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Park Ridge Flock camera contract stands after council deadlock
The Park Ridge City Council deadlocked on Ald. John Moran's motion to reconsider the city's $24,000 Flock Safety license plate reader contract, leaving the deal intact as privacy concerns mount locally and statewide.
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Park Ridge Flock camera contract stands after council deadlock
The Park Ridge City Council deadlocked on Ald. John Moran's motion to reconsider the city's $24,000 Flock Safety license plate reader contract, leaving the deal intact as privacy concerns mount locally and statewide.
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Park Ridge Flock camera contract stands after council deadlock
The Park Ridge City Council deadlocked on Ald. John Moran's motion to reconsider the city's $24,000 Flock Safety license plate reader contract, leaving the deal intact as privacy concerns mount locally and statewide.
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Park Ridge Flock camera contract stands after council deadlock
The Park Ridge City Council deadlocked on Ald. John Moran's motion to reconsider the city's $24,000 Flock Safety license plate reader contract, leaving the deal intact as privacy concerns mount locally and statewide.
Local Government
Library board eyes 2.7% property tax levy increase Tuesday
The Park Ridge Public Library Board of Trustees will review a proposed FY27 budget Tuesday that would raise the property tax levy by $117,092, or 2.7%, to $4,453,813, while adding a new half-time outreach coordinator and a 4% merit raise pool for staff.
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McCook reservoir hit capacity 6 times in 2026; more storms loom
The McCook TARP Reservoir has hit full capacity six times in 2026, more than the five times it filled in the previous five years combined, as MWRD issues another overflow alert ahead of severe storms forecast through mid-week for Park Ridge and Niles.
Public Safety
North Maine fire board votes Aug. 12 on retirement healthcare, vehicle plan
The North Maine Fire Protection District board meets Wednesday, Aug. 12, in Des Plaines with votes on a tax-free retirement healthcare savings plan for firefighters, a vehicle replacement schedule and an agreement to host EMT students from Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.
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Park Ridge visitation honors Marine killed in Fox River crash
Friends, family and fellow Marines gathered Sunday at Ryan-Parke Funeral Home in Park Ridge to honor Magdalena Jablonska, a Des Plaines Marine veteran killed July 25 in a Fox River boating crash; her family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the alleged driver.
Community
Park Ridge Farmers Market open three more Saturdays in August
The Park Ridge Farmers Market continues on Prairie Avenue on Aug. 15, 22 and 29, running 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Saturday through October in the market's 36th year.
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Bagel shop at Uptown Metra station one vote from opening, waiting room set to reopen
A commuter-focused bagel and coffee shop called Midwest Doughboys is one City Council vote away from opening inside the Uptown Park Ridge Metra station, a move city officials say will allow the main waiting room, closed since last winter due to vandalism, to reopen during regular hours.
Business
Jungle of Niles eyes vacant Des Plaines Kmart as eviction hearing looms Friday
With its one-week lease extension expired and an eviction hearing set for Friday, Jungle of Niles is considering the long-vacant former Kmart at Lee and Oakton in Des Plaines as a potential new home, though a Sears/Kmart holding company still holds an interest in the property.
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Park Ridge's Skoronski becomes NFL's highest-paid guard with $100M Titans deal
Park Ridge native and Maine South alumnus Peter Skoronski signed a four-year, $100 million extension with the Tennessee Titans on Friday, Aug. 7, making the 25-year-old the highest-paid offensive guard in NFL history.
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Chicago Sky's Cardoso hosts youth basketball camp at Maine West
Chicago Sky center Kamilla Cardoso hosts a $99 youth basketball camp Thursday, Aug. 6, at Maine West High School in Des Plaines, open to boys and girls ages 6-15, bringing WNBA instruction to a District 207 campus that serves Park Ridge and Niles families.
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