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• Updated 12/5: Park Ridge objects to noise commission on runway's traffic
  

  Anger -- over what many report to be a dramatic and unwelcome increase in airplane noise since the opening of O'Hare Airport's new northern runway last month -- drew well over 100 Park Ridge residents to the Dec. 5 meeting of the O'Hare Noise Compatibility Commission in Rosemont.

• Updated 12/5: Suburboddity
  

  Hot chocolate, Christmas shopping and other heartwarming tales. Read news of the odd, unusual and sometimes weird, from around Chicago.

• Updated 12/5: Highland Park man charged in child-porn probe
  

  Police arrested a Highland Park man Thursday and charged him later with multiple weapons and child pornography offenses.

• Updated 12/4: County, Comcast launch show to find fugitives
  

  Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart will host a public service initiative giving area residents the chance to help the sheriff's office locate fugitives, Dart and Comcast announced Thursday.

• Schakowsky nixes inauguration ticket
  
• Local caucus reveals who's on slating panels
  

  Responding to a call for transparency, the Northbrook Caucus Monday released the names of most members of the committees that have recommended candidates for the party's slate.

• Sour economy swaying holiday shopping trips
  On Friday, Northbrook Court employed a company called Momentum to bring "brand ambassadors" to the shopping center. Those ambassadors handed out prizes, like gift cards, entered shoppers in raffles for larger prizes and even filmed people. Their job is to energize shoppers, said Northbrook Court marketing manager Arnold Cohen. Shoppers did seem to be buying, drawn by sales.
• Ismaili house of worship opens here
  

  The beauty of the jamatkhana was praised by speaker after speaker at Tuesday's opening ceremony of the Ismaili Muslim house of worship and community center.

• Couple escape terror in Mumbai hotel
  

  The Silvers of Glenview have a running joke with their friends, the Ernsteens of Deerfield.

• Trustees cool to town house plan for west side
  

  A veteran Northbrook architect has plans to build town houses here with ecologically friendly "green" materials, underground parking and seven-figure price tags, but the odds are against the homes ever rising on Landwehr Road.

• Northbrook restaurants growing in 'down' time
  When the economy of the free world is crashing all around you, there's only one thing to do: Party! Some Northbrook restaurateurs are facing the brave new world of tight money not by cutting back, but by putting up their dough to expand. They're adding party rooms. Prairie Grass Cafe is poised to take over the next-door space vacated by a shuttered sign shop.
• Students guests at Keshet student's bat mitzvah
  

  Zabina Auerbach, a student at Keshet, recently became bat mitzvah with students from Sager Solomon Schechter Middle School in attendance.

• Police Blotter
  
• Guard your identity, police warn
  

  Protect yourself from the bad guys this holiday shopping season by guarding your financial information along with your credit cards and cash, Northbrook Police supervisor of community relations Mike Shep says.

• Salon has benefit for local charities
  

  The Daymaker Salon is pleased to announce a special benefit, "Cuts For A Cause," Dec. 14 and 15, that will donate proceeds of children's haircuts (ages 12 and under) to four local charities this holiday season.

• Flora Drive playground in works
  

  Residents living near the corner of Floral Drive and Holly Court are likely on the way to getting their own public park.

• Northbrook theaters Saturday to cater to patrons with autism
  

  People with autism get their own day at the movies nationwide Saturday, including at theaters in Northbrook and Barrington.

• Q&A: Bruce Gonzalez
  

  Bruce Gonzalez, store manager of Sunset Foods in Northbrook, is hoping residents will help fill the Northfield Township Food Pantry's shelves this holiday season. The lifelong Northbrook resident noted last year more than $13,000 was donated to the pantry on behalf of generous customers. You can take part by simply specifying to your cashier your level of commitment.

• Updated 12/3: Bill issues leave Northshore center site unfenced
  

  New trouble for the Center of Northshore development cropped up Wednesday, when the company that owns the construction fence around its 14-acre construction site sent workers to take the fence back.

• Updated 12/2: FEMA extends deadline to apply for flood relief
  

  Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials have extended the registration filing period to Dec. 16 for people who were affected by severe storms and flooding that occurred between Sept. 13 and Oct. 5. The deadline applies to renters, homeowners and businesses in Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, LaSalle, Peoria, Will and Woodford counties.

• Updated 12/2: Kirk writes Bush: Don't pardon Ryan
  

  While U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has written a letter asking President Bush to pardon former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, R-10th, has no such thoughts.

• Updated 11/28: Bargains attract buyers
  

  Deerfield electronics retailer Best Buy was still managing to attract buyers to the store even after those who waited overnight had been and gone. But Robert Fleming of Evanston and Don and Dylan Burgett of Deerfield didn't buy much.

• Updated 11/28: 2 held after homeowner calls in burglary
  

  A Northbrook homeowner got sick this week, and Northbrook Police got lucky.

• Updated 11/28: Shoppers up hours before sun, seeking bargains
  

  Janelle Krupowicz worked hard last night to prepare the Target store at 2241 Willow Road in Glenview for "Black Friday." It's her first holiday season working for the retailer and the crowd that had assembled by 5:30 a.m. matched her expectations.

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