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Pam DeFiglio

Chicago

Local News Editor at Norridge-Harwood Heights News

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  • 1 month ago | chicagotribune.com | Daniel I. Dorfman |Pam DeFiglio

    When a driver hit and killed two women pushing a baby boy in a stroller in Winnetka on Friday, Mudassir Rashid and other family members were left in shock. His wife, Sediqeh “Asra” Samadi, 37, of Kenilworth, a chemical engineer who worked at Abbott Labs, was one of the victims. The other was her mother, Saeideh Sigari, a 58-year-old teacher who was visiting from Iran and had been excited to meet her only grandson for the first time.

  • Mar 28, 2025 | elkodaily.com | Richard Rquena |Pam DeFiglio

    CHICAGO — In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening for iftar dinners to break their sunrise-to-sunset fast from all food and drink, including water, during the holy month of Ramadan. Lent, the 40-day period before Easter on the Christian calendar, always occurs at this time of year.

  • Mar 26, 2025 | thebrunswicknews.com | Richard Requena |Pam DeFiglio

    CHICAGO - In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening for iftar dinners to break their sunrise-to-sunset fast from all food and drink, including water, during the holy month of Ramadan. Lent, the 40-day period before Easter on the Christian calendar, always occurs at this time of year.

  • Mar 26, 2025 | thederrick.com | Richard Requena |Pam DeFiglio

    CHICAGO - In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening for iftar dinners to break their sunrise-to-sunset fast from all food and drink, including water, during the holy month of Ramadan. Lent, the 40-day period before Easter on the Christian calendar, always occurs at this time of year.

  • Mar 26, 2025 | chicagotribune.com | Richard Requena |Pam DeFiglio

    In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening for iftar dinners to break their sunrise-to-sunset fast from all food and drink, including water, during the holy month of Ramadan. Lent, the 40-day period before Easter on the Christian calendar, always occurs at this time of year.

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