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August @ the Franklin Park Library
For Families Let’s Party! Saturday, August 3 at 1-4 pm Wrap up another successful Summer Reading Program with our End of Summer Reading Party on Saturday, August 3 @ 1-4pm. We’ll […]
TESTING FOR MELROSE PARK POLICE OFFICERS
Village of Melrose Park Accepting Applications for Entry Level Police Officers Deadline for all applications is July 25, 2013 Test Date: August 17, 2013 Applications are available at: Jobsource.copsandfiretesting.com C.O.P.S. and F.I.R.E. Personnel Testing Service 847-310-2677
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Twenty Dollar Bill ——————————————————– A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, “who would like this $20 bill?” Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this.” He proceeded […]
NEW CCRD VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE OPENS
Recorder Yarbrough and Prominent Area Veterans Cut Ribbon on New CCRD Veterans Service Office on Flag Day To better serve military veterans who visit the Cook County Recorder of Deeds to record or retrieve their discharge records, Recorder Karen A. Yarbrough dedicated the new Cook County Recorder of Deeds Veterans Service Office on June 14, […]
Welcome home Master Sergeant Karl Baumkirchner, U.S. Army
The Howard H. Rohde American Legion Post #888 of Northlake, officially welcomed home Master Sergeant Karl Baumkirchner of the U.S. Army on Thursday June 6th. This was after a year long deployment to Afghanistan.
Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Bensenville, Illinois
The Vietnam War Memorial moving wall was in Bensenville, Illinois from June 20th to June 23rd. The place of honor was at Redman Park on the football field. It was centered on the 50 yard line with an expanse of almost 100 yards long. The entrance driveway into to Redman Park was lined with American […]
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN ELMWOOD PARK
Family fun run set for Centennial Park Summer concerts in the park series The village’s 2013 summer concert series in Central Park began June 13, and continues through the summer with free concerts every second and fourth Thursday through August at 7 p.m. Concert goers will be treated to a variety of great genres including […]
LEYDEN HIGHLIGHTS – Upcoming School Registration Info Also
WEST LEYDEN ADVANCED ART STUDENT WINNER OF CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION Sergio Farfan, a West Leyden advanced art student, was recently notified that he is this year’s winner of the Congressional Art Competition for Illinois Congressional District 5. This district includes Northlake, where Farfan resides. His artwork, Life of a Teen, was created with ink and […]
Keeping the Hands on Newspaper
Are we wired and less connected? Is technology evolving too quickly and taking us all away from our daily newspapers grasp at hand? What is wrong with all of this you people of many places? Do you feel that the world is socially dying without technology? Have we lost our sense of common sense with […]
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