Carpentersville Lifestyle
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‘Generations of involvement’: 5 longtime Elburn families get namesake streets in new developmentDec 10, 2025 12:24 pm - At a recent groundbreaking ceremony for a new section of the Blackberry Creek development, Elburn officials and Lennar Homes representatives were joined by representatives of five local families who will be honored with streets named after them.
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‘Hundreds of years in the making’: Bison reintroduced to Kane County Forest PreserveDec 10, 2025 12:12 pm - For the first time in more than 200 years, the thunder of bison hooves can once again be heard on a Kane County forest preserve prairie.
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Suburban Skyview: Mounds of processed concrete sit at former Spring Hill Mall siteDec 07, 2025 6:00 am - Mounds of processed concrete sit where Spring Hill Mall once stood in West Dundee.
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Wayside transforming 4-story office building in Elgin to transitional housingDec 05, 2025 11:31 am - The Elgin City Council has cleared the way for Wayside Cross Ministries to transform a four-story office building on Route 31 into a transitional housing facility.
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Home & garden calendar, Dec. 7-13Dec 04, 2025 4:30 am - Upcoming events for various garden clubs in the Chicago suburbs, as well as workshops and classes offered at the Chicago Botanic Garden and Morton Arboretum.
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Hanover Township to host Cookies & Cocoa with Santa Dec. 12Dec 03, 2025 12:01 pm - The community is invited to attend Hanover Township’s Cookies and Cocoa with Santa from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12 at the Izaak Walton Youth Center, 899 Jay St. in Elgin.
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Long vacant, 113-year-old home in Algonquin gets new lifeDec 01, 2025 11:30 am - Matthew Mosur regularly drove by a vacant, 113-year-old Algonquin home that caught his eye. In June, he bought the house and took on the challenge of renovating it.
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Along for the ride: Judson in Elgin named Bicycle Friendly UniversityDec 01, 2025 9:49 am - With holidays approaching, my annual book reviews offer suggestions for biking gift lists, your own or others. First, however, positive bicycling news: League of American Bicyclists recently awarded official Bicycle Friendly University status to three Illinois institutions on Nov. 13, including Elgin’s Judson University.
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Wind phones allow grieving people to ‘talk’ to lost loved ones with Fox Valley programNov 29, 2025 4:36 pm - Fox Valley Hands of Hope has installed two “wind phones” to help support people grieving lost loved ones.
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Home & garden calendar, Nov. 30-Dec. 6Nov 28, 2025 3:00 am - Upcoming events including plant sales, garden club meetings, classes, workshops and shows.
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