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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.

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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.


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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
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.

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View MoreThe Liponi Foundation's annual Mini Golf Fundraiser raised nearly $16,000 for the Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation on Aug. 11, topping last year's record by about $4,000 with a sold-out crowd of more than 200 at Skokie Sports Park.

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View MoreThe Niles Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosts its free Cruise Nights Car Show at Golf Mill Park on Wednesday, Aug. 19, one of several car shows and community events filling the late-August calendar across Park Ridge and Niles.
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View MoreMaine Township's 20th annual Community Garage Sale returns to the Town Hall parking lot in Park Ridge on Sept. 19, with about 80 vendor families and proceeds benefiting the Adventure Maine Township Summer Camp for income-eligible youth.

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View MoreThe Village of Niles is accepting artist applications through Tuesday, Sept. 1, for its annual Last Call Art & Music Fest, a free outdoor event returning to Civic Center Plaza on Oct. 11 with juried visual art, live music, food trucks and family activities.

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View MoreThe Park Ridge Public Library's Summer Reading Sendoff on Saturday, Aug. 22, caps a program that drew nearly 1,800 participants with free ice cream, live music, a bubble artist and gift card drawings on the library lawn.
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View MoreFriends, 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.

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View MoreThe 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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View MoreThe Park Ridge Fine Arts Society's 66-year-old Concerts in the Park series wraps its 2026 summer season with two free Friday shows at Hodges Park: the Illinois Brass Band on Aug. 7 and the Brian Patti Big Band on Aug. 14.

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View MoreA new biography titled "Hundred Cents on the Dollar" profiles William H. Malone, the developer who built the Pickwick Theatre and the Malone Fountain and served as Park Ridge's second mayor from 1912 to 1914, revealing a life far more complicated than local lore suggests.

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View MoreThe Park Ridge Public Library added Roku streaming sticks with Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+ and other services to its free Exploration Library lending collection, available to adult cardholders for two-week checkouts.

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View MoreThe Park Ridge Historical Society is selling 100 tickets at $150 each for an Aug. 20 "Lucky Loser" raffle at Pennyville Station, where the last ticket standing wins $5,000 and proceeds fund the restoration of the city's 1934 Lil' Pirsch fire truck.

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View MoreStroll Park Ridge has launched Park Ridge Strollers, a free Monday evening walking group with dates listed through late August at 132 S. Prospect Ave. in Uptown Park Ridge.
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