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Why Young Workers Should Care About Social Security

By Mayra Salazar, Social Security Administration | Yesterday at 6:04 p.m.

Summer will be here before we know it. That means millions of high school and college students will be searching for jobs. Whether a new … Read more ›

{left to right} Pillars Boar Chair Margie Morris (Hinsdale), Former Executive Director of Pillars Florence Forshey (LaGrange), Helen Sauer Brown Leadership in Development Award Winner Louise Hillegass (Hinsdale)
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Pillars: Recognition Event celebrates people who are changing lives

By Colleen Mallon | Wednesday at 5:33 p.m.

LAGRANGE PARK, IL – Statistics show that the average person will stay in one job for four years. Pillars, one of the leading mental health … Read more ›

Erin Dwyer, Assistant Principal at Westchester Middle School, worked hard all night at McTeacher\'s Night
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Westchester Middle School Rocks McTeacher's Night !

By Julie Travers | Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

Westchester Middle School parents, staff, students, and friends joined in McTeacher’s Night held Monday, May 21st, at the Westchester McDonald’s to help raise money for … Read more ›

Gurrie McTeacher's were thrilled to work at the La Grange McDonald's.
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La Grange McDonald's McTeacher's Night Raised $ for Gurrie Middle School PTO

By Julie Travers | May 17 at 7:21 p.m.

Gurrie Middle School parents, staff, students, and friends joined in McTeacher’s Night held Tuesday, May 15th, at the La Grange McDonald’s to help raise money … Read more ›

Wheaton Academy's Brandon Ruggles is setting up a basketball skills camp so that four classmates can attend a leadership camp in the summer. (Photo submitted by Holly Ruggles)

Wheaton Academy student organizes basketball skills camp to aid four classmates

By Jeff Vorva | May 17 at 2:08 p.m.

There is no “wait ‘til next year” attitude for Wheaton Academy junior Brandon Ruggles and he is setting up a basketball skills clinic to help … Read more ›

La Grange American Legion Auxiliary volunteer Lauren Brenza hands out memorial poppies in downtown La Grange during last year's Poppy Days.
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Memorial Day Poppies remind us to honor the sacrifices and courage of the US military

By Nancy Hahn | May 9 at 7:37 p.m.

Memorial poppies, the little red flowers that honor US troops killed in wartime, will be distributed May 24, 25, and 26 at various locations throughout … Read more ›

Boy Scouts ready to serve - from R to L; Grant Younger, Clay Walters, Mitchell Strejc, Adam Feirick, Dan Nutt, Josh Althoff, Ben Longo, and Steve Longo
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BSA Troop #14 Served Spaghetti Dinner

By Veronica Graham-White | May 7 at 3:05 p.m.

Boy Scout Troop #14, La Grange, held its annual Spaghetti Dinner at the First United Methodist Church of La Grange on Saturday, May 5th. The … Read more ›

Lillian, Sophia and Olivia enjoy a game of Nintendo after enjoying Hotcakes at the fundraiser for Spring Avenue School on May 3rd at the La Grange McDonald's
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La Grange McDonald's Serves up Hotcakes Raising $ for Spring Ave. School

By Julie Travers | May 5 at 3:31 p.m.

On Friday, May 3rd, All-You-Can-Eat McDonald's Hotcakes were served up at the La Grange McDonald's for a fundraiser to support Spring Ave School. Students were … Read more ›

Pictured above is Cora Wilson Stewart, an early 20th century crusader for adult literacy and women’s leadership, who is known as the “Queen Mother of Adult Literacy.” As part of a year-long Women and Literacy in Our Backyard campaign, School and Tutors on Wheels will hold the Cora Wilson Book Drive and a series of events celebrating Cora Wilson Stewart during the week leading up to Mother’s Day. Books by and for women can be dropped off through Sunday, May 13, under an art collage created by literacy students and volunteers called “Celebrating Female Treasures Within and Around Us,” that is displayed in the lobby of the Congregation of St. Joseph, 1515 W. Ogden Avenue, in LaGrange Park, IL. (Photograph from www.kentuckystewarts.com)
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School and Tutors on Wheels’ Mother’s Day Book Drive/Events to Honor Adult Literacy Founder Cora Wilson Stewart as part of ‘Women and Literacy’ Campaign

By Gloria Hernandez | May 2 at 1:53 p.m.

School and Tutors on Wheels, the free mobile adult literacy programs sponsored by the Congregation of St. Joseph serving suburban Cook and DuPage counties, will … Read more ›

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Spring is here: teen stress levels rise along with the temperature

By Kathy Belanger | April 30 at 8:50 a.m.

Adults who look back at their teen years may remember spring as a time of giddy excitement, with academic pressures fading as the school year … Read more ›

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