Sunday, September 16, 2012
Lake Forest High School District 115 and Chicago school teachers went on strike this week.
Lake Forest High School District 115 teachers went on strike this week after negotiations over salaries and benefits failed to produce an agreement. The district has proposed salary increases over the next three years of 2.6 percent, 3.4 percent and 3.4 percent, the Chicago Tribune reported. By comparison, the teachers have asked for raises of 5.6, 6.5 and 5.6 percent, the newspaper reported. The newspaper reported that the district also asked teachers to begin paying for a percentage of their insurance. Although some movement has been made on issues such as health insurance and a two-tiered salary structure, the salary issue remains a sticking point. The Lake Forest High School District 115 strike came on the heels of the Chicago Teachers…
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Lake Forest's Mark McMahon shares his sketches of last weekend's historic event.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Lake Forest artist Mark McMahon took his sketch pad and art tools and hit the streets of Chicago last weekend, joining the protesters and checking in at the media center at McCormick Place.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Hear from candidates running for the 58th District State Rep seat, 29th District State Senate, and Lake County Board 13th District.
The League of Women Voters- Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Area and Lake Forest Lake Bluff Patch will co-sponsor another candidate forum at 1:30 p.m. March 4 at the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Senior Center, 100 East Old Mill Road, in Lake Forest. The candidates include the following offices:
Friday, November 11, 2011
Every story is a teaching tool for others to hear, learn from.
Every person who has worn the uniform of the U.S. military has a story to tell. Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) brought an effort by the Library of Congress to Lake Forest earlier this week to make sure those stories are heard and logged. The Library of Congress has launched a project to obtain video oral histories and other original communications from veterans as part of a permanent collection. Dold came to Lake Forest American Legion Post 264 on Nov. 7 to enlist support. “We just lost our last veteran of World War I and 1,500 World War II veterans are dying every day,” Dold said. “Everyone has a story to tell. We want to use this as a teaching tool for years to come.” A group of seven veterans including American Legion Post …
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Pending trade agreements could assist Lake Bluff company, but with some concerns.
Job creation can come in a variety of forms, and more than 60 representatives of the local business community learned how developing the contacts and expertise to export products outside the United States can help. Area manufacturers heard from experts from the U.S. Department of Commerce and each other at a roundtable hosted by Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) Monday at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. Read more: Job Fair Attracts 600 Hoping for a Shot Companies as diverse as Fannie May Candies of Lake Forest, soil erosion specialists Profile of Buffalo Grove and scientific measurement manufacturer Buehler of Lake Bluff came away with new tools. Some are heavily into export while others do little. “Ninety-five percent of …
John Sullivan
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