Articles filed under Communities
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Natural garden mentors offer helpOct 31, 2021 6:09 pm - The Wildflower Preservation and Propagation Committee of McHenry County is now taking applications for the Natural Gardens program. The group is a nonprofit organizatio...
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Meadows hopes to wheel out new recycling binsOct 31, 2021 6:00 pm - Rolling Meadows residents could soon be recycling their recycling bins. Aldermen on Tuesday appeared to back a plan to add new 65-gallon wheeled recycling carts. They p...
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Lisle Park District looks to fill vacancyOct 31, 2021 6:01 pm - Lisle park leaders are looking for someone who uses the parks and can manage a budget. They're looking to fill a vacancy on the five-member park board. "It'd be nice (i...
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Microcinema film fest offers independent, maximum-quality art for minimum dollarsOct 31, 2021 6:02 pm - The seventh annual International Microcinema Film Festival, sponsored by Theatre Nebula, will be held Sept. 6-9 at the Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center, 150 E. Wood S...
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Police beatOct 31, 2021 6:08 pm - Carpentersville •A Carpentersville woman used a fake name during a traffic stop at 9 p.m. on Williams Road, police said. Charesha K. Gregory, 28, of 13 Oxford Drive #6, ...
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Homeowners play the waiting gameOct 31, 2021 6:09 pm - Sandbag walls are stacked 3 feet high and sump pumps run continuously. It's all that prevents 2 feet of Chain O' Lakes floodwater from seeping into roughly 15 homes in a...
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Boy Scout's drive big help to libraryOct 31, 2021 6:01 pm - Since 1912, only 5 percent of Boy Scouts have joined the elite group who have earned the Eagle Award in Scouting. Sugar Grove resident Robert Germick is another step clo...
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Family mourns ComEd workerOct 31, 2021 6:08 pm - Daniel Yost had only been working as a full-time ComEd lineman for a few weeks. Finished with his training, friends and family say, Yost was excited to remove his "in-tr...
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Pets will be allowed for one day at Street FestOct 31, 2021 6:08 pm - The discussion on whether or not to allow pets -- especially dogs -- at Street Fest this weekend was talked about at length during Monday's village council meeting. Elec...
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Debbie Macomber visits Elgin to discuss latest bookOct 31, 2021 6:07 pm - At her only book signing in Illinois, best-selling author Debbie Macomber will stop by Books at Sunset in Elgin at 7 p.m. today. In her first non-fiction book, "Knit To...