Arlington Heights Lifestyle
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Daily Herald photo contest winners for December 2025Dec 30, 2025 3:57 pm - The top finishers in December’s amateur photo contest capture scenes from ferocious to serene.
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Best bets: Local live music to warm up cold winter nightsDec 29, 2025 11:39 am - Guitarist Scott Tipping celebrates the release of his second album at The Venue in Aurora, the annual Women’s Jazz Festival returns to Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights, and Brookfield Zoo offers free admission through Feb. 28.
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The ‘best birds’ of 2025: Snowy Owl, Mountain Bluebird and more arrived this yearDec 26, 2025 2:00 am - As 2025 comes to a close, “Words on Birds” columnist Jeff Reiter takes a look back at the year in birding.
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Dog tests positive for rabies in Cook CountyDec 23, 2025 1:10 pm - Cook County is reporting a dog has tested positive for rabies, the first in more than 60 years.
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‘A breath of fresh air’: Years after losing to Casten, ex-Rep. Marie Newman backs his latest challengerDec 22, 2025 10:25 am - Former U.S. Rep. Marie Newman has endorsed a politcal newcomer over U.S. Rep. Sean Casten in the Democratic primary for Illinois’ 6th District seat.
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Suburban Skyview: Sunset competes for attention with North School ParkDec 21, 2025 5:30 am - About 150,00 holiday lights illuminate North School Park in Arlington Heights while thousands of others decorate trees around downtown during a cold sunset on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025.
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‘I’m so thankful’: Salvation Army delivers gifts, food to needy suburban familiesDec 19, 2025 4:18 pm - Volunteers brought holiday cheer to more than 300 families Friday by distributing holiday gifts and food at the Salvation Army Community Center in Des Plaines.
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Arlington Heights boy with rare disorder has dream weekend, courtesy of the Chicago BearsDec 18, 2025 11:12 am - An Arlington Heights first-grader with a rare genetic condition enjoyed a dream weekend, courtesy of the Chicago Bears.
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Home & garden calendar, Dec. 21-27Dec 17, 2025 3:30 am - Garden club meetings in the Chicago suburbs cover a range of topics such as creating moonlit spaces, hardscape designs, succulents, prairies and bison, and using native plants in home landscapes.
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‘We will not cower’: Suburban Jewish community mark Hanukkah in wake of Australia attackDec 14, 2025 8:20 pm - As suburban Jews looked forward to lighting the first menorah candles on Hanukkah, they were stricken by the news that a massacre during a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia claimed the lives of at least 15 people.