Lovely transition in Northbrook from Frum to Ciesla
Incoming Village President Kathryn Ciesla, center, is sworn in by Cook County circuit court Judge Grace G. Dickler at the Northbrook Village Board meeting Tuesday. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Incoming Northbrook Village President Kathryn Ciesla, right, is hugged by outgoing president Sandy Frum shortly after Frum s arrival at the Northbrook Village Board meeting, during which Ciesla was sworn in, Tuesday. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Flanked by her family, new trustee Joy Ebhomielen was sworn in at the Northbrook Village Board meeting Tuesday. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Board President Kathryn Ciesla leads the Northbrook Village Board meeting after being sworn in Tuesday.
Lake in the Hills first female police chief takes helm in July Mary Frake, who has served 27 years with the Lake in the Hills Police Department, will be the town s first female police chief. She takes the helm when Police Chief David Brey retires in July after 29 years with that department. Courtesy of Lake in the Hills Police Department
Susana Mejia, of Bensenville, got her first COVID-19 shot administered Friday by Janeth Lopez of the HR Support group of Harwood Heights in the parking lot at the Gary Methodist Church in Wheaton. I am excited, she said. She was the second person in line to get the vaccine at a free clinic organized by Immigrant Solidarity DuPage for Latinos.
Vaccine site for first responders, school staff opens at New Trier High School
Cook County Commissioner Scott Britton of Glenview speaks during a news conference as the Cook County Department of Public Health and Mutual Box Alarm System Division 3 announce a pilot vaccination site for first responders and other essential workers at New Trier High School in Northfield Wednesday. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Dr. Karin Joshi speaks during a news conference as the Cook County Department of Public Health and Mutual Box Alarm System Division 3 announce a pilot vaccination site for first responders and other essential workers at New Trier High School in Northfield Wednesday.
UpdatedWed, Feb 24, 2021 at 6:16 pm CT
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The gymnasium at the Northfield campus of New Trier Township High School opened this week as a vaccination site for front-line essential workers in Phase 1a and Phase 1b. (New Trier High School)
NORTHFIELD, IL A first-of-its kind vaccination site run by local firefighters and paramedics has opened at New Trier High School. Local officials hope the pilot program can be replicated as more doses of COVID-19 vaccines become available for distribution.
The point of distribution, or POD, in the gymnasium of New Trier s west campus administered about 500 doses of vaccine Wednesday through an intergovernmental partnership between the school district, the county and Mutual Aid Box Alarm System, or MABAS, Division 3.