools.

Northfield Township District 225's high schools are joining forces to break a Guinness World Record, donate thousands of canned goods to the Northfield Township Food Pantry and host a community/family event -- all at the same time.

A Northfield resident hopes to become the state's first Asian-American attorney general.

Illinois Republicans have a candidate for attorney general. Attorney and former Northfield trustee Steve Kim formally announced Monday that he's running.

Wilmette school districts have posted school administrators' salaries on their web sites in compliance with a new "sunshine" law -- an outgrowth of legislators' anger over hidden sources of compensation tucked into employment contracts.

Dr. William J. Cohen and staff of Glenview Dental Excellence will be hosting a Cosmetic Open House from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.

Voters will need to check for changes in their polling places before next February's primary elections.

West Northfield District 31's Board of Education wants community input to create a strategic plan for improvement during the next five years.

The golf greens went "pink" when the Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation hosted The 18th Annual Play for the Cure Golf Outing on Aug.