• Early voting in primary election continues through Feb. 23

  Daily Herald report Early voting for the Feb. 26 primary election began Monday and continues through Saturday, Feb. 23. In the Northwest suburbs, a Republican primary will take place in Palatine Township for the offices of supervisor, trustee, clerk and highway commissioner. In Elgin, a nonpartisan primary will whittle down a field of nine people running for a single 2-year council seat.
  Last Updated Feb 11, 2013 2:44 PM

• “SuperCrocs” coming to Elgin library

  Posted Feb 10, 2013 8:00 AM

  An exhibit featuring enormous 40-foot crocodiles that lived 110 million years ago is headed in early May to Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin. The Grand Victoria Foundation gave the library a $25,000 grant and another $25,000 challenge grant, for which the library is seeking matching donations.

• Bartlett teacher Lana Brozik calls herself a lifelong learner

  Updated Feb 11, 2013 5:36 AM

  Lana Brozik is a master teacher, a model educator and a lifelong learner. She teaches students English and language arts at Eastview Middle School in Bartlett but reaches beyond her eighth-graders to improve the quality of education districtwide. A ripple effect from Brozik's mentorship means she will continue to affect student learning long after she retires at the end of this year.

• New Christian-based basketball program in Elgin

  Posted Feb 9, 2013 8:00 AM

  Childhood friends Justin Anthony and Josie Wallace, of Elgin, are the co-founders of Epic Youth, a new Christian-based program in Elgin that combines basketball with leadership development and college preparation. “We’re doing this so these kids can start to think bigger and understand there’s more to life than what they see in their daily life in Elgin,” Anthony said. “We’re bringing them in through basketball, but we really want to reach them on a much, much deeper level.”

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