Maple Park Lifestyle
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Earth Day effort: Planting 500 trees in Kane County forest preserveApr 22, 2023 1:00 am - Volunteers bundled up Saturday to plant 500 trees at Tekakwitha Woods Forest Preserve in St. Charles. The Forest Preserve District of Kane County celebrates Earth Day e...
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Friends of Fox River's passion on display in new filmApr 21, 2023 6:00 am - On a calendar, Earth Day is Saturday, April 22. To those who make a living of fighting back against the harm that sewage, industrial runoff and constant littering inflic...
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Here's how to celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day in the suburbsApr 20, 2023 5:30 am - Earth Day is Saturday, April 22, with Arbor Day soon to follow on April 28. A variety of suburban events offer opportunities to learn about the environment, get tips on ...
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Elgin Community College student earns scholarship from Illinois Physical Therapy FoundationApr 19, 2023 11:00 pm - The Illinois Physical Therapy Foundation granted Elgin Community College physical therapist assistant program student Natalia Martinez the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusi...
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Stockholm's aims to clean up the Fox River - two quarters at a timeApr 18, 2023 11:00 pm - Stockholm's Restaurant & Brewery in downtown Geneva will once again launch their "50 Cents for the Fox" initiative starting on Earth Day, April 22. Stockholm's is partne...
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Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners to host plant sale May 13Apr 17, 2023 11:00 pm - Spring will be in full swing for the Batavia Plain Dirt Gardener Plant Sale on Saturday, May 13. The sale will be 9 a.m. to noon in the Bethany Lutheran Church gym, 8 S....
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Raise a slice for a good cause; 3 suburban pizzerias to host fundraisers for Aurora literacy centerApr 16, 2023 11:00 pm - Three Lou Malnati's Pizzerias - two in Naperville and one in Aurora - are hosting fundraisers for the Dominican Literacy Center in Aurora. The fundraisers will take plac...
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The path to publication: How three Tri-Cities journalists became book authorsApr 14, 2023 6:00 am - Writers are going to write. Today's column celebrates that premise, focusing on three journalists who have been around the Tri-Cities a long time in the newspaper, marke...
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Meet the 98-year-old Elgin woman who walks 3 miles dailyApr 07, 2023 6:00 am - Betty McKeown should have been a postal worker in the days when nearly all walked their routes. She certainly had the skill set and ambition to walk whenever and whereve...
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500 women and girls in Aurora to receive empowering gifts from the communityApr 06, 2023 11:00 pm - The POWER Women employee resource group at Aurora City Hall hosted a monthlong Empower Bag Collection Drive during Women's History Month. The goal was to collect 100 pu...