Originally Posted: June 23, 2013 Orland Park has a variety of events planned for the week of the Fourth of July, according to the village’s parks and recreation department. Here are some of them: City Lights Orchestra From 5 to…
Originally Posted: June 9, 2013 Garden Patch Farms in Homer Glen held its first-ever butterfly release June 1, setting free butterflies that were raised at the farm, 14158 W. 159th St. They were released at two different times, 11 a.m….
Originally Posted: May 26, 2013 Our unseasonably cool and wet spring has finally made way for nice weather. Some graduations have been held, others are coming soon. The imminent end of the school year means that parents will soon…
Originally Posted: May 12, 2013 Welcome, May, a month that evokes visions of mums, moms, Mexico, memories and music — beginning with May Day and wrapping up with Memorial Day. The celebration of May Day historically was marked by a…
Originally Posted: April 28, 2013 All three Consolidated High School District 230 high schools had students excel at the Illinois Association of SkillsUSA’s 49th annual Leadership and Skills Conference April 11-13 in Springfield. The conference leadership and skill events…
Originally Posted: April 14, 2013 You changed your clocks for daylight saving time and are enjoying the longer afternoons, and that’s good. Hopefully, you also changed the batteries in your smoke detectors, which is also good. And the recent spell…
Originally Posted: March 31, 2013 How about a wonderfully inspiring story? Orland Park resident Shannon Crotty, a 2008 Carl Sandburg High School graduate who majored in political science and economics at the University of Notre Dame, is living and working…
Originally Posted: March 17, 2013 The recent storm that dumped about 8 inches of snow on Orland Park may not be indicative of spring being near. But the change to daylight- saving time and with Easter drawing near, the evidence…
Originally Posted: March 3, 2013 Five performers, four chairs, three men, two women and one good time. That sums up the Feb. 16 show by The Second City Performing Troupe, which again amazed a packed Performing Arts Center at Carl…
Originally Printed: February 17, 2013 Orland Park will hold its 13th annual Chefs’ Auction from 6 to 10 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Orland Chateau, 14500 LaGrange Road, to benefit the American Cancer Society’s Breast Cancer Research Program. Orland Chateau…