Maple Park Lifestyle
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Fox Valley Marines present $5,000 checks to four local food pantriesNov 13, 2022 10:00 pm - During the holiday dedicated to honoring veterans, a group of marines in Aurora selflessly took this time to help fight mounting food insecurity. The Aurora-based Fox Va...
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Neighbors in the news: St. Isaac principal honored with Lewis University awardNov 10, 2022 5:00 am - • Barrington resident Carol Burlinski, principal of St. Isaac Jogues Catholic School, Hinsdale, was named the 2022 recipient of the Bishop Roger L. Kaffer Outstanding Pr...
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'Thank you for your service': 2022 Veterans Day events in the suburbsNov 07, 2022 10:00 pm - Friday, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day. It's an opportunity to thank veterans for their service, and to learn more about and honor those who have served our country. Here's a...
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Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry to hold annual Veterans Food Pantry Nov. 9Nov 01, 2022 11:00 pm - On Wednesday, Nov. 9, the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry will hold its annual Veterans Pantry. All veterans and their families are invited to the Aurora Food Pantry...
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Veterans Day, turkeys and the upcoming holidays dominate November's festsNov 01, 2022 6:00 am - Nov. 2 The Great Pumpkin Roll: 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, at Central Park, 1510 Forest Gate Road, Oak Brook. Bring your pumpkin(s) to roll down the Sled Hill at Central P...
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Intervention key to addressing 'alarming' rates of chronic absenteeism, educators sayOct 31, 2022 5:30 am - With 30% chronic absenteeism reported statewide last school year, school leaders across the suburbs are exploring different approaches to improving student attendance ra...
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Midnight on Morton Halloween display in Batavia collecting donations for pet shelterOct 25, 2022 11:00 pm - As part of their interactive home/yard haunt at 714 Morton St., Batavia residents Zachary and Andrea Sage are collecting donations for Animal House Shelter in Huntley. ...
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Sycamore Autumn Craft & Treasure Market, a staple of Sycamore Pumpkin Festival, commemorates 50 yearsOct 24, 2022 11:00 pm - In 1972, milk and gasoline were less than $1 a gallon, Americans began hearing about something called Watergate, Marlon Brando made an offer that couldn't be refused, Mi...
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Festivals Oct. 28-Nov. 3: Halloween, pumpkin and fall fests take over the suburbsOct 24, 2022 11:00 pm - Ongoing Didier Farms Pumpkinfest: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Sunday, Oct. 30, at Didier Farms, 16678 W. Aptakisic Road, Lincolnshire. Hayrides, corn maze, pig r...
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When Bob met Sue: How the Tri-Cities benefited from volunteers' decades of serviceOct 21, 2022 6:00 am - Maybe it was the psychedelic lights flashing on the walls during a teen dance in 1967 at Mount St. Mary High School in St. Charles that helped a young Bob McDowell, a se...