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Saying that residents have asked about keeping backyard chickens, bees and perhaps other animals in Park Ridge, City Council members discussed the topic at a City of the Whole meeting Aug. 21 and leaned more towards honey than eggs. In a non-binding vote meant to gauge initial interest, council members voted 4-2 in favor of pursuing the topic of allowing apiaries, or bee colonies, in ...

Park Ridge city officials heard about a range of options for how the city might plan to increase its number of affordable housing units at a July 24 City Council meeting. A 2021 state law requires municipalities with less than 10% of their housing units affordably priced to draft and file a plan with the state detailing how they would make at least 10% of their housing units affordable. In ...

Park Ridge aldermen will soon consider whether and how to permit food trucks to operate in the city.

The drinking fountain at Meacham, Cedar and Northwest Highway, was commissioned by former Mayor William Malone and features a ground-level drinking bowl below the adult drinking fountain. It is generally attributed to local sculptor John Paulding. (Journal photo) One of the quiet treasures of public art in Uptown Park Ridge is an early 20th century

Park Ridge ordinance preserves the Pickwick Theatre's facade more than National Register of Historic Places status; a colorful mayor built the theater in 1928.