From the Village
New website – Residents looking for
information on the village’s website, vbg.org, will find that the site has been
revised
new website. It’s the start of ongoing revisions.
Board meeting Monday –The Buffalo Grove
Village Board will hold a Committee of the Whole meeting at 7:30 Monday. The
agenda is at C.O.W.
agenda.
Wise old SAGES? -- There’s a new group in Buffalo Grove for
senior citizens who, says Tribune/Countryside columnist Aileen Simons, wants to
make retirement a bit more fun. Simons
Column.
Holiday
Tree Recycling scheduled
Holiday
trees will be picked up at the curbside and recycled during the Waste
Management (WM) normal pickup day the first two full weeks of January. Call at
866-570-4702 or visit Waste Management.
School News
D103 Preschool Registration Opens
Jan. 18
Preschool registration for
Lincolnshire–Prairie View School District 103 opens Friday, Jan. 18 from 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. for children who will turn 3 or 4 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2019.
This program is held at Laura B. Sprague School, 2425 Riverwoods Road,
Lincolnshire, and is open to children who live in the district. Full details are at D103 Preschool
registration
Kindergarten Registration Begins
Jan. 18 in D103
Lincolnshire-Prairie View School
District 103 kindergarten registration is set for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Jan.
18, for children who will turn 5 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2019.
If parents cannot attend the Jan. 18
registration day, they are welcome to register their future kindergartener any
school day between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Registration takes about an
hour to complete. Full details are at D103 Kindergarten
Registration.
From the Police Reports
Phone Scam -- A
Buffalo Grove woman reported a phone scam to police, but not before she wired
more than $200,000 to a bank in China.
The woman told police she received phone calls from individuals who said
they were with the Beijing Police Department and that the woman was associated
with criminal investigation involving
her credit cards and passport.
Stolen purse -- A
woman reported her phone stolen while at a restaurant. She told police she
dropped it while in the rest room and when she went back to retrieve it, the
phone was gone.
Shop lifting reported -- A
Wheeling man reportedly stole nearly $50 in merchandise from Woodman’s. The man
admitted to stealing a can of tomato sauce but says he did not steal anything
else. He faces an adjudication hearing.
Vandalism –
Police report that a self-storage facility on Hastings Drive was
vandalized. Reports say vandals wrote
graffiti in red paint on the side of the building as well on the roof where
vandals also stuffed rocks into the heating vent which rendered the heat
inoperative.
Burglary -- A
residence in the 200 block of Taylor Court was reportedly burglarized sometime
from Dec. 31 through Jan. 1. Police
reports say more than $10,000 worth of jewelry was reported missing from the
residence. Police reports say there were
no signs of forcible entry and that entrance may have been gained through an
unlocked patio door.
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