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East Dundee trustees this week approved the purchase of the shuttered Haeger Pottery building on Maiden Lane.

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.
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.

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.
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.
$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.
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.
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.
Kim and Garrett Seaman will open Chicken Salad Chick on Tuesday in Batavia. It will be the national chain’s first location in the Chicago area.
Chicken Salad Chick opens in Batavia Tuesday; first location in the suburbs
St. Charles residents Kim and Garrett Seaman are the franchise owners of a Chicken Salad Chick restaurant opening Tuesday in Batavia. It will be the national chain's northern-most restaurant and its first in the Chicago area.
Jim O’Donnell says that even “The Score’s” flagship morning show of Mike Mulligan and Ball State-spawned siren David Haugh has gotten worn down lately.
Jim O'Donnell: November ratings book keeps 'The Score' and AM-1000 on horizontal hold
In yet another redundant monthly book -- for the period ending Nov. 9 -- WSCR, 670-AM limped home at No. 15 while ESPN, 1000-AM waddled in tied for No. 22 in the November Nielsen Audios. Jim O'Donnell says the flat updates were to be expected from a pair of stations that display all the freshness and snap of an abandoned Mr. Donut.
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The former Fire Station 1 of the Huntley Fire Protection District at 11808 Coral St. in Huntley shown in a March file photo. Development plans call for three stories to be added to the building, as well as renovations to prepare it for mixed use, including a restaurant on the first floor and residential on the upper floors.

Exterior work on downtown Huntley old fire station to be delayed by up to five months

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Town and Country Center at 325 E. Palatine Road is part of the commercial area near Rand, Palatine and Arlington Heights roads that village officials plan to designate as “Uptown.”
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Plans to shutter the Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge may change, the historic movie house’s owner said Thursday. “I’d like to find someone to take it over,” Dino Vlahakis said.
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