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Guest Essay: Efforts to end bullying
Efforts to end bullying Meredith Falk is the New Trier High School Student Senate secretary Throughout the week of March 12, New Trier’s Freshman Student Senate sponsored a completely student-led Anti-Bullying week as a follow up to the annual “Names” program. Back in December when …
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A library without a piano? Recently, before attending a musical event at the new Glenview library, I asked, “Where is the piano?” I was advised by a staff director, “there is no room for a piano.” After discussing this disappointing news with many library supporters, …
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Schakowsky serves well We have lived in Glenview for over 50 years. Back in the 1950s, we had as our congressional representative a Republican conservative from Park Ridge. He never came close to agreeing with our Judeo-Christian values and beliefs. We started helping to change …
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District 34 budget cuts When my husband was relocated from England over 7 years ago we needed to find a house near to Chicago. We chose Glenview because of its reputable school system. I wonder, if these proposals were to go ahead, whether a realtor …
A special day of service
The Kindness Connection and The Volunteer Center would like to thank the nearly 400 participants who attended our Martin Luther King Day of Service on Jan. 16. Together, the enormous crowd made the day off a day “on” in service to those facing crises in …
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Northbrook is an urban area, not agricultural Can you believe it? The village trustees are considering letting people raise chickens in Northbrook. What’s next goats and sheep? One trustee said, “I think there is a movement in this country to have local food and to …
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Thanks for Radiothon On Friday and Saturday Dec. 16 and 17, I had the pleasure of listening to many hours of Glenbrook South’s WGBK (88.5 FM) radio station’s 30-hour Radiothon that was held to celebrate the station’s 30th anniversary. I have been a listener for …
Letter to the editor: Planning your 2012? Consult your 2011
Time is a fragile thing. Poets, painters and physicists each try to define it. You and I get to live it. But what should we do when it’s over? As in that old calendar you just took down from the kitchen wall. The pragmatists and …
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the outstanding teachers and staff in our schools, specifically School Districts 62, 63, 64, 207, Notre Dame College Prep and Our Lady of Destiny. My organization, Maine Community Youth Assistance Foundation, works with these …
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Best wishes extended to Fred Gullen The members of the Natural Resources Commission of the Village of Glenview wish Fred Gullen, the Glenview Park District’s superintendent of park services, the best for his retirement. We will always be grateful for the cooperation, knowledge and skills that …
Back, Back, Back to the Drawing Board
Oh Grampy, tell us the old stories about Willow Road and the scary IDOT and the darling children darting between cars at rush hour. Please tell, pleeeeze. With bittersweet nostalgia, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Study I in the Matter of the Willow Road …
Letter to the editor: Scary story in question
I read the story, “What the Sharks Caused to the Town,” in your Scary Stories segment for Oct. 27. To say that my family found it disturbing is an understatement. This story was supposed to be about Halloween. There was nothing about Halloween in the …
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Circulating petitions For Illinois residents, Sept. 6, 2011 — the first day that candidates begin circulating petitions — is the start of the 2012 political season. This means that candidates will be knocking on your door to ask for signatures between now and Dec. 5, …
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Generous donors deserve praise We would like to shine a public spotlight on the exceptional parents and community members of West Northfield School District 31 who helped to restore $111,000 in budget cuts with their generous donations to the Major Donor Campaign. This funding drive …
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Appalling rise in property taxes The 2010 second installment property tax bill just came out and was a whopping 21.4 percent higher than last year’s bill. This is atrocious given the state of the residential housing market as well as the state of the economy. …
