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Now in its ninth year, original music will again take center stage at Skokie's Backlot Bash

As the dedication ribbon fell today, screams and shouts rang out as more than 100 Middleton school children rushed onto their new Skokie playground.

In 2005, the Blue Ribbon Builders won a record seventh World Wiffleball Championship. Since that day, only three teams have won the title: Club Ripped and Funky Plastic Offspring (four times each), and Balco Boys (twice).

The Skokie Park District board of commissioners announced its new officers at the May 2015 regular and annual meeting.

Golf’s quirky out-of-town cousins will take up residency in Skokie on June 5, making the Weber Park Golf Course a versatile new recreational destination for residents and visitors alike.

The Skokie Festival of Cultures hosted a record 35,000 attendees over the weekend.

The 25th Annual Skokie Festival of Cultures presents a free international short film festival, tonight at Oakton Park in Skokie, from 8-10 p.m.

When author Josh Pahigian set about writing “101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out,” he decided to create a book that featured locales other than major league ballparks. Some of the sites were givens. Baseball museums, the Field of Dreams movie set, Babe Ruth’s grave, and several Chicago destinations: #29 Wrigleyville, #48 Billy Goat Tavern, and #55, the Black Sox Courthouse.

The Skokie Tennis Association invites adult tennis players 18 and over to join this social mixed-doubles league on Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons at the Skokie Tennis Center, 8330 Niles Center Road.

At the January meeting of the Skokie Village Board, its trustees recognized two park district aquatic staff and two pool patrons for their lifesaving efforts at the Devonshire Aquatic Center on August 15, 2014.