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Rolling Meadows firm helping today's students be tomorrow's engineers
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/09/12
A wireless iPod? A "situationally-aware" cane? These ideas, developed by suburban high school students, are being brought to life with help from mentors from Northrop Grumman -- which hopes it is helping develop the next generation of engineers FULL STORY
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/09/12
Preckwinkle hopes to boost city-suburban cooperation
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/08/12
In an effort to create more economic collaboration between the city and the suburbs, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Wednesday the three workforce boards around the county will be combined into one. Preckwinkle announced the change... FULL STORY
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/08/12
Rolling Meadows High School ships supplies to troops
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/08/12
After only a week of collecting goodies for soldiers, Rolling Meadows High School students had gathered an impressive array of gum, games, food and other homey items and boxed them up Tuesday for shipping to Afghanistan. The service project was... FULL STORY
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/08/12
Wheeling Food Pantry asks for donations
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/07/12
The Wheeling Food Pantry is in need of donations as it is seeing an increased number of families coming in for help, village officials said Tuesday. FULL STORY
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/07/12
Wheeling limits streets solicitation to once per year
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/07/12
After weeks of discussion, Wheeling officials voted Monday to limit how often charitable organizations can take to village streets to solicit donations. A new ordinance, approved by a 4-3 vote of the village board, will allow groups only one... FULL STORY
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/07/12
Dandy, beloved suburban safety dog, dies
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/07/12
To schools around the suburbs and to her handler, Glenn VandeBonCoeur, Dandy was more than a drug-sniffing dog -- she was a friend, a hard worker and a girl with quite a personality. "Her name fit her well, she was truly a Dandy,"... FULL STORY
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/07/12
New principal named for Hersey High School
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/04/12
District 214 named a new principal for John Hersey High School to replace Tina Cantrell, who will retire at the end of the school year. The Northwest Suburban High School District 214 school board announced last week that her replacement will be... FULL STORY
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/04/12
WildStang robotics team gets White House honor
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/03/12
A senior from Rolling Meadows High School will be cutting class on Tuesday, but with good reason - he'll be in Washington D.C. meeting President Barack Obama. Harrison Drake and his teacher, Mark Koch, will represent the District 214 robotics team... FULL STORY
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/03/12
Three more District 214 schools to get artificial turf
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/03/12
Three more District 214 high schools will be getting artificial turf football fields through partnerships with local park districts and other entities the school board announced on Thursday. FULL STORY
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/03/12
Mystery Writers Convention comes to Rosemont
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/03/12
Local writers searching for the secrets to penning the next best-selling mystery novel may not have to look far as the 13th annual Love is Murder Mystery Writers Convention comes to the suburbs. Best-selling novelists David Morrell and Donald Bain... FULL STORY
By Melissa Silverberg - 02/03/12
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