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Local Government
The Park Ridge City Council will vote Tuesday, Sept. 8, on whether to approve the Spanish Town Historic District, the city's first-ever historic designation covering five 1927 homes. The Committee of the Whole will also take up traffic calming and pest control.
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Local Government
The Park Ridge City Council will vote Tuesday, Sept. 8, on whether to approve the Spanish Town Historic District, the city's first-ever historic designation covering five 1927 homes. The Committee of the Whole will also take up traffic calming and pest control.

Local Government
The Park Ridge City Council will vote Tuesday, Sept. 8, on whether to approve the Spanish Town Historic District, the city's first-ever historic designation covering five 1927 homes. The Committee of the Whole will also take up traffic calming and pest control.
Local Government
The Park Ridge City Council will vote Tuesday, Sept. 8, on whether to approve the Spanish Town Historic District, the city's first-ever historic designation covering five 1927 homes. The Committee of the Whole will also take up traffic calming and pest control.

Local Government
Park Ridge and Niles homeowners can file a Certificate of Error with the Cook County Assessor's Office to recover missed property tax exemptions going back to 2022, with free virtual workshops on Sept. 9–10 and a payment deadline of Oct. 1.

Education
Maine Township High School District 207 hosts its annual College Fair and Postsecondary Expo on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at Maine West High School in Des Plaines, with about 136 colleges and 42 other exhibitors expected.

Education
District 64 Superintendent Dr. Ben Collins will hold an open community coffee at Lincoln Middle School on Sept. 10, giving residents a chance to talk informally with the superintendent at a building that underwent emergency fire-code repairs this summer.

Public Safety
The Cook County Department of Public Health released Building Healthier Communities 2030, a five-year plan focused on mental health, chronic disease and maternal health across suburban Cook County, including Park Ridge and Niles.

Public Safety
Illinois State Police and local departments across the state are running heightened DUI and seat belt enforcement through Sept. 8 as part of the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" Labor Day campaign, after nine people died on Illinois roads last Labor Day weekend.

Community
Park Ridge nonprofit Have Dreams celebrates 30 years of serving the autism community, growing from seven children above an ice rink to more than 700 individuals served annually, and plans an Oct. 17 gala at the Park Ridge Country Club.

Community
The Kiwanis Club of Park Ridge holds its 42nd Annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Park Ridge Presbyterian Church, with proceeds supporting local charities for children, teens and young adults.

Business
Cook County gas prices hit $4.52 per gallon ahead of Labor Day weekend, the highest in the Chicago metro and 20 cents above the Illinois average, with global supply disruptions driving record fuel costs.

Business
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.

Sports
Emerson Middle School hosts Lincoln Middle School at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, in the first game of District 64's new interscholastic soccer program through the Mid Central Suburban League.

Sports
Maine South defeated Warren Township 54-14 on Friday in the Hawks' home opener at Park Ridge, bouncing back from a Week 1 loss to Batavia and improving to 1-1 on the season.

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