DuPage County Lifestyle
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How a writer created his own take on 'A Christmas Story' set in his 1980s Batavia childhoodDec 21, 2021 4:30 am - Kevin Jakubowski, originally from Batavia, wanted to make a movie about growing up in the suburbs in the 1980s, with a parallel to the holiday classic "A Christmas Story...
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Benedictine University program aims to help create diverse women leadersDec 20, 2021 4:30 am - A new program at Benedictine University in Lisle aims to help create diverse women leaders and future change agents. L.E.A.D.S. - Leadership, Empowerment, Action, Develo...
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Fellow suburban breweries help tornado-damaged Skeleton Key on long road to reopeningDec 20, 2021 4:30 am - After Skeleton Key Brewery and Taproom in Woodridge took a direct hit from the June 20 tornado, support poured in from what outsiders would see as an unlikely group: the...
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Friendship Village Garden Gals 'adopt' a family for the holidaysDec 19, 2021 10:00 pm - The Garden Gals of Friendship Village senior living community in Schaumburg are the two dozen women who live in Crosswell Trace, the private garden homes on the peripher...
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FamilyForward gains new executive directorDec 19, 2021 10:00 pm - Arlington Heights based nonprofit FamilyForward (formerly Faith Community Homes) has hired Erica Chianelli as its new executive director. Chianelli will carry on the wor...
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Good News Sunday: How Jet City Coalition assists seniors, low-income residents in communities near O'HareDec 19, 2021 5:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Kevin Murphy of Des Plaines believes pay...
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'It's a remembrance of them': Wreaths Across America event honors 83 veterans in Schaumburg cemeteryDec 18, 2021 12:00 am - More than 100 volunteers gathered Saturday morning at the St. Peter Lutheran Church Cemetery in Schaumburg to honor veterans buried there. The event was one of 2,700 loc...
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West Suburban Humane Society's new adoption center brings more pets and families togetherDec 17, 2021 4:00 am - For the past five decades, the West Suburban Humane Society (WSHS) has connected thousands of animals with loving homes. On Dec. 4, WSHS kicked off its 50th anniversary ...
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A toy story in Hanover TownshipDec 17, 2021 12:00 am - Christmas came a little early for 630 families in Hanover Township. A drive-through distribution was held Friday for the township's annual Toy Drive and Sponsor-A-Famil...
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Somehow spared by tornado while there, Elmhurst man raising money for ravaged Tennessee townDec 17, 2021 12:00 am - Ralph "Butch" Navarro and seven duck-hunting buddies huddled inside a large bathroom last week Friday, hoping to be spared a direct hit from what sounded like a freight ...