Elgin Business
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Hoffman Estates teacher worked at paddleboard place for years. Now she owns it.Jun 03, 2025 11:32 am - A Hoffman Estates middle school teacher and former employee of Three Oaks Recreation Area’s Board House, where people go to paddleboard, is the new co-owner of the Crystal Lake business in what she describes as her dream job.
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Fewer homes being purchased in Chicago area, but sales prices still going upJun 01, 2025 9:00 pm - While the Chicago area had more homes for sale in April 2025 than a year ago, sales were down year-to-year while sales prices went up.
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Hanover Township Mental Health Board approves fundingMay 31, 2025 8:15 am - The Hanover Township Mental Health Board approved $69,500 in funding at its May 27 meeting.
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What’s left of Sears? Stores and HQ are nearly gone, but successor still owns and leases many propertiesMay 24, 2025 2:09 pm - Many goodbyes already have been said in Sears’ native Illinois, with its last great headquarters rapidly fading from the landscape of Hoffman Estates. But the one-time retail giant’s 139-year-long story continues at eight remaining stores elsewhere in the country and as a landlord of commercial properties both near and far.
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‘Anything to raise awareness’: Drivers asked to watch for turtles crossing roadsMay 23, 2025 1:42 pm - Wildlife experts are reminding drivers to be alert for turtles crossing roads near lakes, ponds and marshes throughout the region searching for water, food and mates.
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A guide to farmers markets in the suburbsMay 23, 2025 8:04 am - Farmers markets are opening throughout the suburbs. Some start in June or later while others have already begun. Here’s a helpful guide.
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By the numbers: Chicago suburbs listed among 250 elite towns by U.S. News & World ReportMay 20, 2025 7:54 pm - Several Chicago suburbs earned their place among U.S. News & World Report’s list of the 250 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2025-26.
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‘The worst emergency I’ve seen’: Crespo reflects on ouster by House speaker over budget planMay 20, 2025 5:59 pm - “We’re going to move forward as a collective,” Speaker Chris Welch says. Lawmaker says he was “just trying to be helpful.”
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New pot dispensary, tattoo parlor get approval from Elgin City CouncilMay 19, 2025 12:25 pm - Elgin City Council members have approved a plan for a new adult-use cannabis dispensary to open in the former Boston Market location on Randall Road. They also gave the thumbs up to a new tattoo parlor in the Tyler Creek Plaza shopping center.
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The Biz Week That Was: Sears’ HQ nearly razed, Dick’s buys Foot Locker, and Walmart warns of higher pricesMay 17, 2025 1:35 pm - The demolition of Sears campus in Hoffman Estates is almost done The demolition of Sears’ former 2.4 million-square-foot headquarters in Hoffman Estates is entering ...