Hampshire Lifestyle
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Sycamore Speedway to host drive-by Pandemic Race Car Parade May 2Apr 30, 2020 6:00 am - Sycamore Speedway in Maple Park has been closed since March due to COVID-19 pandemic. But the owners of the 56-year-old clay racetrack still want to maintain a connectio...
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Birthday salute: South Elgin gives WWII, Korean War veteran a 95th birthday to rememberApr 29, 2020 11:00 pm - Veteran David McClure said the parade he got for his 95th birthday was such a fantastic surprise, he was still recovering from the celebration a day later. The parade on...
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Kids can travel to outer space with Peoply and Rocket LabApr 29, 2020 11:00 pm - As kids all over Chicago are adjusting to social distancing at home, their learning environments have been impacted and the way that they socialise has changed. More and...
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Altrusa Club of Elgin has been caring for the community for over 60 yearsApr 28, 2020 11:00 pm - Caring about its community since 1946, Altrusa International of Elgin, IL, Inc. has made a significant impact on assessing and addressing the vital needs of the Elgin ar...
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Geneva restaurateurs open The Burger Shop diner in the middle of the pandemicApr 24, 2020 6:00 am - It would make sense for a restaurant owner to say the past several weeks have been difficult because of the coronavirus shutdown. But it would be quite surprising to hea...
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Balmoral, other Campton Hills restaurants pay it forward during pandemicApr 24, 2020 5:25 am - Colin Smith, owner of the Balmoral Restaurant in Campton Hills, can remember being hungry as a child in Scotland - and getting help from strangers. So when schools and o...
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New season sees yellow-rumped warbler making a stop on migration northApr 23, 2020 6:00 am - We all need survival strategies in these stressful, scary times. My preferred coping method is binge-watching. Not on the couch staring at a screen, but outside, watchin...
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Coleman Foundation to match donations to Association for Individual DevelopmentApr 21, 2020 11:00 pm - Thanks to the generous support of the community, the Association for Individual Development has reached its fundraising goal of $30,000. These funds provide essential s...
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Good News: Wheaton workshop collecting cards, letters to send to military personnelApr 21, 2020 6:00 am - The cards and letters are coming in. After a plea went out last month from a Wheaton-based organization for families “staying at home” to write letters to the military, ...
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Fideliter Club of Elgin feeds kids, supports local nonprofitsApr 21, 2020 6:00 am - Fideliter Club of Elgin, Elgin's oldest philanthropic organization, which was founded in 1882, has immediately responded to an urgent plea from Mike Warren, board presid...