South Elgin Lifestyle
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Painting sweet dreams: Artist spruces up pediatric sleep centerJul 21, 2021 11:00 pm - For nearly 2½ years, South Elgin resident Stacy Lazzara spent many hours at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital as her daughter Averie, now 5 years old, went t...
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Two St. Charles grads awarded Doris J. Hunt Memorial ScholarshipsJul 20, 2021 11:00 pm - The Friends of Doris J. Hunt recently announce that two St. Charles graduates were recently awarded scholarships in the amount of $3,000 each. Mary Fredericksen, a 2021...
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Stock up on supplies at the Artisan Garage Sale July 24 at The Fine LineJul 20, 2021 11:00 pm - The Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles invites the community to its "Artisan Garage Sale," a one-day artist garage sale, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July ...
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Pandemic leads to rescue boom at St. Charles-based wildlife rehabilitation centerJul 20, 2021 6:00 am - Months of isolation and in-home lockdowns forged a new appreciation for the outdoors and nature for many DuPage and Kane County residents in the past year. Volunteers a...
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ECC students help food-insecure classmates with garden plotJul 19, 2021 1:00 am - With food insecurity an issue for many, a group of Elgin Community College students are doing what they can to help their school community. Members of the Phi Theta Kapp...
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Hops for Hope 5K Oct. 2 to raise money for Project Mobility's adaptive bikesJul 18, 2021 11:00 pm - The fifth annual Hops for Hope 5K returns to Mount St. Mary Park in St. Charles on Saturday, Oct. 2. Project Mobility's three largest fundraisers in 2020 were either pos...
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Apply for the Elgin Area Leadership AcademyJul 18, 2021 11:00 pm - Applications are open to join the Elgin Area Leadership Academy Class of 2022 beginning Oct. 2. Like most things, they had to pause from offering the academy last fall ...
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'He needed to be remembered': Elgin woman establishing ECC scholarship to honor husbandJul 18, 2021 1:00 am - When her husband died of leukemia at age 58 last July, Alicia Delgado-Lutz of Elgin wanted to make sure his spirit lived on. She hopes an Elgin Community College automo...
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Batavia's Barnwood & Beeswax marketplace now carrying The Chocolate Shoppe creationsJul 16, 2021 6:00 am - Last week, my “chocolate radar” went up last week when sensing that Batavia suddenly entered the sweets game with The Chocolate Shoppe display in the Barnwood & Beeswax ...
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Stars Dance Company TryoutsJul 15, 2021 11:00 pm - Hoffman Estates Park District's Stars Dance Company will hold tryouts for their advanced dance company Saturday, August 14, 2021, from 10 am through 12:30 pm at the Trip...