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Smash! Where to find a Pumpkin Smash event in the suburbsOct 29, 2026 8:52 pm - Pumpkin Smash, an annual effort to compost jack-o’-lanterns and divert them from landfills, returns throughout the suburbs starting Sunday, Nov. 1. In 2025, participating SCARCE sites composted 400,393 pounds.
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Recycle your holiday cooking oil with SCARCE on Nov. 28Oct 29, 2026 5:50 pm - On Nov. 28, SCARCE partners with Green Grease Environmental to host annual post-Thanksgiving Cooking Oil Collection Day, offering convenient drop-off locations for residents to recycle liquid vegetable-based cooking oils.
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Bean, Davis agree Social Security needs saving, but differ on howOct 28, 2026 11:43 am - While agreeing that a bipartisan solution is required to protect Social Security, the candidates vying for the 8th Congressional District seat have different visions of how to keep the entitlement program solvent.
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Endorsement: Deacon Garcia for DuPage County clerkOct 28, 2026 4:00 am - Positive changes are coming to the DuPage County clerk’s office. Clerk Jean Kaczmarek, who spent years feuding with other DuPage leaders over her refusal to follow county...
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Endorsement: Conroy for DuPage County Board chairOct 28, 2026 4:00 am - The Daily Herald endorses Deborah Conroy for DuPage County Board chair.
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DuPage Forest Preserve District breaks ground on $2.8 million Greene Valley improvementsOct 27, 2026 4:51 pm - The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County began a $2.8 million improvement project at Greene Valley Forest Preserve in Naperville. The project will relocate the entrance for better traffic flow, replace toilets with solar-powered flush washrooms, and add a new picnic shelter and paved trail connections.
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Film society to host free ‘Psycho’ screening Nov. 4 in RoselleOct 26, 2026 11:02 pm - Lake Park High School Film Appreciation Society will screen Hitchcock's classic thriller "Psycho" on Wednesday, Nov. 4. The free community event includes the film screening, panel discussion, trivia, and door prizes.
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East Dundee to return sponsor money after Oktoberfest controversyOct 26, 2026 1:50 pm - Sponsors of the East Dundee Oktoberfest will have their money returned in response to Village President Dan Pearson turning the event into an impromptu Republican political rally.
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Home & garden calendar, Oct. 26-Nov. 7Oct 26, 2026 1:26 pm - Upcoming gardening club meetings and events in the Chicago suburbs, covering topics like growing peonies, beneficial insects, and more. Also listings of nature walks and workshops
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Zay and Martinez have challengers in races for District 6 seats on the DuPage County BoardOct 26, 2026 1:23 pm - Both incumbents representing District 6 on the DuPage County board face challengers.