Credit Daniel I. Dorfman

With his nose running, Nick Frankel was setting up a shanty last week at Oakton Community College trying to get an idea as to what it would be like to be homeless for a night. Thursd...

Credit Michelle Martin

Some students in Maine Township High School District 207 are not signing up for summer schools because they cannot afford it, administrators said at the school board meeting on Nov. 7.
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Credit Michelle Martin

Families experiencing financial hardship do not have to wait until unemployment checks run out, or homes are foreclosed on, to receive Maine Township assistance above and beyond the Towns...

Credit Maine Township

Evidence the economy is improving since economists reported the end of the recession in 2009 is not to be found at Maine Township Food Pantry in Park Ridge. Two years later demand is...

Credit George Castle

Students adversely affected by the stagnant economy are not left out in the cold when they try to leave their miseries behind by attending school. Internally, schools have complement...