With the growth of online marketplaces, many of us are getting more package deliveries, but some of what we order is stolen before it makes it into the house. That’s a problem especially at this time of year with Christmas and holiday shopping already well underway. The thieves, collectively called porch pirates by people with…
Click:Crushing & Grinding Equipment BABYLON, NY —After a decade of battling erosion, the Town of Babylon’s Overlook Beach restoration will be finished Friday, according to town officials. “Work at Overlook completes today,” Ryan Bonner, Babylon’s Director of Communications, told Patch. According to the town, the restoration extended the beach 350 feet from the parking lot…
HINSDALE, IL – Hinsdale High School District 86 officials sounded satisfied Thursday with a downsized tax district in Clarendon Hills. For months, the district had opposed a larger tax increment financing district, or TIF. “From where we started with this TIF proposal, this is pretty fantastic news for the district,” said District 86 board President…
No Thanksgiving meal is complete without stuffing and mashed potatoes and gravy, but eliminating either the green bean casserole or candied yams could cause a food fight among about half of Patch readers who responded to our informal survey on side dishes for America’s favorite holiday. And don’t kick the cranberry sauce with a ribbon…
NEW CANAAN, CT — A hawk stuck in the netting of a Buttery Road home’s chicken coop was rescued Wednesday afternoon by New Canaan Animal Control. Animal Control Officer Sean Godejohn said he was called to a local property around 3:30 p.m., where he found the trapped bird. The hawk was likely trying to grab…
BURBANK, IL — A police raid at a Burbank residence last Sunday netted a pharmacy’s worth of various drugs and firearms, police said. Around 6 a.m., neighbors reported being awakened by two large booms seconds apart, possibly flash bangs, in the 5600 block of 81st Place. Six police cars were parked out front. The home…
NEWPORT, RI — Rogers High School in Newport earlier this month announced the winners and honorable mentions in this year’s George Washington Letter essay contest. In 1790, Washington wrote a now famous letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, reassuring them that the government would not interfere with people in matters of religious conscience and…
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — A crate of four kittens was dumped on a roadway median in Basking Ridge on Wednesday morning. At 8:04 a.m., the crate of kittens was reported on the median on Spring Valley Blvd between Balsam Way and Acken Road, said Bernards Township Deputy Chief Timothy King. Bernards Township Animal Control Officer…
BEVERLY, MA — A state Employee Relations Board ruling that could have a chilling effect on any teachers’ union contemplating walking off the job in violation of a Massachusetts law prohibiting public union strikes said on Wednesday that the Beverly School Committee had no obligation to engage the Beverly Teachers Association in contract talks while…
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY – A sizable crowd, including many Spanish speakers, showed up at P.S. 48 Michael J. Buczek in the Heights on Tuesday night, listening attentively as city officials provided an in-the-weeds outline of Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes” zoning proposal. Essentially a package of zoning changes designed to boost the construction of…
