Riverside police on Wednesday night issued a bulletin reporting that a suspicious man driving a van followed a 10-year-old North Riverside girl to Ames School that morning.
It was just a matter of time. After predicting that the emerald ash borer would eventually infest trees in the village, Riverside's village forester announced earlier this month that the wait is over.
When Jerry Cervak, owner of the Riverside auto body shop Metal Mites, became involved in the Arcade Building mural project in 2009, he got to thinking.
A few parents attended the January meeting of the education committee of the Riverside Elementary School District 96 board hoping to hear a substantive discussion of the district's special education program. They left the meeting disappointed.
Apparently unaware that both teams are destined to be terrible during the 2012 baseball season, two men had to be separated by Brookfield police last week after they got into an altercation over which team was better - the Cubs or White Sox.
Last week Riverside-Brookfield High School District 208 Superintendent Kevin Skinkis spoke at Parent Teacher Organization meetings at S.E. Gross Middle School in Brookfield and R.J. Hauser Junior High School in Riverside to outline the difficult budget decisions that the school faces next year.
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Kathy Foley of Riverside gets some exercise by cross-country skiing through Swan Pond Park with her dog, Jake, on Sunday.
Not every kid can tell you that they will attend Yale next fall. Even fewer can tell you that while keeping their grades up to do so they also lead their basketball team in scoring and rebounds. That's why Fenwick senior forward Meredith Boardman is not your average kid.
Depth and versatility have been strong points for the Riverside-Brookfield girls basketball team all season. The Bulldogs showed off both indispensable attributes - particularly in the first half - in their 52-44 win over visiting Illiana Christian last week.
When the Riverside-Brookfield boys basketball team has its offense in full flight, it's quite a sight to behold. The visiting Bulldogs treated fans in Burbank to an offensive clinic during their 74-45 win over St. Laurence last week.
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