The majority of the Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A School Board is in favor of going to referendum, but the question of how much money to seek from taxpayers still is up in the air.

The Lemont Area Historical Society proudly presents the annual Holiday Music Festival to be held from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Dec. 6.

Visitors to Brookfield Zoo can begin their holiday celebrations at the zoo’s 28th annual Holiday Magic event, which runs from 4-9 p.m. Dec. 5-6, 12-13, 19-20, and from Dec. 26-31.

The North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Des Plaines Ave., will hold their ninth annual open house from noon to 3 p.m. Dec. 5.

The Cook County Board of Review will be holding an outreach meeting to for Riverside residents at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 in Room 30 on the third floor of the Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road.

On Monday, Nov. 17, Riverside Police traveled to Big Muddy Correctional Center in Ina to interview a suspect from a December 2008 carjacking.

If the season the Morton West High School football team had in 1969 happened today, filmmakers would be lining up around the block for the rights to make a movie about it.

Members of the U.S. Army’s 447th Airborne Military Company can expect care packages to come their way this holiday season, courtesy of residents from Brookfield.

Brookfield Zoo, 8400 W. 31st Street, will be giving a lecture on wombats at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8 in the Discovery Center.

When Sergio Lopez of Joliet moves into his new Hillside home around Memorial Day next year, it will serve as proof that good people do good things for good people.

There’s biology, algebra and English — all staples in the diet of a well-rounded high school education.

A candidate for the Berwyn Township Republican Committeeman seat may be removed from the February ballot following an objection by the incumbent Republican Committeeman.

After many meetings, presentations from village departments, and input from residents, a lean 2010 Brookfield budget is on its way to approval.

The City of Berwyn and the Berwyn Development Corp. are looking to adjust the funds allocated for both the Roosevelt and Cermak Road tax increment financing districts.

Riverside Brookfield High School Township District 208’s Board of Education wants parents and community members to share their ideas on what kind of leader the new principal should be.