Bolingbrook
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Aurora converts third shuttered elementary school into affordable apartmentsSep 04, 2024 9:21 am - Shuttered for 15 years, the 39,000-square-foot Lincoln Elementary School, originally built in the late 1800s, has been transformed into 14 new apartment units. The renovations incorporated historical elements from the school buildings, including trim, flooring, chalkboards, windows, doors, and locker-lined hallways.
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Dining out: Local pizzaiolo wins big, restaurant anniversaries and moreSep 04, 2024 8:52 am - A local pizza maker will represent the U.S. at the World Pizza Championship next year, and we’ve got a couple of very recognizable names celebrating anniversaries this month.
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Best Bets: New Elmhurst exhibitions celebrate movie houses, public artSep 04, 2024 8:49 am - New exhibitions honoring historic movie houses and public art open at two Elmhurst museums; the Fiestas Patrias Festival returns to Aurora’s RiverEdge Park; and blues rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd plays the suburbs this week.
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Home and garden calendar, Sept. 8-14Sep 04, 2024 12:15 am - Garden club meetings, plant sales and more.
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Bestselling author Stephanie Land to speak at ‘COD Presents’ Oct. 10Sep 03, 2024 10:09 pm - Join New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Land as she recounts her powerful story of resilience as a single mother navigating poverty after fleeing a violent home, as part of the "COD Presents" series on Thursday, Oct. 10.
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Chicago Sinfonietta starts its new season with ‘Screen & Stage’Sep 03, 2024 9:15 pm - Chicago Sinfonietta’s 2024-25 season is the next chapter in the organization’s work in redefining the classical music landscape. “Screen & Stage,“ its first subscription concert of this season, will be Sept. 7 in Naperville and Sept. 8 in Chicago.
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‘Making no progress’: Deal to redevelop vacant Lisle strip mall terminatedSep 03, 2024 5:19 pm - Downtown Lisle’s Family Square Plaza will remain shuttered a while longer. Developer Flaherty & Collins missed an Aug. 30 deadline to show it had financing in place for a project to demolish the downtown strip mall and build a 198-unit apartment building with retail on the first floor.
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Motorcyclist killed in Lisle crashSep 03, 2024 5:14 pm - Lisle police are investigating a crash that left a motorcyclist dead Tuesday afternoon.
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Parlor Doughnuts opening in Chicago areaSep 03, 2024 3:05 pm - Parlor Doughnuts is coming to the Chicago area.
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Gretsch earns silver in para triathlon, her seventh Paralympic medalSep 02, 2024 6:44 pm - Four-time Paralympian Kendall Gretsch, Downers Grove native, earned a seventh medal on Monday.