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Chipko Market in St. Charles offers a wide variety of eco-friendly and sustainably-sourced products.

‘Where sustainability takes root’: Chipko Market in St. Charles promotes eco-friendly consumerism

The roots of Chipko Market in St. Charles were born a world away, in the hearts of indigenous Indian women hugging trees, tenaciously staring down destructive loggers. Owner Vandana Planis said what began in the 1970s as a grassroots campaign to combat deforestation has fueled global movements. Her market is born of this ethos to seize the reins of produce sustainability and environmental protection.

People walk along the new Eagle Street gateway of the Naperville Riverwalk on Friday in downtown Naperville.

Accessibility along Naperville Riverwalk improved after $3 million project

Naperville officials are celebrating the completion of improvements to the Eagle Street gateway along the Riverwalk in the city’s downtown.

Travelers line up at a TSA checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport Wednesday. Experts are hopeful shutdown-related cancellations will subside by the Thanksgiving holiday.

FAA lifts restrictions: Can airlines get back to normal before Thanksgiving?

How long will it take for the air travel spiral to calm and what does that mean for Thanksgiving trips? Here’s the lowdown.

The Trump International Hotel and Tower is seen looking north on Wabash Avenue in Chicago's famed Loop. Commercial property values in Chicago’s Loop, the city’s central district of skyscrapers, financial firms and offices that drives much of its economy, dropped by about 7.2% last year amid lower sale prices and vacancies, according to a report Monday from the county treasurer.

Chicago Loop commercial property values drop 7.2% amid vacancies

Commercial property values in Chicago’s Loop, the city’s central district of skyscrapers, financial firms and offices that drives much of its economy, dropped by about 7.2% last year amid lower sale prices and vacancies, according to a report Monday from the county treasurer.

Palatine village council member Scott Lamerand

Palatine leaders hope to rebuild trust in wake of immigration arrests

Palatine is taking steps to address community concerns stemming from recent federal immigration enforcement in the village, including a resolution, an online resources page and the creation of a focus group.

Eren Loza, founder and executive director of Roots & Wings, is hoping to raise enough money to keep the nonprofit social service agency in its Bensenville home.

‘A hub that helps’: Nonprofit Roots and Wings hopes to stay in its Bensenville home

Eren Loza, founder and executive director of Roots and Wings, is in an uphill battle to purchase the building in Bensenville that the nonprofit organization uses before the village sells it.

Dario Milivojevic and his St. Francis teammates will try to advance to the 5A state championship game when they take on Belvidere North at 4 p.m. Saturday.

High school football semifinal game times

Class 8A Palatine (Fremd) (11-1) at Chicago (Mt. Carmel) (12-0), Sat., Nov. 22, 5 p.m. Lockport (Twp.) (9-3) at Oswego (H.S.) (10-2), Sat., Nov. 22, 5 p.m. Class...

Benet’s Lynney Tarnow, left, and Sophia Chinetti play the net against Marist’s Maggie Kurpeikis in the Class 4A state championship match Saturday. The Redwings finished another excellent season with a 39-3 record and the No. 1 spot in the Daily Herald’s girls volleyball Top 20.

High school girls volleyball Top 20

Benet, St. Charles North and Fremd are the top three teams in the Daily Herald’s final girls volleyball Top 20.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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