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Leisure-time physical activity is associated with longer life expectancy, even at relatively low levels of activity and regardless of body weight, according to a study by a team of researchers led by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The study found that people who engaged in leisure-time physical activity had life expectancy gains of as much as 4.5 years.​

A recent Illinois Association of Park Districts (IAPD) report contains impressive information regarding the role of Illinois park districts as a significant employer and contributor to the local economy, as well as highlighting the park district's efforts to rely on self-sustaining revenue options as a way to limit dependency on local property taxes.

The Westfield Old Orchard mall outdoor ice rink opens for the winter on Friday, November 25!

After waiting their entire lives for this moment, children at Tot Learning Center celebrated the recent Cubs' world championship with their own victory parade.

In the summer of 2000, the Skokie Park District, in conjunction with Evanston Township School District 65, oversaw the installation of a "big toys wooden playground" structure at Bessie Rhodes Magnet School, located next to Timber Ridge Park. This playground served both the public and Rhodes School for sixteen years.

In August 2016, the Skokie Park District proactively hired Environmental Monitoring and Technologies, Inc. (EMT) to test its facility drinking water fountains for lead content.

Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier, national silver medalists and world championship team members, stopped by the Skatium Ice Arena for a ‘meet and greet’ today, signing autographs for 240 figure skaters from Central and Northern Illinois, and Southern Wisconsin. In addition, Susie Wynn, former Olympian and television figure skating commentator, choreographed two numbers for two groups of 120 young skaters (each).

The Devonshire Playhouse presents their production of the Stephen Sondheim musical "A Little Night Music." Sondheim creates a stunning tour de force when he takes Ingmar Bergman's comedy of manners, "Smiles of a Summer Night," and turns it into a musical of masterful execution and elegance. A winner of four Tony Awards, this is a musical work that has forever entranced the world of theater.

When Fouzia Khan took over as manager of the district's Tot Learning Center (TLC) in 2003, she knew that the promotion of diversity was at the core of — not only what the Skokie Park District stood for — but of vital importance in the Village of Skokie, a community in which more than 100 languages are spoken in resident homes.

But for a little bit of rain on Saturday morning, this year's Backlot Bash crowds were bigger than ever, making the ten-year-old event one of the most successful since its inception in 2007.