Copyright 2013 Daily Herald, Paddock Publications, Inc. http://www.dailyherald.com/community/eastdundee/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:07:41 -0400 http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/business/706179717/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/business/706179717/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:25:30 -0400 In order to recover more than $26,000 that East Dundee officials say the owner of a now-shuttered grocery store owes them, they are sending a letter of default to the owner that will order him to repay the balance. The letter will also call out owner Fred Thompson for closing the store several years earlier than he was supposed to, Village Administrator Bob Skurla said. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706179752/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706179752/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:49:12 -0400 Jose A. Velasquez, 44, of Carpentersville, was charged with misdemeanor battery at 3:50 p.m. Thursday, according to a sheriff's report. Velasquez is accused of getting in a shoving match after a dispute involving him repeatedly parking his truck on a private drive on the 33W0-99 block of Richardson Road near East Dundee. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706179862/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706179862/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:24:14 -0400 An award-winning country duo will headline this year's Northwest Fourth Fest in Hoffman Estates. For $10, attendees can gain access to see Thompson Square on Friday, July 5, on the Village Green across the street from the Sears Centre Arena. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706179961/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706179961/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:02:06 -0400 The appeal process for a proposed suburban virtual charter school was cut short last week — but not before 18 suburban school districts spent more than $320,800 in legal fees fighting the issue. Not to mention the hundreds of hours school staffs spent researching the proposal, officials say. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130619/discuss/706199970/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130619/discuss/706199970/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:25:52 -0400 I came to this country as a 17-year-old who didn't speak English looking to start a new life. Even though I wasn't able to speak the language, Walmart saw my potential and gave me a job. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130618/news/706189858/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130618/news/706189858/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:18:29 -0400 When Allison Cherry stepped onto the Children's Theatre of Elgin stage in 1992 as a second-grader, she never dreamed that she would one day end up running the show. But 20 years later, Cherry, a 28-year-old teacher at Prairie View Grade School in Burlington, will direct "iSing: Sounds of a New Generation," which will be presented June 21-23 and June 28-30 at the Elgin Community College Arts Center's Blizzard Theatre. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130618/news/706189663/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130618/news/706189663/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:23:54 -0400 If and when Gov. Pat Quinn signs a bill that legalizes medical marijuana in Illinois, Carpentersville's planning and zoning commission will devise parameters for its use, sale and possible growth in the village, trustees decided Tuesday night. While the measure passed by a unanimous vote in Carpentersville, trustees Pat Schultz and Kevin Rehberg said that in their opinion, Illinois sees medical marijuana more as a moneymaker than as a way to help the sick ease their pain. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130614/news/706149688/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130614/news/706149688/ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:09:33 -0400 A 34-year-old Chicago woman accused of intentionally running down two teens in Carpentersville with her SUV in March and then leaving the scene didn't know she hit anyone, said her defense attorney. Angelique Branch spent more than two weeks in jail before her bond was reduced. Her attorney is unaware of any relation to Timera Branch, who was sentenced to 34 years in prison for using her car to ram and kill an Elgin teen in 2009 who had fought with her son.