Day: February 19, 2024

A Skokie developer is expected to break ground soon on six luxury single-family homes on Shermer Road just west of Harlem Avenue in Morton Grove. The Village Board voted unanimously on Tuesday (Feb. 13) to grant a final plat of subdivision to Varda and Company, LLC, to build the Ponto Collection on 1.6 acres at 9312 Shermer Road. Village President Dan DiMaria said he expects construction of the subdivision to be completed within 18 months. “I’m sure they’re up and moving dirt already,” DiMaria said. “The foundations will be going in this spring. They cleared the site and are ready […]

A group of Barrington 220 parents, many donning pink crossing guard vests, asked Barrington village leaders earlier this month to post permanent crossing guards at each of the village’s rail crossings after a Barrington High School student walking to school was recently struck and killed by a train. Roma Khan, a parent of two SD220 students, founded the new Barrington Student Safety Organization days after Marin Lacson, 17, a junior at BHS, was fatally struck by a Metra commuter train. Lacson was walking to school Jan. 25 when she was hit by a train on the Union Pacific-Northwest Line that […]

This time of year is when Westminster Hall hosts time-honored Americana traditions at the Village Church of Northbrook. Feb. 17 was when Cub Scout Pack 463 staged its annual Pinewood Derby and coming on Saturday, March 2, the community is invited to the 68th annual Pancake Festival from 7:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. at 1300 Shermer Road. On Saturday (Feb. 17), nearly 40 racers rolled 57 handmade pinewood derby cars down a 48 foot aluminum track. Racing participants included siblings, friends, parents or guardians of Scouts. The track, with its electronic scoreboard at the finish line, is operated by Chris […]