Week in Review: Nov. 28 - Dec. 4

Highlights from last week:

• Former Lemont football standouts Graham Pocic (University of Illinois) and Aaron and Brett Nagel (Northwestern University) reflected on their experiences playing in the -- the first college football game to be held at the Friendly Confines in more than 40 years. The Illini defeat the Wildcats 48-27.

• Assessors for Cook County and Lemont Township explained why the majority of Lemont residents saw a 10-to 20-percent increase in their recent (hint: the state equalizer and a record number of appeals are to blame).

• The Lemont Police Department held an to discuss the recent abduction attempt of a 16-year-old Lemont girl and the incidents that followed.

• Patch contributor (and Hope and Friendship Ministries founder) Terri O'Neill provided a recap of the fifth annual Hope and Friendship Community Thanksgiving Dinner.

• The beat Eisenhower in their first and only home meet of the season. The team is hoping to find success in its new year-round format, which was made possible by the new aquatic center at the CORE.

• The Illinois State Senate and House of Representatives both passed a bill last week that would make in the state.

• Lemont High School into its chapter of the National Honor Society on Wednesday.

• A was reported Nov. 24 in the 100 block of Robert Street in the Timberline Knolls community. Police declined to specify what items were taken from the home.

• A Lemont woman in the 16000 block of New Avenue on Thursday morning. Though the woman was removed from her vehicle without injury, the garage sustained moderate damage.

• Witnesses for Lemont in a Cook County courtroom Wednesday in a trial that will decide whether an advertising company can install two digital billboards along the Veterans Memorial Tollway near the village. Lemont's defense in the case centered around the preservation of Lemont's history and beauty, as well as the property values of homes in the nearby Briar Cliff Estates neighborhood.

• Carolers from the Aunt Marlene Foundation last week while collecting donations for the food pantry at Bethany Lutheran Church.

• The Chicagoland area experienced its of the season Saturday as a winter storm blanketed the area for 24 hours. Lemont Patch drove around the community during the day to .