Burlington Schools
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Gowns For Good to host Teen Gown Sale Aug. 24Aug 12, 2025 4:30 pm - Gowns For Good, a nonprofit making formalwear affordable, is hosting a Teen Gown Sale on Aug. 24 in Elgin. Proceeds benefit the Female Empowerment Club of Hampshire High School.
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‘A great opportunity’: High school artists create mural in Elgin through internship programAug 04, 2025 4:18 pm - Three high school artists from Elgin Area School District U46 got a brush with real-world experience this summer via an internship offered through Alignment Collaborative for Education.
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Fox Valley Beaux Arts awards scholarships to 10 Elgin area studentsJul 22, 2025 9:55 pm - Fox Valley Beaux Arts group continues its tradition of supporting arts by awarding $20K in scholarships to 10 students. The popular "Lunch at Tiffany's" scholarship fundraiser returns Sept. 13.
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Central 301 to do nationwide search for new superintendentJul 17, 2025 12:31 pm - Central Unit District 301 is looking nationwide for its next superintendent.
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Police chief ‘not going anywhere,’ despite vote of no-confidenceJul 11, 2025 4:30 am - There’s a big rift in small-town Gilberts’s police department. At least that’s according to a letter sent to the town’s village board last month outlining the reasons why the rank-and-file passed a vote of no confidence in Chief Todd Block.
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Campton Hills could annex 962 acres for 900-home developmentJun 15, 2025 8:28 am - In a departure from the contentious now-dead project of Settlements of LaFox’s more than 2,000 homes in St. Charles, the village of Campton Hills is poised for a smaller, less dense annexation.
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Elgin Area Chamber awards scholarships to eight graduating seniorsJun 06, 2025 1:14 pm - The Elgin Area Chamber granted eight $1,000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors pursuing further education.
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Baseball: Benet wins 9-inning thriller over Burlington Central; St. Francis cruises in its semifinalJun 05, 2025 10:02 pm - All Merrick Sullivan knew was that he wanted to start something. As the leadoff man for Benet in the top of the ninth inning of a 0-0 game against Burlington Central, he ...
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Baseball: St. Edward’s lead slips away, season ends in sectional semifinalsMay 29, 2025 11:34 am - After a slow start, Ottawa Marquette erupted for 18 runs over the final three innings to defeat St. Edward 18-2 in six innings in the Class 1A Westminster Christian sect...
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Softball: St. Edward’s bats go cold at sectionalsMay 28, 2025 10:57 pm - The Marquette softball team grabbed the momentum in the very first inning of Wednesday’s Class 1A Serena sectional semifinal against St. Edward and didn’t let it go. The ...