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Volunteers Preserve Holiday Lights In Park Ridge
Share + Nov 7, 2009 9:15 pm US/Central Reporting Jim Williams PARK RIDGE, Ill. What do you do when a holiday tradition, cherished for generations, is stopped cold because of the bad economy? In one Chicago area community, adults and children alike rolled up their sleeves, grabbed a few ladders and went to work.
City Of Park Ridge Rescues Holiday Lights
Share + Nov 6, 2009 10:39 am US/Central PARK RIDGE, Ill. Christmas was looking very iffy for 7-year-old Ben Ryles and the other children of Park Ridge.
After stints in both public accounting as an audit manager and in industry as a software consultant to CPA firms, Alexander Vuchnich was driven to start his own practice because of what he described as the continued resistance of traditional firms to change.
Colorado Man Drowns Working In Deerfield Pond
Share + Nov 3, 2009 10:17 pm US/Central DEERFIELD, lll. A Colorado man apparently drowned while cleaning a pond Tuesday afternoon outside a north suburban company.
Peter Silvestri Running for Cook County Commissioner, 9th District
Cook County Commissioner Peter Silvestri was elected to the Board in 1994 and is currently serving his fourth term.
Suspect Claims To Be Neighbor In Two Scams
Two more Park Ridge residents fell victim to a scammer who claims to be a neighbor locked out of his home.
Senate lowers threshold for Stroger override
The Illinois Senate moved to undercut the powers of Cook County Board President Todd Stroger by voting to lower the threshold for county commissioners to override his veto.
Rainbow Hospice Ball Raises Funds, Recognizes Key Players
Five hundred seventy five guests attended the Park Ridge-based Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care Angels Ball on Saturday, Oct.
Death of Skokie man at work ruled accidental
The Cook County Medical Examinier's office ruled that the death of a Skokie man working in Park Ridge was accidental.
Bond set for man charged with attacking his grandmother
A northwest suburban man tracked down by a police dog and charged with a brutal knife attack on his 86-year-old grandmother was ordered held on $2 million bond Friday.
Serial rapist sentenced to life in prison
A serial rapist was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after he was convicted of attacking a woman in 2007 in a wooded area near Park Ridge.
Walkers Raise Money In Fight Against Hunger
Over 250 people from 12 area churches expected to take part in the annual Niles/Park Ridge CROP Hunger Walk last Sunday, Oct.
Police: Alcohol was factor in fatal car crash
A Chicago man arrested in connection with a fatal car crash that took the lives of two of his passengers in Park Ridge last week was scheduled to appear in Cook County Circuit Court this week for a preliminary hearing.
Skokie man dead after construction accident
A Skokie man died Tuesday after an accident with sewer equipment in Park Ridge. Joseph Patyk, 32, of 821 Lawndale Ave.
State marks national Teen Driver Safety Week, touts toughter driving standards
Secretary of State Jesse White will mark national Teen Driver Safety Week by presenting an award to a Chicago area high school.
Suburbs 'wait and see' on traffic impact from buckled Kennedy
Suburban police don't know what impact closing expressways in Chicago will have during Wednesday and Thursday commutes, but they're monitoring potential traffic jams on suburban streets.
Suburban schools raise their hands for new building funds
Years ago, suburban schools queued up for state funding to build more classrooms.
Park Ridge Orchestra does 'Brahms Double'
When Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Edgar Muenzer established the Park Ridge Civic Orchestra in his hometown in 1994, he never dreamed it would become such a vital, thriving institution.
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Names New Executive Director
" Wanda Wilson, CRNA, PhD, MSN, has been selected as the seventh executive director of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists .