Elgin Lifestyle
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Christmas 2020: Suburban restaurants offer to-go packages this holidayDec 16, 2020 1:15 pm - Staying home for the holidays this year because of the pandemic but don't feel like cooking? Restaurants across the suburbs have Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinners ...
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Drive-through food giveaway provides holiday dinner for 500 families in ElginDec 16, 2020 4:30 am - Over 350 cars lined up, some hours early, for a drive-through holiday dinner giveaway at the Elgin Sports Complex Tuesday. "Uniting for the Holidays," a United Way prog...
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Elgin COVID Response Fund grants additional $50,000 to local agenciesDec 16, 2020 12:00 am - The Elgin COVID Response Fund will grant an additional $50,000 to Centro De Información and the YWCA of Elgin for direct cash assistance to Elgin residents in need. The...
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Winter weather brings out the best in the hardy, humble witch-hazelDec 15, 2020 5:00 am - “I cherish a witch-hazel kind of day, a scrap of color, a light in the window when winter is closing all around.” - Robin Wall Kimmerer Tis the season for Christmas tre...
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Skating in the park, downtown shopping and more: Memories of Christmases pastDec 15, 2020 5:00 am - The sights, sounds, and smells of the holidays are some of our most special memories. This is certainly the case for some longtime Elgin area residents when it comes to ...
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Believe Project: $100 to help friend with ovarian cancerDec 15, 2020 4:00 am - Today's winner of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Marie Jones-Stenger of Burlington. She wants to give the money to her friend. Here is an excerpt of her stor...
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'It's heartbreaking': Vietnam veteran with no family, friends honored in ElginDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - Not much was known about Stephen Alan Myerson, 72, when he died Sept. 11 at the Citadel Care Center in Elgin. He had been at Citadel for a handful of months, but he ment...
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Hanover Township to distribute holiday meal boxesDec 14, 2020 10:00 pm - Hanover Township will distribute holiday meal boxes to qualifying families beginning Wednesday, Dec. 16 through Thursday, Dec. 24, at the Astor Avenue Community Center, ...
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$100 to widow raising two boysDec 13, 2020 6:00 am - Today's winner of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Jamie Shall of Elgin. Here is an excerpt of her story: "Marilyn is a widow who has been raising her special ...
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Join Young, Black, & Lit book drive for O.C. Allen Elementary SchoolDec 11, 2020 10:00 pm - O.C. Allen Elementary School in Aurora has a 92% minority population, yet its students often can't see themselves in the books they read. In 2012, the Cooperative Child...