Bolingbrook Lifestyle
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The year in crime: First-degree murder, DUI-related deaths, sexual assault among the major suburban crimes for 2021Jan 05, 2022 5:00 am - For the first time in 27 years, the Cook County medical examiner's office registered more than 1,000 homicides in 2021. While a majority of the 1,087 homicides - 836 - ...
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Things to do Jan. 7-13: Last weekend for suburban light showsJan 05, 2022 5:00 am - Festivals Winter Fest at Winter Lights: 4:30-6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, at Oak Brook Park District Central Park West, 1450 Forest Gate Road, Oak Brook. Outdoor event fe...
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New places to dine and drink in 2022Jan 05, 2022 5:00 am - Anyone with a New Year's resolution to try out new restaurants and bars will have many choices around Chicago's suburbs in 2022. Plenty of proven places are making franc...
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Twin sisters love living under the same roof again at Monarch LandingJan 04, 2022 10:00 pm - Barb likes to introduce Anne to people as her older sister. It's accurate, albeit just minimally so. "She's older by two minutes, so I got to be the baby of the family,...
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1,000-plus trees to be planted for Morton Arboretum's centennialJan 03, 2022 4:30 am - A couple of shovels, a patch of dirt, preferably in a no-mow zone, and some tiny seedlings are what you might expect from an Arbor Day ceremony. But the Morton Arboretum...
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CREO DuPage receives $10K grant from DuPage FoundationJan 02, 2022 10:00 pm - CREO DuPage was one of 31 nonprofit organizations to receive a grant through DuPage Foundation's Community Needs Grant Program. During the fall, 2021, Community Needs c...
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DuPage Care Center Foundation receives over $50,000 donationJan 02, 2022 10:00 pm - DuPage Care Center Foundation's Benefactor's Ball was in the planning stages in 2019 with the event scheduled for March 28, 2020. And then the pandemic hit and plans we...
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Good News Sunday: Volunteers give back on Christmas Eve at Feed My Starving Children in SchaumburgJan 02, 2022 6:30 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: The spirit of giving is always in the a...
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The top suburban stories of 2021Dec 31, 2021 5:00 am - The local headlines were dominated in 2021 by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the sale of a suburban jewel - Arlington Park - as a potential new home of the Chicago Be...
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6 Chicago, suburban musical standouts and their releases that made us want more in 2021Dec 30, 2021 5:00 am - Live music started making a comeback this year, but it still wasn't back to where it was pre-COVID, with health concerns and physical limitations keeping some artists an...