Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The Skokie Police Department will be getting new officers to replace existing vacancies. Meanwhile, the fire department is set to gain two additional firefighters.
Four officers and two firefighters were sworn in at Tuesday’s village board meeting. The four new officers are set to replace several vacancies at the Skokie Police Department. “This is an evening of celebration, but it takes a lot of work to bring in six new hires,” said Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen. The four new officers weren’t alone on Tuesday night. Family and friends were also present and applauded the achievement. “They’ll be replacing existing vacancies, go through various training at the police academy,” said Police Chief Anthony Scarpelli. “They’ll be doing field training, too, with veteran officers, and should be able to ride solo in seven months.” Matt Dickinson, Leo Feldman, Patrick Howe and Jaclyn Roden will all be “riding …
Monday, December 10, 2012
Skokie Voice started off with about a dozen members. Now, the grassroots group has hundreds of local residents that share their cause. Tonight, Monday Dec. 10, the group will be hosting their annual meeting.
More than two years ago, a dozen or so people started a grassroots movement to improve communication between the Village of Skokie and its residents. That group has since blossomed, and has been a driving force regarding a variety of issues, from local crime to property taxes and even schools, among other things. Their presence was most notably known on July 24, 2010, when the group hosted a town hall forum at Niles West High School. The turnout was far bigger than anyone expected, as the auditorium was packed to the brim. Previous coverage on Skokie Voice Almost three years later, the group will be holding its annual meeting tonight, Monday Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. The event will be held at the Oakton Community Center, 4701 Oakton St. …
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Skokie-Morton Grove School District 69 will be hosting an important meeting tonight at Madison Elementary. The school board is expected to vote on a proposed skate park and many parents are gearing up to speak out against the recent Halloween ban at D69.
It just might be the biggest board meeting in Skokie-Morton Grove School District 69 history. On the agenda are two hot-button issues: The recent Halloween ban that passed without community input and the vote on a proposed skate park to be built on Lincoln Junior High property. For the skate park, board members will be voting tonight on whether or not it should be built at the proposed location, Lincoln Junior High. There are a variety of mixed feelings about the skate park. Many say it will generate revenue to nearby businesses and deter skaters from practicing tricks on public property. On the other hand, there are those that think it will increase crime. And finally, some are for the skate park, but simply do not want it built on …
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Residents surrounding the Skokie area should expect to see 192 trucks a day for 21 months carrying contaminated waste in order to clean up a site proposed for a new sports park. The traffic route for the trucks has not been finalized.
A contamination cleanup at the southwest corner of Oakton Street and McCormick Boulevard has hit a 'bump in the road' after a public forum at McCracken School Tuesday. The contaminated land - which is adjacent to the Skokie Sports Park on Oakton Street - will soon turn into a massive sports field, with three lighted baseball diamonds, a soccer field and possibly even a place to play cricket. But before any construction can begin, Nicor Gas - along with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency - have to dispose of contaminated material beneath the ground. Lincolnwood residents became "outraged" after they learned of the traffic route the trucks carrying the contaminated waste would take to dispose of the material. The original plan was …
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Friday, January 27, 2012
The following is an open letter by School District 74. Many Lincolnwood residents have questioned the spending by the school district and are asking board officials not to renew Superintendent Mark Klaisner's contract.
Editor's note: A recent open letter sent by Lincolnwood residents has sparked widespread turmoil between the community and School District 74. On Jan. 12, more than 150 residents stood before administrators and board members as they questioned $600 dinners, trips to Disney Land and even personal auto repairs paid for with taxpayer money. The school district responded with its own open letter — 17-pages total — to Lincolnwood residents. The following is a response by District 74's school board and not Skokie Patch. Update- The school board held an "emergency meeting" in the basement of Lincoln Hall on Saturday morning, Jan. 21. During that meeting, school board officials extended superintendent Mark Klaisner's contract through 2013, despite…
Seymour J. Schwartz
2:43 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
More police is a good thing. However the mayor and other officials have said for a while that they would like to eventually add an additional 5 or 6 new policemen. Is Ms. Ulrich and Ralph Klein just parroting these ideas as a wish list or do the mayor and the Trustees really intend to do so soon. If the latter is so, then why haven't they publicly said so and why has it not been in the recent new… more ›