Niles Township residents can appeal property taxes until Feb. 22

The Cook County Board of Review has opened Bloom, Hanover, Proviso, Niles and Schaumburg Townships for assessment appeals.

Any property owner who believes their property is over-assessed or contains factual errors in their assessment may appeal at the Board of Review. Residents will have until …

Kirk moved to Chicago rehab center

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, who suffered a stroke nearly three weeks ago, was transferred Friday to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

Making peace, piece by piece at Morton Grove Library

Children used Legos — and their imaginations — as the building blocks for a more peaceful world during a recent program at Morton Grove Public Library.

The program was one of two events in recent weeks geared to remembering the works of Dr. Martin Luther …

District 69 partnership offers kids pizzas, parties as learning incentives

With the help of a couple of businesses, School District 69 has started a reading-and-mathematics incentive program.

The district serves portions of Morton Grove and Skokie.

The monthly program at Edison School started out as a way to create a partnership between the district and …

Snow makes its way back to the area Friday

Feeling a chill in the air? Snow will be back as soon as Friday when lake effect snow could hit the city and Northwest Indiana with six inches.

Local fuel tax extended for three years

Some Skokie gas station owners predicted serious losses in their business when Village Trustees in 2009 signed off on a new 3-cent per gallon local fuel tax.

But before approving a three-year extension of the tax Monday, trustees heard from village officials that the tax …

Skokie makes hard grant decisions in reduced budget

Skokie would like nothing better than to have the same problem it had last year with community development block grant funding. Only in reverse. Last year, the village had to amend its annual grant budget when federal allocation of funds did not meet village projections. …

Bon appetit: Downtown Skokie cooks up diverse restaurant scene

No one would ever mistake downtown Skokie for Walt Disney’s Epcot Center in sunny Florida — especially in the dead of winter — but they share at least one recipe for success.

Walk a short ways in the heart of either one and a new …

Town hall meeting slated on mental health issues

Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center will sponsor a town hall meeting to focus on mental health challenges and solutions from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Skokie Public Library, 5215 Oakton St. Expected to attend are State Sen. Jeff Schoenberg, D-9th, State Reps. …

Catholic cemeteries offer to bury 300 bodies stacked at morgue

The Archdiocese of Chicago is offering to pay for up to 300 burials for the bodies being held at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Sen. Kirk upgraded to ‘good’ condition, watched Super Bowl

Sen. Mark Kirk’s condition has been upgraded from “fair” to “good.”

Doctors hope to be able to re-attach the 8-inch-by-4-inch section of his skull that had to be removed after he suffered a stroke two weeks ago.

Then the Highland Park Republican can begin physical …

Oberweis, burger combo gains panel approval

Oberweis Dairy Inc. is one step closer to opening a combination drive-through dairy store and hamburger joint in a key West Dempster Street location under a special use permit recommended last week by the Skokie Plan Commission. While the Plan Commission unanimously supported the special …

Panel backs Skokie church permit after code compliance

A church operating without mandatory special use or occupancy permits for nearly one-and-a-half years will have to bring the building up to code, under a recommendation last week by the Skokie Plan Commission. Commissioners unanimously supported granting Williams Memorial Temple Church of God in Christ …

Police Blotter for Feb. 6

The following incidents were listed in the official reports of the Skokie Police Departments. Readers are reminded that an arrest by police does not constitute a finding of guilt; only a court of law can make that determination. ROBBERY A wallet valued at $50 and …

Architects offer one vision for new school

Architects offer one vision for new Evanston school