Burlington
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Take your Mother’s Day brunch plans up a notchMay 06, 2026 9:53 am - Though it’s getting late in the game to make plans for Mother’s Day, here are some suburban options where you can do brunch (or dinner) and add in some live music, nature, exotic animals, historic surroundings and/or bottomless champagne.
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Spotlight: Janus adapts Ibsen classic ‘An Enemy of the People’May 06, 2026 8:50 am - Janus Theatre stages its adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People,” The Conspirators revive Moliere’s 17th-century satire “Tartuffe” and Handbag Productions premieres the next in its series of Golden Girls parodies with “The Golden Girls: The Cheese Pyramid.”
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Baseball: Stumbaugh’s walk-off hit lifts Burlington Central past Richmond-BurtonMay 06, 2026 7:45 am - First varsity start. First walk-off hit. First time being mobbed by teammates in a professional ballpark. “It’s awesome,” junior Gavin Stumbaugh said of Wintrust Field in...
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Home & garden calendar, May 5-16May 05, 2026 3:58 pm - Upcoming gardening club meetings and events in the Chicago suburbs, covering topics like heirloom tomatoes, garden pests and more. Also listings of wildflower walks, plant sales, garden shows and workshops.
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Skeletal remains found in Carpentersville preserve belonged to man in his 50sMay 05, 2026 1:10 pm - Skeletal remains found April 26 in Raceway Woods in Carpentersville appear to be from a man in his 50s, according to the Forest Preserve District of Kane County Director of Public Safety Paul Burger.
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Siren fatigue? Elgin changes weather alert protocol after fielding complaints during stormsMay 04, 2026 5:59 pm - Elgin temporarily has returned to manual activation of outdoor warning sirens for the most serious thunderstorms to avoid multiple automatic alerts.
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Plant sales springing up across the suburbs: Find annuals, perennials, natives and moreMay 04, 2026 1:37 pm - A guide to spring plant sales across the Chicago's suburbs, featuring more than 40 sales by garden clubs and other organizations in May and June. Find diverse selections including native plants, perennials, annuals, vegetables, herbs, hanging baskets, and specialty items like organic seedlings and pollinator-friendly varieties.
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Kane County Coroner urges motorcycle safety during Awareness MonthMay 04, 2026 12:08 pm - Kane County Coroner Monica Silva warns drivers and motorcyclists about safety risks during Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in May, noting that while motorcycles account for only 1.1% of crashes in Illinois, they represent 13.5% of all traffic fatalities according to 2023 IDOT statistics.
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Baseball: Neidhardt quiets Burlington Central’s batsMay 01, 2026 7:53 pm - Normally McHenry’s shutdown closer, senior left-hander Nathan Neidhardt took the ball for a start as the Warriors faced Burlington Central in a Fox Valley Conference bas...
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‘The real Labor Day’: People around the suburbs rally for workers’ rights on May DayMay 01, 2026 6:19 pm - Following a call from organizers for “no school, no work, no shopping,” people around the suburbs and across the country rallied to honor workers on May Day Friday.