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Chicago Wolves coach provides girls with a hockey outlet
FRANKLIN PARK — Stan Dubicki’s mission was pretty simple when he started forming a club team for girls high school hockey players this year: Give them an opportunity to play. Dubicki, who is the...
View ArticleUnion Ridge School planning to implement safety improvements
A list of safety-driven improvements is set to get underway next summer at Union Ridge School in Harwood Heights thanks to the Illinois Safe Routes to School Grant, which was awarded to School District...
View ArticleNorridge District 80 school board approves $8.6 million tax levy
A tax levy for 2014 of about $8.6 million was approved by the Norridge District 80 school board on Tuesday. The levy was approved during the Dec. 9 school board meeting. It is estimated to be 3.5...
View ArticleTriple-overtime win over Maine South instills New Trier boys basketball team...
WINNETKA — In his seven seasons as head coach, Scott Fricke said he had never heard so many people wonder what was wrong with the New Trier boys basketball team. Coming into Thursday’s game against...
View ArticleRidgewood mentoring program encourages social service, among other skills
Night has fallen in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. A group of students from Ridgewood High School gingerly head out into the cold December evening to help feed the neighborhood’s impoverished...
View ArticleLove Essentially podcast: Chocolate, red wine and foods that benefit...
In this “Love Essentially” podcast, I am joined by my sister, Dr. Susan Pilossoph, an ER doc turned functional medicine physician who shares how chocolate and other foods can have a positive affect...
View ArticleMovie Review: Suspense and sadness in ‘The Imitation Game’
‘The Imitation Game’ ★★★ 1/2 When was the last time you said to yourself, “I think I’ll go out and catch a good movie about a certified scientific genius”? Well, you might feel that way every week but,...
View ArticleGuard against GERD this holiday season
‘Tis the season of overconsumption. At seemingly every holiday gathering, the most savory of dishes and artfully decorated treats are there for the eating. More than just a dent in your diet, these...
View ArticleFood: Take a mulled wine moment between decking the halls
Sometimes it feels like the hectic holiday season provides few opportunities for merry elves to take a breath let alone enjoy a quiet moment sipping cider by the fire. Hokey made-for-TV movies make it...
View ArticleNorridge trustees loosen firearms business regulations
Most Norridge residents don’t know of online-based firearms dealer Tony Kole, who operates Norridge’s only gun retail center in an unmarked building at 7601 W. Montrose Ave. Kole’s business, Ghost...
View ArticleVillage briefs: Norridge lowers garage sale fees
Village lowers fees charged for garage sales Norridge Trustees on Dec. 10 approved an ordinance reducing the village’s garage sale fee to $10. All village residents hosting a garage sale are required...
View ArticleFirefighters injured in multialarm fire at Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago police said two firefighters received minor injuries while fighting a multialarm fire Thursday at Resurrection Medical Center, according to the Chicago Tribune. The Tribune reports that the...
View ArticleCheers are in order for two Norridge teens
Years of practice, discipline and hard work have paid off for two Norridge teens. Haley Soltwedel and Brittany Susmarski will be participating in London’s New Year’s Day parade. The Norridge residents...
View ArticleHaley Greer leads New Trier girls basketball team past Maine South
PARK RIDGE — If Haley Greer hadn’t already ingratiated herself to her New Trier girls basketball teammates, she likely did so Friday in the Trevians’ 58-42 Central Suburban South win over Maine South....
View ArticleMoran: #Oscars selfie, #WorldCup headline Twitter’s year in review
When I was a child of the ’70s, my cousins had a rack of encyclopedias that were complemented every 12 months by a gift that kept on giving: The Year in Review. I poured through those roundup books on...
View ArticleMatt Rafferty, Joe Mooney put on shooting clinic in Hinsdale Central’s win
NILES — Notre Dame’s Joe Mooney and Hinsdale Central’s Matt Rafferty have played on the same Chicago LockDown AAU team for the last three years. They’ve grown close as they’ve both developed into...
View ArticleRandy Blaser: Judy Baar Topinka was one of a kind
I first met Judy Baar Topinka in the late summer of 1979. I was a rookie reporter who didn’t know anybody. Judy was a former reporter at my paper, The Life Newspapers in Berywn, and seemed to know...
View ArticleHelp Squad: AT&T customer has difficulty cancelling small business account
Dear Help Squad, I have the strangest situation. I keep getting this small business AT&T bill that I thought I cancelled years ago. When I try to call to inquire why it was not cancelled and why I...
View ArticleLetter: Giving thanks for O’Hare jet noise 2014
Since Chicago O’Hare International Airport’s new runways opened, the Chicago Department of Aviation, in cahoots with the Federal Aviation Administration, has increased air traffic over the most densely...
View ArticleThree fine arts leaders among District 207′s Best December students
A longtime tradition maintained for many years at Maine Township High School District 207 honors three high-achieving students each month in the 207’s Best program, which spotlights teens for achieving...
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