Day: February 6, 2024

U-46 School Board signs off on new 4-year teachers contract that increases starting salaries by 6%

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The  U-46 school board Monday night approved a new four-year contract with  the Elgin Teachers Association that calls for pay hikes and allows for an extended school day. School board president Sue Kerr thanked everyone who took part in coming to the agreement. “I know this was a long hard bargain…It was hundreds of hours. I think the results are great for our students and for our teachers,” Kerr said. Board member Melissa Owens said she sat in on some of the bargaining sessions. While pay was an important issue, so were current practices and what could be made better, […]

Former Portage mayor’s recent court filing says case should have been heard by appeals court

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If disgraced former Portage Mayor James Snyder is guilty of accepting a bribe, then so is just about everybody else. So goes the argument by Snyder’s attorneys in their most recent filing, made Monday, as his case meanders its way to the U.S. Supreme Court and they argue that a federal appeals court should have […]

Hinsdale Historical Society hosts art gallery revealing community’s ties to the last two centuries of art

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The Village of Hinsdale’s connection to the art world can be traced back to before its incorporation in the mid 19th century. Born in 1862, Marie Louise Fuller, later known by her stage name Loïe Fuller, was a trailblazer of the modern dance movement, debuting her talents at the Chicago Academy of Music at the age of four. Loïe was the granddaughter of Jacob Fuller, who in the late 1830s moved his family out of New York to a plot of land west of the swampy grounds surrounding the then Fort Dearborn, the plot became the small settlement Fullersburg and […]

Park District of La Grange awarded $600,000 state grant

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The Park District of La Grange has been awarded a $600,000 state grant that will be used for enhancements to Waiola Park.According to a news release, the grant is from the Open Space Land Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) program, as part of the state’s initiative to support local communities in improving and expanding their recreational spaces. In addition to the state funding, the Park District of La Grange will contribute $600,000 toward park enhancements. Governor J.B. Pritzker recently unveiled nearly $55 million in state grants. Officials from the Park District of La  Grange said they are thrilled to be part […]

Column: Roads to be dedicated to honor Aurora area MIAs from Korean, Vietnam wars

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It’s hard to imagine Gold Star Father Bob Patterson describing himself as “one of the lucky ones.” Until you hear the North Aurora man explain why. “I know what happened to my son,” he says, referring to Christopher Patterson, a graduate of West Aurora High School who was killed at age 20 by an IED in Afghanistan on Jan. 6, 2012. “I know where he is … we got to bring him home.” That’s not the case, however, for the thousands of POW/MIAs whose families, even decades later, don’t know how their loved ones died or where their remains are […]