All Stories from August 3, 2021 (Change date)
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Best Bets: Andrew Grams bids farewell to ESOAug 03, 2021 6:00 am - Great Grams Maestro Andrew Grams concludes his tenure as Elgin Symphony Orchestra music director with the concert "From Darkness to Light." The orchestra performs Beetho...
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Along for the Ride: Grand Illinois Bike Tour, safer crossing at Wilke, Lake-Cook roadsAug 03, 2021 6:00 am - Bezos can have his weightless fun. A brisk 15 to 20 mph cycle is excitement enough for me. Re-entry is simple, safe, too, just flicking down the kickstand. Green lightin...
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Album review: Dee Snider moves way beyond Twisted Sister on heaviest discAug 03, 2021 6:00 am - • Dee Snider “Leave A Scar” (Napalm) This is not a Twisted Sister album, not by any measure. The latest solo album from the band's frontman Dee Snider is harder, heavier...
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Why masks are again advised for everyone indoorsAug 03, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Wait, we're supposed to wear masks again? Even if we are vaccinated? For a large part of the U.S., that's the latest advice from the Centers for Disease Contr...
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Amazing chimney swifts do practically everything while airborneAug 03, 2021 6:00 am - I'm really going to enjoy writing about chimney swifts. I say this because chimney swifts allow me to share a story that has been one of my all-time favorites to tell, b...
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Dining events: Donate bottled water to get a free sub at Firehouse SubsAug 03, 2021 6:00 am - H2O For Heroes Whew! It's hot out. To beat the summer heat and to help those in need, Firehouse Subs is once again holding its H2O For Heroes drive. On Saturday, Au...
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Elgin soon could be home to largest corrugated box factory in AmericaAug 03, 2021 5:30 am - Elgin would become home to the largest corrugated manufacturing facility in America under plans for a new $30 million development situated in the Daching Business Park. ...
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Des Plaines repeals rule against wearing opposite-sex clothesAug 03, 2021 5:30 am - A decades-old ban on wearing clothing designed for the opposite sex was repealed Monday in Des Plaines. It's the third time a municipality in the Northwest suburbs has t...
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Saving the monarchy: How an Elk Grove Village man is working to help struggling butterfliesAug 03, 2021 5:30 am - Ned Bruns has built a butterfly playground with a purpose in his Elk Grove Village backyard. “The monarchs are in great decline,” Bruns said in explaining that purpose. ...
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Constable: Into the valley of those dead set against vaccines, masksAug 03, 2021 5:30 am - During the COVID-19 explosion of 2020, my family worried that we might inadvertently infect people and be part of the pandemic problem. So, for the first time since the ...