Carpentersville Lifestyle
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2020 trick-or-treat hours in the suburbsOct 26, 2020 5:30 am - Halloween is Saturday, Oct. 31. This year, most suburbs are requiring masks (not just scary ones) for trick-or-treaters. Many are offering printable signs for those who ...
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How suburban homeowners are getting crafty to keep trick-or-treaters happyOct 26, 2020 5:30 am - With countless celebrations curtailed by COVID-19, a resourceful Buffalo Grove woman was determined not to let the pandemic undo another tradition. To that end, Debbie G...
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Red ribbons bring awareness to Elgin drug prevention campaignOct 24, 2020 1:00 am - Volunteers and community members spent part of their Saturday tying red ribbons on a pair of downtown Elgin bridges to raise awareness for the need for drug abuse preven...
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Downtown Elgin bridges to be adorned with red ribbons SaturdayOct 22, 2020 1:00 am - There are about 900 spindles combined on the Chicago Street and Highland Avenue bridges in downtown Elgin - Gil Feliciano knows because he counted them. And after Satur...
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Halloween 2020: Restaurants try to make the best of the situationOct 21, 2020 4:00 pm - As we all know by now, Halloween is going to be a bit different this year because of COVID-19. But, here are some suburban dining-centric ways that you can make the best...
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Urgent need leads to new, earlier date for MLK Food Drive in ElginOct 20, 2020 1:00 am - The 10th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Food Drive has undergone a few changes this year, not the least of which is that it's not on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. With...
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HFCA's Resilient Teachers and Students Shape Success in 2020Oct 19, 2020 11:00 pm - Many people are coping with the stress of the pandemic by focusing on positive things - those silver linings of 2020 that need to be acknowledged and celebrated. Such is...
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ReMax Suburban's Sarah Leonard Team to collect coats for Helping Hands & Caring HeartsOct 19, 2020 11:00 pm - Sarah Leonard Team with ReMax Suburban will be collecting gently used or new, cleaned coats for Helping Hands and Caring Hearts, a Hampshire-based organization. No need...
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Blues harmonica virtuoso Corky Siegel helps Chamber Music on the Fox kick off seventh seasonOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - In a year when people have been in Zoom work meetings, Zoom happy hours and Zoom birthday parties, why not have a Zoom harmonica blues jam organized by a local chamber m...
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Halloween happenings in the Fox ValleyOct 16, 2020 11:00 pm - How do you celebrate Halloween during a pandemic? Although social distancing makes it more challenging, there are still many events throughout the suburbs that promise s...