Nearly 100 city officials, family members, police officers and spectators filled Park Ridge City Hall Thursday night for the swearing-in ceremony of Robert Kampwirth as the new police chief of Park Ridge. Kampwirth’s nomination received a unanimous approval vote from aldermen at the Sept. 5 City Council meeting. He had been serving as interim police chief since May, after Frank Kaminski .
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Volunteers and Kiwanis Club members assembled Thursday, Dec. 8 at Park Ridge City Hall to wrap food gift certificates for struggling families. (Photo submitted) With the help of the combined Kiwanis Club of Park Ridge and many generous donors, Park Ridge-Niles School Dist. 64 is able to provide holiday meal certificates for 145 families this year.
Pickwick Theater's owners say news of impending closure boosted ticket sales and interest from prospective buyers. Park Ridge officials say the city is gathering information.
A sign outside Niles Village Hall welcomes early voters. (Tom Robb/Journal photo) Turnout for early voting and voting by mail surpassed the last gubernatorial General Election in 2018 when 138,234 early votes were cast for the entire election. Early voting for all dates in the November 2022 election totaled 220,183 as of Tuesday, Nov. 8.