Cook County Lifestyle
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‘A really special opportunity’: Kane County wildlife rehab groups seek volunteersAug 30, 2024 4:00 am - Places like Anderson Humane Wildlife Center in South Elgin, or rehabber Kane Area Rehabilitation and Education (KARE) for Wildlife in St. Charles can go only as far as volunteer help and donated supplies can take them.
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St. Edward Preparatory Academy to host fourth annual fashion show dinnerAug 28, 2024 4:05 pm - St. Edward Catholic Preparatory Academy invites the community to join its fourth annual fashion show, dinner and dance on Saturday, Sept. 21.
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Award-winning Harper College students discover the therapeutic power of artAug 28, 2024 11:30 am - Harper College students Lain Dennis and Jefferson Sobczak grew up in different parts of the U.S., have different educational paths and employ their artistic talents in wildly different ways.
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Septemberfest returns with rides, parade, fireworks, Taste of SchaumburgAug 28, 2024 11:15 am - One of the biggest Labor Day festivals in the suburbs, Schaumburg’s Septemberfest returns this weekend with rides, music, Taste of Schaumburg, a parade, fireworks and more.
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Celebrating 100 years: Suburban Girl Scouts to mark centennial of regional campgroundAug 28, 2024 10:22 am - Not every place that’s helped build the childhoods of suburban residents is actually in the suburbs. One such place -- Camp Juniper Knoll in East Troy, Wisconsin -- has been serving Girl Scouts of the Chicago area for exactly 100 years.
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Home & garden calendar, Sept. 1-7Aug 27, 2024 11:04 pm - Mushrooms, roses, tubers, bats and native plant sales — area garders are covering it all.
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‘We stuck together’: Reservists get warm welcome home in Arlington HeightsAug 27, 2024 7:28 pm - Balloons, flowers and tearful reunions greeted about 100 U.S. Army reservists Tuesday as they returned to their home base in Arlington Heights after a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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DuPage County Board welcomes beekeeping on smaller lotsAug 27, 2024 1:59 pm - Beekeeping was all the buzz Tuesday as DuPage County Board members considered a change in zoning to allow for beekeeping on lots smaller than one acre. The change ultimately was approved in a 10-8 vote.
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Visit Buddha’s Words Monastery with Holy Trinity Sept. 14Aug 26, 2024 4:59 pm - On Saturday, Sept. 14, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin will hosting a visit to the Buddha’s Words Monastery in Elgin.
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Buffalo Grove Days promises to be ‘bigger and better than ever’Aug 26, 2024 11:02 am - This year’s Buffalo Grove Days festival promises to be “bigger and better than ever,” according to organizers. It returns to Mike Rylko Community Park this week, kicking off with a carnival and continuing with events through Monday.