Elgin Lifestyle
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Remembering 2019's top animal storiesDec 28, 2019 6:30 am - In a perfect world, animal stories are supposed to make you smile. And most of them do. But, tragically, not all. This was a year when a kennel fire near Carol Stream ki...
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11 kids mean 'structured chaos' and lots of love for Elgin familyDec 27, 2019 4:30 am - The Schambach family of Elgin - mom, dad and 11 kids ages 23 to 5 years old - likes to joke that there are two kinds of people in the world: Schambachs and those who wan...
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Bidding farewell to those from the Northwest suburbs we lost in 2019Dec 26, 2019 10:00 pm - As we look forward with optimism for the year ahead, it's fitting that we also look back, with no shortage of sadness, at those we lost in 2019. It was a year in which w...
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Record-breaking warmth giving way to rapid cool downDec 26, 2019 12:00 am - It didn't take long for temperatures to break a 48-year-old Chicago weather record Thursday with a mark of 57 degrees. Once the clock struck midnight, it already was tw...
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Believe Project: $100 to help spread holiday joy to U-46 studentDec 25, 2019 5:00 am - Today's recipient of a $100 bill through our Believe Project is Laura Ehrhardt of Bartlett. Here is her story ... "Working as a registered nurse in Elgin Area School Di...
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Dining out: Passero reopens, Fat Rosie's now open in SchaumburgDec 25, 2019 5:00 am - New digs Trattoria-inspired Passero is now open in its new larger locale in downtown Arlington Heights. Taking over the space formerly occupied by California Pizza Kitch...
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Notable deaths in the Fox Valley in 2019: Remembering many who made a differenceDec 24, 2019 10:00 pm - Even as we look toward the promise of 2020, we remember those we lost in the past year whose countless contributions helped make the Fox Valley a better place. There we...
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Volunteers help Marklund residents with gift opening on Christmas EveDec 23, 2019 10:00 pm - More than 200 volunteers descended upon Marklund's three locations in Geneva, Elgin and Bloomingdale Christmas Eve morning, Dec. 24, to assist the residents there with o...
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Rotary Club, Trickster Gallery team up for veterans feastDec 23, 2019 5:00 am - A holiday dinner with all the trimmings, a visit from Santa and lively interaction with community volunteers and high school students. Those ingredients added up to a ho...
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Elgin, U-46 seeking 'Sidewalk Heroes' to keep paths clear over winterDec 23, 2019 12:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 and the city of Elgin are seeking a few good men and women to keep sidewalks clear of snow and ice this winter. The city and school distr...