Palatine Park District Pool Pass Early Bird Discount Ends May 1

Palatine Park District offers early bird pool pass registration through May 1, 2013. Early bird registration offers park district residents a savings of $10 per pass.

Palatine Park District Presents Free Kite Fly Event

Palatine Park District presents Flying 4 Kids, a free kite fly, on Saturday morning at the Margreth Riemer Reservoir. The event will include free kite kits to the first 100 children and raffles will also be held.

Palatine Park District Collects 585 Pounds of Food for Palatine Township Food Pantry

With generous donations from the Palatine community, the newly formed Palatine Park District Service Committee collected 585 pounds of food to be donated to the Palatine Township Food Pantry.

Fun Fair at Falcon Park on Saturday, April 20!

The fair is open to all ages and activities will include games, face painting, raffles, prizes and fun.

Palatine Park District Presents Musical Matinee Featuring Switch Time Jazz

This year’s annual Musical Matinee performance will feature Switch Time Jazz on Tuesday, April 16 at 2:00pm.

Family Friendly Theater - The World of Pooh

A family friendly musical production of World of Pooh will be performed on Saturday, April 13 at 10:30am at Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center, 150 E. Wood Street, Palatine.

Palatine Park District Board Election Results

Check back throughout the night for election results for the Palatine Park District board.

Updated 11:45 p.m. In unofficial returns, Susan Gould is the leading vote getter for the Palatine Park District board with 2,223 votes. The race for the second seat still was tight with 52 of 53 precincts reporting. Terry Ruff held a small lead with 1,921 votes to Doug Myslinski's 1,878 votes. Updated 8:42 p.m. Susan Gould seems to have a seat locked up, but Terry Ruff and Doug Myslinski are neck and neck for the other seat. Ruff has about a 32 vote lead. 5 p.m. Suburban Cook County unofficial results for this election are displayed below. Official precinct results will be available April 10.  Two seats are open on the Palatine Park District board with four candidates running.  The only incumbent in Sue Gould, who is running alongside …

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Park District Holds First Adult Flashlight Egg Scramble

Palatine Park District held the event at Falcon Park Recreation Center. Over 100 people were in attendance, searching for eggs in the park, in the dark. The eggs were filled with raffle tickets, prize coupons, and candy.

Leave the Kids at Home for Grown-up Egg Hunt

Palatine Park District’s first Flashlight Egg Scramble promises fun for adults.

New park district programs sometimes take a while to take off, but there’s already a lot of buzz about Palatine Park District’s Flashlight Egg Scramble. “People in the area are excited,” said Lisa Schroeder, Special Interest Coordinator for the park district. “We are hearing a really positive response, people are excited and happy about it and they don’t even know about the prizes.” The Flashlight Egg Scramble is being held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 22 at Falcon Park. Tickets are $10 per person and includes a photo with the Easter Bunny, raffle entries and all the eggs you can collect. Some eggs will have candy while others will have tickets for prizes donated by local businesses. This is an adult-only event, for anyone 21 and over. …

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PAFA Spirit Early Registration Ends March 31

PAFA Spirit offers girls in grades 3 through 8 the opportunity to participate on a Cheer, Flags or Poms team in support of the Palatine Amateur Football Association’s travel football program.