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The 40-unit condominium building at 1 N. Chestnut Ave. in Arlington Heights will be converted back to apartments, under a $9.7 million sale that recently closed.

News | $9.7 million sale will make downtown Arlington Heights building apartments

A 40-unit condominium building in downtown Arlington Heights has been sold for $9.7 million in a deconversion deal that will make the five-story building apartments again.
Robert Justen of Justen Funeral Home & Crematory holds the cremated remains of a person who was returned to the funeral home after many years for burial. Justen is seeking a liquor license for his business to accommodate people who want to grieve their loved ones with celebration of life ceremonies versus traditional funerals.

News | Funerals are changing. One McHenry funeral home wants liquor license to adapt to those changes

A McHenry funeral home would like the opportunity to serve alcohol during its memorials. It's a trend that started in Wheeling in 2015 when Kolssak Funeral Home became a "pioneer" in the practice of serving alcohol during funerals and wakes to keep up with the changing ways people are celebrating the death of loved ones.
East Dundee trustees this week approved the purchase of the shuttered Haeger Pottery building on Maiden Lane.

Business | East Dundee poised to acquire shuttered Haeger Pottery building with hopes to redevelop site

East Dundee officials are buying the former Haeger Pottery property with the hopes of reshaping what sits on that land.
Rabbi Meir Moscowitz lights the Menorah at Chabad of Northbrook. Every seventh year on the Jewish calendar is a year of assembly — hakhel. An apt custom for coming out of a pandemic, Moscowitz said.

Lifestyle | Hanukkah and hakhel: Jewish 'year of assembly' even more meaningful after pandemic

Hanukkah events this year also bring about the spirit of the Jewish tradition of assembly -- hakhel.
Business | Concerns raised over car wash proposed on site of former restaurant in St. Charles
A car wash being proposed on the site of a former Chili's restaurant on East Main Street in St. Charles is generating its share of opposition.
Demolition of Mount Prospect’s former downtown police and fire headquarters was underway Wednesday. Crews are clearing the property for a new, six-story residential building.
News | Demolition of Mount Prospect's former fire, police headquarters underway
Demolition crews are clawing away at the former Mount Prospect fire and police headquarters in the village's downtown, clearing the way for a new six-story residential building.
Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
News | WNBA star Brittney Griner freed in U.S.-Russia prisoner swap
Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic prisoner exchange, as the U.S. released notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout but failed to win freedom for another American, Paul Whelan, who has been jailed for nearly four years. The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden but carried a heavy price.
News | Hey, Griswold, there's still time to enter the Daily Herald's holiday lights contest
Entries in the Daily Herald's annual holiday lights contest will be accepted until noon Friday at events.dailyherald.com.
Prep Football | IHSA moves state football back to ISU
The Illinois High School Association board of directors approved a state final hosting contract Wednedsay with Illinois State University and the Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and Visitors Bureau to host the IHSA football state finals at ISU's Hancock Stadium from 2023 to 2027.
Alessis Botello, 20, formerly of Wheeling, has been arrested after a lengthy manhunt stemming from a 2020 murder in Mundelein.
Crime | 'We got him': Former Wheeling resident wanted in teen's 2020 killing captured
A former Wheeling resident suspected of fatally shooting a Mundelein teen is in custody after a 2½-year international manhunt.
The Cubs have reportedly signed starting pitcher Jameson Taillon, shown here with the Yankees in 2022, to a four-year, $68 million deal.
Cubs | Hoyer happy Cubs landed one of their targets in pitcher Taillon
The Cubs have reportedly agreed to a four-year, $68 million contract with free-agent starting pitcher Jameson Taillon. The right-hander was 14-5 with a 3.91 ERA for the Yankees this year.
Surrounded by soldiers the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a national flag-raising ceremony in the freed Izium, Ukraine. A tart retort by Zelenskyy to a U.S. offer of help and a call by former U.S. President Donald Trump for the “termination” of parts of the Constitution top a Yale Law School librarian’s list of the most notable quotations of 2022.
News | 'I need ammunition, not a ride': Zelenskyy quip leads 2022 notable quote list
A tart retort by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a U.S. offer of help and a call by former U.S. President Donald Trump for the "termination" of parts of the Constitution top a Yale Law School librarian's list of the most notable quotations of 2022.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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