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Inverness woman’s lunar samples sell for $1.812 million
An Inverness woman’s Apollo 11 moon samples were purchased for $1.812 million by the highest bidder in a Sotheby’s auction Wednesday.
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Cook County jury awards more than $4 million to family of stroke victim
Updated Jul 19, 2017 7:57 PMA Cook County jury awarded $4.1 million to the family of a woman who suffered a stroke while recuperating from a hip fracture at a Bartlett nursing facility and died four years later.
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Investigation continues into controversial photo of Barrington High students
Updated Jul 19, 2017 9:40 AM
Barrington Area Unit District 220 officials continue to investigate the circumstances of a controversial photograph of eight high school students that surfaced on social media last week.
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Marriott Lincolnshire Resort reopened after flooding
Updated Jul 19, 2017 8:37 AM
Marriott Lincolnshire Resort reopens for guests and Marriott Theatre resumes performances of “The Bridges of Madison County” nearly a week after rising floodwater forced an evacuation of the facility.
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Inverness ranked first in safety
Updated Jul 18, 2017 5:10 PMInverness ranks No. 1 on a home security company’s list of Illinois’ 50 safest towns.
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Little Lending Library coming to Palatine school
Updated Jul 18, 2017 5:09 PMInstallation of a Little Lending Library is set for Thursday afternoon outside a Palatine Township Elementary District 15 school.
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Busy season for school improvements as start of new school year approaches
Posted Jul 18, 2017 1:44 PM
It’s summer — the time for school improvement projects around the Northwest suburbs. Here’s a look at work underway at one of the schools.
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Rauner pledges amendatory veto of school funding plan
Posted Jul 18, 2017 5:45 AM
Gov. Bruce Rauner said he will veto a school funding bill as soon as it reaches his desk because it includes a bailout of the Chicago Public School pension system, an accusation fiercely refuted Monday by state Sen. Melinda Bush at a news conference in Gurnee.
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Sixteen seek appointment to District 211 board
Updated Jul 17, 2017 10:18 PM
Sixteen residents of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 have applied for appointment to a recent vacancy on the school board.
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- Rauner declares emergency as river towns brace for more flood trouble
- Preckwinkle: Cook County has laid off more than 300
- St. Viator offers ‘Service & Song’ summer camp
- Cook County leaders pile on Assessor Joe Berrios
- No immediate federal help expected for flood victims
- Suburban caregivers get small raise, but fight wages on
- Fundraiser in Algonquin will help Children’s Advocacy Center
- Lavelle Law completes move to new office in Schaumburg
- Girls swimming: Mikolajewski to lead Barrington’s program
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Community Photos
- Children make pine cone bird feeders at the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) class, hosted by Citizens for Conservation in Barrington. During the first part of the class, the children used binoculars to look for birds and count how many they saw. Their results were tallied and added to a global database as part of the international bird count. Tom Benjamin
- Forest preserve employees hauled used Christmas trees to the Baker's Lake heron rookery using all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles. Volunteers from Citizens for Conservation and Friends of Deer Grove East were waiting on the island to trim the trees and stand them upright or lay them flat, providing nesting structures for herons, egrets and cormorants. Approximately 80 ? 100 Christmas trees are recycled in this way every year to freshen the rookery. Steve Halm
- While attending rehearsal for the H.S. Dist. 211 Honors Choir I took this image of the Cross of Life at Holy Family Church in Inverness. The backlight brought out the detail on the face. Tim McGlynn
- The Smart Arts Class at St. Mark's Day School in Barrington Hills celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday with a big celebration. The 4 and 5 year olds learned about the author, read and acted out scenes from an assortment of Seuss books, and dressed in the cat's red and white hat, red bow and whiskers. Dr. Seuss is just one of many well-known authors that the children are introduced to during the year. St. Mark's Day School
- Harper College's fountain on the Euclid Road side of the campus Frank P. Sesko Ed. D.
- At Frank Kania's 100th birthday, state Rev. Fred Crespo (left) presents Frank with his House Resolution, HR1182, honoring Kania. Raj Upadhyaya
- Girl Scout Troop 40523 delivered cookies to the homeless at JOURNEYS | The Road Home in Palatine. The clients felt grateful receiving such a special treat. JOURNEYS | The Road Home
- Women gathered for a wonderful luncheon at the Inverness Golf Club April 30 to benefit JOURNEYS | The Road Home. JOURNEYS provides supportive services to over 1,300 homeless and at risk families and individuals annually. It also manages the PADS shelter program. The "Garden of Giving" Women's Luncheon raised nearly $8,000. JOURNEYS | The Road Home
- Children look for birds as part of the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). The GBBC is an annual event at which bird watchers of all ages count birds to get a real-time snapshot of where birds are all over the world. The local event was hosted by Citizens for Conservation in Barrington. Tom Benjamin
- Citizens for Conservation (CFC) volunteers started off the new year last Saturday by clearing brush from an oak woods owned by CFC. Dedicated volunteers have worked there for 5 years to clear invasive plants from the 6-acre parcel and have made good progress. Restoration has already begun on the site. Donna Bolzman
- Congratulations to the Palatine Girls Feeder program's 8th grade team, tournament champions at the Grayslake Hoops Fest Basketball Tournament held on March 9 at Grayslake Central High School. The team is coached by Kriss Lindell and Doug Myslinski. Back row: Anastasia Vassiliev, Kendra Lindell, Sarah Jasonowicz, Grace Seiffert, Sidney Rzepka, Jenny Myslinski. Front row: Sarah Clancy, Maggie Scovic, Kacie Filian, Anja Jacobsen Doug Myslinski
- The Rolling Meadows Renegades Squirt 1 team took first place in the South Bend Irish Cup in South Bend, Indiana over Presidents' Day Weekend. The team is coached by Mark Zehelein, Jeff Forsberg and Brad Doty. Teammates are Nick Zehelein, Vinny Zehelein, Joseph Forsberg, Ed Doty, Will Doty, Brian Higgins, Polina Dovgi, Jack Franczyk, Jai Gulati, Riley Manthy, Skyler Mitchell, Alex Neher, Zachary Stenger, Michael Tsagalis and Jason Wiener. Mark Zehelein
- Congratulations to the 8th grade girls St. Theresa (of Palatine) School basketball team. On Sunday February 24th the St. Theresa Trojans 8th Grade Girls Basketball team repeated as 2013 champions of the Northwest Catholic Conference. This same team won the 2012 Conference Championship as 7th graders as well. Since 5th grade this group of girls went 82-14. The final game was held at St. Viator High School and St. Theresa defeated St. Gilberts of Wauconda. St. Theresa team members were: Maggie Bombal, Lauren Ellis, Grace Kaiser, Lindsey Knox, Natalie Macius, Maureen McGrath, Rachel Michaelowski, Ann Marie O'Sullivan, Grace Tworek, Patricia Urbaniak, and Holly Westerkamp. The team was coached by Ed McGrath and John O'Sullivan. Orrin Wolf
- St. Francis de Sales students from the play, "The Little Mermaid." Performances will be held at 7 p.m. May 17 and 18. Angela Mooney
- U9 Barrington Broncos Travel Team Spring Classic 2013 Champions: front row, James Ensign, TJ Swidorski, Ryan Anderson, Tommy Kondraros, Danny Sheedy; and back row, Justin Mirski, Logan Eisenbarth, Tristan Roney, Peter Maestranzi, and Brady Dern. Caroline Eisenbarth
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