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Rendering of the planned Taylor Street townhouses. (Village of Barrington/Sorce Architecture)

Barrington approves scaled-down townhouse development near Northwest Highway

Barrington village board members this week approved a 12-unit townhouse development on vacant land at the southwest corner of Taylor and 20th streets, near Northwest Highway.

Jeffry Love, center, was among the protesters who disrupted Monday’s Mundelein village board meeting. They were there because Love’s daughter, Mary Alice, was fatally shot by police in May. (John Starks/Daily Herald)

Security to be boosted at Mundelein board meetings after disruption by protesters

Security will be boosted for Thursday’s Mundelein village board meeting to prevent protesters from occupying the boardroom as they did Monday night, officials said.

Voters walk into Arlington Heights village hall to cast their early ballots in the 2022 midterm elections. Officials say early voting totals in suburban Cook County are up more than 30% from where they were at this time four years ago. (John Starks/Daily Herald)

Early voting up more than 30% in suburban Cook County

Early voting totals in suburban Cook County are running more than 30% ahead of the pace set in the 2022 midterm elections, the county clerk’s office reported Wednesday.

A summary of Daily Herald election endorsements

Here is a summary of the Daily Herald’s endorsements in races of local interest in the Nov. 3 election.

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East Aurora Dist. 131 school board member facing federal fraud charges

East Aurora School District 131 board member Annette Johnson is facing federal charges alleging she devised a fraud scheme involving a $2.7 million air purifier purchase for the school district, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

Students look on with some trepidation as Elgin Area School District U-46 school board President Melissa Owens wields giant scissors to cut the ribbon Tuesday outside Illinois Park Elementary School’s new multipurpose room in Elgin. The school reopened as an elementary school in August after serving as an early childhood center since 2006. (Rick West/Daily Herald)

Illinois Park Elementary School in Elgin unveils new multipurpose room

Two months after welcoming students back, Illinois Park Elementary School in Elgin unveiled its new 6,500-square-foot multipurpose room with a celebratory ribbon cutting Tuesday.

The octopus at Nisi Greek Grill is served over Greek potatoes with pickled red onions and burnt lemon vinaigrette. (Rick West/Daily Herald)

Sit and stay a while: Nisi Greek Grill brings modern take on Greek cuisine to Rosemont

Nisi Greek Grill, which recently opened in the Parkway Bank Park Entertainment District in Rosemont, is bringing a modern and refined take on Greek cuisine to the suburbs. “In Greek culture, sitting down for a meal takes three hours. I’d love for that to come back,” Forte Hospitality founder and CEO Kosti Demos says.

Teacher Evelyn Lopez and students from Poko Loko early learning center in Libertyville visit the new Cook Memorial Public Library District bookmobile. (Mick Zawislak/Daily Herald)

Cook Memorial Library continues old tradition in new package

An old tradition in a new package is on the road again in Libertyville and Vernon Hills bringing books and educational materials to a range of readers.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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