Amaris E. Rodriguez

2 weeks ago | forestparkreview.com | Amaris E. Rodriguez

In the hard-fought race for the fourth and final seat on the District 209 Proviso Township high school board, Nicole “Molly Bee” Molinaro on April 7 passed Candice Ross as mail-in votes continued to be counted. Molinaro leads Ross by just 66 votes in what remain unofficial results. In a brief comment to the Forest Park Review on Tuesday, April 8, Molinaro said she was aware of the updated results. “Yup. Amazing and humbling feeling.

2 weeks ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Amaris E. Rodriguez

San Francisco-based filmmaker Maya Chupkov will be bringing her message of strength and resilience to the Chicagoland stuttering community in partnership with Northwestern University during a panel discussion on Wednesday. The panel, titled “Beyond Resilience: Using Film As a Catalyst For Change in The Stuttering & Disability Community,” will be held April 9 at Lutkin Memorial Hall, 700 University Place.

3 weeks ago | forestparkreview.com | Amaris E. Rodriguez

For a second straight election, the Proviso 209 United slate candidates performed well in the Proviso Township High School’s board of education election. The slate secured three out of the open four seats in Tuesday night’s election results.  As of 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday night, Rolandra Morris, William Fisher and Ebony “Nicki” Smith earned board seats alongside Candice Ross, who ran on the 209 Student First slate.

3 weeks ago | journal-topics.com | Amaris E. Rodriguez

Paul Hoefert will continue to serve the village of Mount Prospect as mayor following Tuesday night’s (April 1) win in the consolidated election against opposing candidate Trisha Chokshi. Hoefert secured the win by receiving 4,458 of the 6,798 unofficial votes cast in the election for mayor, winning by 66.72%. According to the Cook County Clerk’s Office, the election saw a 18.75% voter turnout of the 36,249 registered voters. “This feels great,” Hoefert said.

1 month ago | journal-topics.com | Amaris E. Rodriguez

Candidates in the Mount Prospect School District 57 Board of Education election gathered to share their thoughts on important issues not only for students but for taxpayers as well during last week’s debate at village hall. The debate was held on Wednesday, March 12 as part of the series organized by Journal & Topics for the upcoming April 1 Consolidated Election.