Buffalo Grove Countryside

Young Adult Theatre stages ‘Millie’

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:00:00 -0600

The Buffalo Grove Park District’s Big Deal Productions Young Adult Theatre presented “Thoroughly Modern Millie” this past weekend. Performances Friday, Saturday and Sunday were held at the Suzanne E. Hannon Stage at Ivy Hall School, 1072 Ivy Hall Lane in Buffalo Grove. Taking place in New York City in 1922, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” tells the story of young Millie Dilmount, who has just moved to the city in search of a new life for herself, according to the park district. It’s a New York full of intrigue and jazz; a time when women were entering the workforce and the rules …

Long Grove grapples with downtown’s future

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:33:23 -0600

The empty storefronts in downtown Long Grove represent not a problem with the district, local officials say, but the foundation for a re-invention they claim is about to begin. “The tide has shifted, from antiques to arts,” Village Trustee Karen Schmitt said. “It’s the new Long Grove, catering to today’s market.” Schmitt and other community leaders point to the retail sale of original artwork, lessons in studios and the increase of performance spaces as the town’s future identity. If the village develops a momentum in the arts, the future began Jan. 24, when the Village Board approved the relocation of …

Property Transfers

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:01:48 -0600

Information is provided by Record Information Services, P.O. Box 894, Elburn IL 60119; phone (630) 557-1000; fax (630) 557-1001. BUFFALO GROVE 1147 Miller Lane, Apt 206: Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp to Jerry Boyajian, $30,000, Jan. 17 4 Oak Creek Drive Apt 1509: Deutsche Bank Natl Trt Co Ttee to Martin D Shin Viviana P Cho, $40,000, Jan. 20 600 Trace Drive Apt 210: Imelda Sanchez to Oleg Chigrin, $53,000, Jan. 18 639 Trace Drive Unit 104: Sherian Rupsis to Dalbir Singh Sarvjeet Kaur, $40,500, Jan. 18 340 Thompson Boulevard: Lester R Burgher to Manikeswari Miriyala, $230,000, Jan. 17 DEERFIELD …

Voterama in Congress, week ending Feb. 10, 2012

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:20:02 -0600

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to bar members of Congress and their staff from using inside legislative information in personal stock trading. Members empowered presidents to veto discretionary-spending items providing that both houses of Congress then vote to approve of the rescissions. Members also required new rules for figuring the budgetary impact of federal loan programs. Senators, meanwhile, approved a federal aviation budget, and they advanced a bill to authorize federal road, bridge, transit and highway-safety programs through Sept. 30, 2013.

Snow, warmer temperatures expected this week

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:56:20 -0600

The bitter cold temperatures that hit the Chicago area over the weekend are expected to give way to snow Monday and then milder weather by the end of the week. Temperatures are expected to climb to 35 degrees on Monday, when there is an 80 percent chance of snow after 3 p.m., according to the National Weather Service’s website. About two inches of accumulation is possible by Tuesday morning. While the temperature is expected to climb from a weekend low of 10 degrees Saturday morning, wind gusts as high as 20 miles per will remain Monday afternoon, the weather service …

Kirk moved to Chicago rehab center

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:06:02 -0600

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

Help wanted: 3,200 Great America workers

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:40:22 -0600

Six Flags Great America is looking for 3,200 people to fill full-time, part-time and internships for its 2012 season. The Gurnee theme park is holding four job fairs in February and March to hire seasonal positions.

Woodlawn Middle School LEGO team ‘mooves’ to victory

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:20:00 -0600

After they won the regional championship, they tore up the playbook and started over — and then won the state championship. Now, with the national championship looming in the spring, the Moovers are starting over again. The Moovers are a group of sixth-grade girls attending Woodlawn Middle School, and they will represent Illinois as one of nation’s best LEGO robotics teams — in a field that is 85 percent boys. Rebuilding their creation from the ground up means facing, and beating, the same problems as the first two times, but with better solutions. The current quandary: seafood is getting in …

Congregation Beth Judea Men’s Club names man of the year

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:16:04 -0600

The Midwest Region of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs will hold its Man of the Year brunch at 10:30 a.m., Feb. 19 at Beth Hillel Congregation B’nai Emunah, 3220 Big Tree Lane in Wilmette. The brunch will honor the Men of the Year from the various Conservative Jewish congregations. Congregation Beth Judea’s Men’s Club of Long Grove will honor Jerry Sakol as its 2012 Man of the Year. Sakol has been a member of Beth Judea and its adult choir since 1994 and is now a member of the synagogue’s board of directors. Sakol is a professional electrician and …

Snow makes its way back to the area Friday

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:00:02 -0600

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.

Catholic cemeteries offer to bury 300 bodies stacked at morgue

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:28:02 -0600

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.

Buffalo Grove Park District presents ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:22:47 -0600

The Buffalo Grove Park District’s Big Deal Productions invites you to join them for their Young Adult Theatre performance of “Thoroughly Modern Millie.” Taking place in New York City in 1922, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” tells the story of young Millie Dilmount, who has just moved to the city in search of a new life for herself. It’s a New York full of intrigue and jazz. A time when women were entering the workforce and the rules of love and social behavior were changing forever. Based on the popular movie, the stage version includes a full score of new songs and …

Two Stevenson students arrested in drug investigation

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:28:51 -0600

Lincolnshire police have arrested two juveniles in connection with the alleged sale of drugs at Stevenson High School.

Buffalo Grove hires electricity consultant

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:28:08 -0600

Hoping to present a bundle of businesses and residences to a power supplier, Buffalo Grove has agreed to hire a consultant that will help the village select a power company, more than a month before voters can authorize or deny any bundling. Saying that the first aggregated groups of electricity customers should have the prime buying power, the Village Board on Monday approved a contract with Intelligent Power Partners to search for the group’s best options for power suppliers. Village Manager Dane Bragg said 225 municipalities will vote this spring about whether to aggregate residential and business electrical customers into …

Special Gifts program combines therapy, performance art

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:02:30 -0600

Dorothy met Captain Hook in an original tale created by the children in the creative drama program of Special Gifts Theater. In four months, children age 7 to 9 with special needs, learned how to create characters, write lines, sing and act on stage in the creative drama class. The result was “The Wizard of Neverland,” performed by eight children with special needs and their eight peer buddies, in the auditorium at Crow Island School Saturday morning. The class for children who have cognitive, physical or social disabilities, started in October. The class met for an hour to an hour …

OTB wants to move to Buffalo Grove Golf Club

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:33:38 -0600

If Buffalo Grove’s leaders and a local racecourse get all their ducks in a row — or horses, rather — an off-track betting site could come to property owned by Village Hall. Trustees held their first discussion Monday night about allowing the Hawthorne Race Course OTB, currently at 301 N. Milwaukee Ave., to move to the clubhouse of the village-owned Buffalo Grove Golf Club, 48 Raupp Blvd. Should the move eventually gain approval, it would likely increase tax revenue for Village Hall, as well as bring in a new lease. The Village Board is aware of the perceptions, and complications, …