Telluride welcomes another winter sport: figure skatingOn Feb. 4, The Telluride Figure Skating Club launches with lessons for children at the new Mountain Village Ice Rink. The formation of this figure skating club was no gliding process.

Wilton figure skater Michelle Bennett dominates Lake Placid competitionThe Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid is known mainly for playing host to the “Miracle on Ice,” when the United States ice hockey team upset heavily favored Russia in the 1980 Olympics. From Jan. 14 to 17, it was the site of the 2010 Ice Skating Institute Lake Placid Championships, and local figure skater Michelle Bennett dominated the event.

Burke in tight legislative race in ChicagoIncumbent state legislators fought to win the right to run again in a marathon campaign that will end in the November general election, but ballots were still being counted throughout the Chicago area Tuesday night in many contested races. One of the tightest races showed veteran Rep. Dan Burke, the brother of Ald. Ed Burke, 14th, trying desperately to hold off challenger Rudy Lozano Jr., the ...