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Senior Programs Available
MEALS ON WHEELS AVAILABLE FOR SENIORS Senior citizens, 60 years old and older, who are unable to get out to shop for themselves can receive a hot lunch delivered to their home. The Meals on Wheels Program provides a hot lunch five days a week, delivered between 10 am and 2 pm. A spouse or […]
District 81 School Board Highlights Nov/December, 2012
November, 2012 Payment of Bills • The Board authorized the payment of bills in the amount of $310,536.95. • The Board approved payroll in the amount of $831,553.99. Public Participation • Mr. Brian Amsler, Assistant Principal of Lincoln Middle School, announced a new initiative, the participation of District 81 students in Special Olympics Project Unify, […]
Schiller Park Resident Celebrates 90th Birthday!
44 Years in Schiller Park Mary Ann Naedelen was born on January 7, 1923 to Frank and Rose Vandersnickt. Raised on a 365 acre farm in Ewing, Nebraska, her and her four sisters helped out with the chores. Mary Ann was the 2nd to the youngest and she remembers her job was to weed the […]
Cook County Offers Memorial Markers for Loved Ones
Cook County announced a new program that will allow families to purchase a memorial market near the site of a DUI fatality to commemorate the loss of their loved one. The DUI Memorial Program is offered in Cook County to provide families an opportunity to safely commemorate a loved one who died as a proximate […]
Quigley Elected Regional Whip by Democratic Colleagues
New leadership role comes after just three years in Congress WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) was elected by members of the Democratic Caucus to the leadership position of Regional Whip, just three years after first being elected to Congress. He will be the only member of the Illinois delegation to serve in […]
Melrose Park Chamber of Commerce
Melrose Park Chamber Holiday Luncheon On December 13, 2012, the Melrose Park Chamber of Commerce held its annual holiday luncheon at Abruzzo’s Italian Restaurant, 1509 W. Division St. A buffet of food was laid out for all attending members. Everyone feasted on a delicious array of pasta, Italian sausage and green peppers, chicken vesuvio, and more, […]
Unemployment Updates
Federal Emergency Unemployment Ended in December EUC Ends Dec. 29, Regular Unemployment Continues An estimated 90,000 people who worked in Illinois no longer receive unemployment insurance when the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program ended Dec. 29. The state’s Regular Unemployment Insurance program continues. The state’s regular program represents the first 25 weeks an individual […]
Crypt of the Saints
Richard Montalbano – Creator and Caretaker for a Beautiful Tribute to the Saints in Elmhurst Over 350 Relics of Saints and 300 statues and icons. That’s what you will find while visiting the Crypt of the Saints under the Adoration Chapel located at Visitation Church in Elmhurst. Richard Montalbano, who I wrote about in the […]
Free ESL Classes At East Leyden Starting In January
Triton College is offering free ESL (English as a Second Language) classes at East Leyden High School, 3400 Rose St., Franklin Park. The classes are open to those who want to learn to speak and write English. Registration will take place at East Leyden on Thursday, January 17, 2013, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. […]
LEYDEN HIGHLIGHTS – December, 2012
DISTRICT 212 ADVANCED PLACEMENT SCHOLARS District 212 has received notification that 69 students have achieved Advanced Placement Scholar status this past year. Although Leyden had more than 69 students who took and passed AP exams, AP Scholars are students recognized by the College Board as having taken at least three AP exams, earning passing grades of 3 […]
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