EVENTSFREE LESSONS: Titled “Project Sparrow,” Gerry Cook’s Professional Martial Arts will give 10 kids 4 months of free Tae Kwon Do lessons Feb. 13 through Aug. 13 at 2048 N. Lewis Ave., Waukegan. To be eligible, kids from 6 to 12 years old must be sponsored by a clergy person, police officer, fire fighter, social worker or school teacher. Reservations required. Details, (847) 336-1950.COOKING ...

The Ashland School District plans to join forces with Medford-based Maslow Project to help identify and support homeless students attending Ashland schools.

The Maine Heritage Policy Center on Tuesday released a list of vendors its says Maine State Housing Authority has paid over the past 13 years.