Winnetka Park Board censures commissioner vocally opposed to Elder/Centennial project

A surprise motion to censure Winnetka Park District Commissioner Colleen Root passed Thursday night despite residents praising her work representing them amid the Elder/Centennial beach project controversy. The 5-2 vote saw Commissioner Cynthia Rapp joining Root against the censure. The measure limits Root’s scope as a commissioner, only allowing her to attend meetings and vote […]

Unique Bob Dylan poster — and story that goes with it — puts Naperville resident on ‘Antiques Roadshow’

Mark Rice knew he was going to make it onto “Antiques Roadshow.”

But it wasn’t his collector’s item alone — a decades-old Bob Dylan poster signed by the artist — that made landing a segment on the PBS series feel inevitable.

When Rice left Naperville for an appraisal event for the show being held in Ohio, he carried something he knew was far more valuable than a poster.