Vernon Hills Lifestyle
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Constable: Cornucopia of menu options can serve up issues with food intoleranceNov 23, 2021 4:15 am - A vegan, a person with celiac disease and a kid with a peanut allergy walk into a Thanksgiving dinner hosted by a lactose-intolerant couple. That scenario seems as if it...
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Festivals Nov. 19-25: AMAZE Light Festival, Santa's Rock 'N' Lights & moreNov 17, 2021 5:00 am - This weekend Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays from Wednesday, Nov. 17, through Jan. 3 at the Museum of...
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Best Bets: Illumination: Tree Lights ready to dazzle at Morton ArboretumNov 16, 2021 5:00 am - All aglow The ninth annual Illumination: Tree Lights, the popular one-mile walk-through winter-season spectacle combining color, light and festive music, returns Saturda...
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How the hardy bald cypress thrives in swamps and flooded areasNov 16, 2021 5:00 am - Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come. - Karen Joy Fowler Author Karen Joy Fowler has it right. When it comes to "immortal" trees in Illinois and...
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Libertyville student's app helps feed the hungryNov 14, 2021 10:00 pm - Solve Hunger began as an idea at the Sharma family dinner table. The Sharmas were discussing potential solutions to improve food drive networks locally. Tavish Sharma, ...
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Veterans Day dining deals around the suburbsNov 10, 2021 10:00 pm - Veterans Day is Thursday, Nov. 11, and a variety of suburban restaurants are honoring military service members with dining deals that day. Barnes & Noble Cafés To s...
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'It's a therapy': Mundelein man brings golf to fellow veterans with disabilitiesNov 06, 2021 1:00 am - U.S. Army veteran Jim Nelson of Mundelein isn't great at golf but says there's more to the game than scoring well. Through his involvement with the Healthy Minds, Health...
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Festivals Nov. 5-11: Last weekend for Richardson Adventure Farm Corn MazeNov 04, 2021 6:00 am - Sugar Skull City: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily through Sunday, Nov. 7, in downtown Aurora. View art displayed in storefronts commemorating the Day of the Dead. Free. aurorado...
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Dining bites: Starbucks rings in the holiday season with new drinks, cupsNov 02, 2021 11:00 pm - 'Tis the season Now that Halloween is over, it's straight into the holiday season. And Starbucks is obliging with its new drink - the Iced Sugar Cookie Almondmilk Latte ...
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Illinois youth unemployment at staggering levels during pandemicNov 01, 2021 1:00 am - At the height of the pandemic, youth unemployment rates skyrocketed in Illinois. In 2020, it soared to a staggering 23.3% — 29% among Blacks and 25.7% among Hispanics. ...