MONTAUK, NY — An East End artist is opening up new vistas for the visually challenged — and it’s taught her to see the world in a deeply fulfilling new light. Juliana Purcell Sheehan will be showcasing her tactile art Thursday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 478 West Lake Drive in Montauk, in…
JOLIET — The Joliet Police Department made a staggering total of arrests — seven — over the weekend outside the Sidelines Sports Bar in the Marycrest Shopping Center and officers deployed several of their Tasers, zapping at least three people who refused to comply with their commands to obey them, according to the arrest reports….
WILL COUNTY, IL — Several vehicles traveling on southbound Interstate 55 had flat tires due to debris in the road on Monday, according to Illinois State Police. Click Here: Paulo Dybala Jersey Sale Police told Patch that it had received reports at 11:07 a.m. Thursday of at least four cars with flat tires at I-55…
JOLIET — The idea has probably crossed your mind over the past six months. You see the long lines of cars in the double drive-thru at Joliet’s Plainfield Road Chick-fil-A and you ask yourself, why didn’t I think about acquiring the Chick-fil-A property first? Well, guess what, there’s another golden opportunity awaiting, one that does…
WINNETKA, IL — A conservative nonprofit dropped its lawsuit against New Trier Township High School District 203 after administrators agreed to hand over more than 4,400 pages of emails. Earlier this month, attorneys for the group Parents Defending Education withdrew a complaint filed in April. They had alleged that administrators had violated the Illinois Freedom…
HINSDALE, IL – Hinsdale High School District 86 officials have not said why they apparently don’t want to keep the law firm they hired in January. But they hinted at reasons during a special school board meeting Wednesday. Costs were mentioned repeatedly. Find out what's happening in Hinsdale-Clarendon Hillswith free, real-time updates from Patch. Over…
FAIRFAX CITY, VA — Boxing has been a part of Jonathan De La Cruz’s life for a very long time. Not only was his father a professional fighter, the Adelphi, Maryland resident was 11-years-old when he first donned a pair of boxing gloves. “I got injured in 2009,” he said. “I used to box before…
SARASOTA, FL — The Sarasota Children’s Museum, a nonprofit organization founded last year, has received funding from the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation that allows it to purchase a trailer to launch a mobile museum on wheels. The 24-foot, fully solar-powered trailer will allow the museum to more easily attend community events as it ramps…
POINT PLEASANT, NJ — Point Pleasant residents will have safer streets for walking and biking thanks to $5 million in street safety initiatives being paid for by the New Jersey Department of Transportation, officials say. The NJDOT is providing about $3.2 million through two grants to Point Pleasant for projects on River Road, Herbertsville Road…
SHOREWOOD —Erik Eck, a Lisle man who turns 39 in October, learned on Thursday afternoon that he is being freed from Will County’s Jail despite having five previous residential burglary convictions and another felony arrest on Tuesday morning following a burglary at the Church of God in Shorewood. Will County Judge Donald DeWilkins ruled against…