The following is data from the Cook County Clerk’s Office on voter participation in the Tuesday, March 19 Presidential Primary Election, including early voting totals in the Journal’s coverage area: Early Voting Totals March 4 to March 18 Northbrook Village Hall 2,766 Arlington Heights Village Hall 2,765 Wilmette – Centennial Ice Rink 2,597 Schaumburg – Trickster Art Gallery 2,385 […]
Palatine
Barb’s Precious Rescue Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary In Palatine
Barb Weber has always been an animal lover, especially cats. Barb began regularly rescuing cats in 2005 when she and her husband moved to Palatine. It started with the rescue of a pregnant cat with a litter of kittens. As more feral and abandoned cats began showing up at her residence it became too expensive and there were too many […]
Dist. 211 Culinary Students’ Soup Shines At Hunger Event
FREEIf this were really the gridiron, it would have been a touchdown for Dist. 211 culinary students. Students recently represented each of the district’s five high schools at a Souper Bowl fundraiser hosted by the Schaumburg A.M. Rotary Club Foundation — for the first time joining top area restaurants to dish out cups of homemade steamy soups in a joint […]
5 New Single-Family Homes In Palatine Get Final Approval
Five new single-family homes will be constructed off Plum Grove Road in Palatine following final approval by village councilmen March 11. Last October, the village council unanimously approved the preliminary planned development of five new single-family homes at 37 N. Plum Grove, subject to several conditions. The developer has completed the final engineering, architectural, and landscaping plans, and according to […]
Harper Student, WWII Vet, To Receive Congressional Gold Medal
Lifelong learner and World War II hero Bernie Bluestein on Thursday (March 21) was in Washington, D.C., to receive the nation’s highest civilian award, the Congressional Gold Medal, from the U.S. Congress and President Joe Biden. A long road led to this moment. More than 100 years ago, Bluestein was born in Cleveland. Almost 80 years ago, he helped deceive […]
Bids Expected This Summer To Renovate, Expand Palatine Fire Station 82
Palatine officials hope to have bid results to the village council for remodeling and expansion of Fire Station 82 by June or July, so construction can begin this fall and be completed by this time next year. In February 2023, the village council hired FGM Architects, Inc. to complete the initial schematic design phase. This past November, the village council […]
Winston Campus Junior High Named An Illinois Horizon School To Watch
FREEPalatine Elementary School Dist. 15 recently announced that Winston Campus Junior High School (WCJH) in Palatine has been named an Illinois Horizon School to Watch by the Association of Illinois Middle-Grade Schools (AIMS), an affiliate of the Association of Middle-Level Education (AMLE). The Association of Illinois Middle-Grade Schools works in conjunction with the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform to […]
Harper Radio Honored At National Awards Competitions
FREEHarper Radio continues to garner national attention, with recent wins at the Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts Awards and the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Media Awards. Harper College’s WHCM radio station and the college’s Audio/Video Arts Technology program were honored for non-narrative audio and video entries at the BEA festival, and best promo and press release at the IBS […]
Palatine Police Step Up For St. Patrick’s
FREESt. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, and many Illinoisans will be celebrating with parades and parties featuring green beer and cocktails. To remind motorists of the dangers of drunk driving and to help keep streets safe, the Palatine Police Dept. is teaming up with the Illinois State Police and Illinois Dept. of Transportation (IDOT) for a stepped-up traffic […]
Property Tax Exemption Applications Available
FREEProperty tax exemption applications for Palatine Township residents are now available for the 2023 tax year at the township assessor’s office at Palatine Township Center, 721 S. Quentin Rd., Palatine. “If you come into our office, we can verify which exemptions you have currently,” said Bill Pohlman, Palatine Township assessor. “If you need to file for an exemption, we can […]
Harper College’s High-Tech Health Care Training Center Helps Students Learn Teamwork
FREEHealth care is a team sport. From nursing to imaging, techs to doctors, it’s important that everyone involved in patient care knows how to work together. That’s why Harper College’s Simulation Hospital became the Center for Interprofessional Simulation and Innovation in 2022 — to help health careers students learn to work as partners on state-of-the-art simulation equipment that prepares them […]
Harper College Welcomes Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright To Campus
FREEIt’s not every day that a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright comes to Harper College, but Beth Henley will be in the audience when the Harper Ensemble Theatre Company presents her award-winning play, “Crimes of the Heart”. Directed by Professor of Theatre Kevin Long, the production of Henley’s 1979 dark comedy runs from March 8-17 in the Drama Lab Theatre, Building L, […]
Dist. 211 Buses Create A Lecture At Fremd
FREEBuses rolled into the parking lot at Fremd High School in Palatine recently, but the students didn’t get on. Instead, they got a lesson from Township High School Dist. 211 Director of Transportation Diana Mikelski — learning about the propane-powered buses’ advantages over the usual diesel. The buses, each with its hood popped open to showcase its engine, were helpful […]
Rotary Club of Palatine Distributes Allocations, Reaches Milestone
FREEThe Rotary Club of Palatine reached a milestone when they distributed checks to 36 organizations from the proceeds of last year’s Oktoberfest as part of their 2024 allocation program on Feb. 15 at The Cotillion in Palatine. The 2023 Oktoberfest was held Sept. 15-17 in downtown Palatine. The money raised allowed the Rotary Club of Palatine to distribute just over […]