New website at North Shore Senior Center

North Shore Senior Center officially launched its new website, www.nssc.org, last month.

Featuring a contemporary and streamlined design, this website offers seniors and families a user-friendly online experience as they access information about North Shore Senior Center’s various programs and services.

Following a series of …

Super Senior Day at NSSC

The North Shore Senior Center held its annual Super Senior Day on May 24. This year’s honorees, representing their volunteer work at organizations, included: Robert F. Anthony, American Legion Post 166 Mary Beverly, Foster Senior Club Norma Brand, Keshet Jean M. Broom, Executive Service Corps …

Morton Grove martial arts school wins fight to stay open

As Duck-Keun Yoon leads his class of small children running around his martial arts school, each child jumps over a large equipment bag on the padded floor.

When one of the smallest girls can’t quite make it over, he pulls her back so she can …

District 65 teachers grant strike authority

Members of the District 65 teachers’ union have authorized their leadership to “take the steps necessary for a potential strike” in the event talks don’t produce an agreement. The School Board and its teachers’ union are negotiating an agreement to replace a four-year pact that expires June 30.

1.5 million people to use Midway, O’Hare this holiday weekend

About 1.5 million people are expected to pass through Chicago’s two airports this Memorial Day weekend, city aviation officials say.

Skokie police blotter for May 22

A weekly roundup of crime reports from the Skokie Police Department

Skokie school district embraces new way to teach math

Skokie School District 68’s Math Learning Team spent much time researching Singapore’s math program before adopting Focus In Math for its math curriculum this year. The Singapore version is called “My Pals are Here!” The program introduces fewer topics in each grade, but teaches them …

Property Transfers

Information is provided by Record Information Services, P.O. Box 894, Elburn IL 60119; phone (630) 557-1000; fax (630) 557-1001. SKOKIE 3910 Four Winds Way: Morris Weisman to Nicholas Kavalauskas, Sarah Kavalauskas, $310,000, April 17 4840 Foster St. Apt. 407: Foreman Trust to Mariana Sandulescu, $75,000, …

Skokie School District 68 takes on new math curriculum

“What does it look like and feel like to be a proficient student in mathematics?” Perhaps no question better explains Skokie School District 68’s significant change to a new math curriculum this year that, by all accounts, has been a big hit. One thing is …

Restaurant’s final days become hard to swallow

An old menu from Pat’s Place, when it was called a different name, has been handed over to the Skokie Historical Society. The good-bye notice hangs in the window. “Thank you to all the customers for 52 years.” A makeshift book at the front of …

Pat’s Place says farewell after 52 years in Skokie

It could be any weekday at Pat’s Place, a fixture in downtown Skokie for more than a half century.

“Are you making minestrone tomorrow?’’ the man at the counter asks.

“Probably will,” says Pat Bellos. “You have to work tomorrow, huh?”

Minutes later, a man …

Evanston’s public beaches to open Saturday, May 26

The city of Evanston’s 2012 beach season will begin on Saturday, May 26. The last day of the season will be Monday, Sept. 3 (Labor Day). A daily pass or season token must be presented for beach admission.

Woman charged in fatal crash

A 23-year-old Skokie woman has been charged with felony aggravated driving under the influence in the fatal accident Monday involving an 8-year-old boy on his bicycle.ch The driver of the striking vehicle was identified as Hanin Goma of the 5000 block of Wright Terrace. In …

Rental license proposal slated for trustees

Skokie leaders consider a proposal to license all multiunit rental housing in the village as a “preventative strategy” that will preserve or improve the character of neighborhoods. Some landlords view it another way. They see it as government interference and a needless burden of time …

Skokie Library trustee, volunteer wins key grant

Skokie Library Board member Karen Parrilli is a familiar face at the village’s renowned library, not only in the board room where trustees meet monthly, but also in the busy youth services department. Before she was appointed to her trustee seat in 2009 and then …