DuPage County Lifestyle
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New program aims to interest Black youth in agricultureSep 13, 2021 6:00 am - On a hot summer day, 15-year-old Jordan Jones of Oswego waters a tomato plant he is growing in his backyard in an EarthBox container. It is the first time he has ever tr...
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Bartlett Rotary Club focuses on service to local charitiesSep 12, 2021 11:00 pm - Suzie Sias, president of the Bartlett Rotary Club, announced that this year's Rotary slogan is "Serve to Change Lives." This is the inspiration for a new monthly program...
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Learn how to become a foster parent at picnicSep 12, 2021 11:00 pm - The Forest Preserves of Cook County and Impact Grants Chicago are hosting a free picnic for people of all ages to raise awareness of the foster care system and recruit p...
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Latinx Heritage Month kicks off Friday at ECCSep 12, 2021 11:00 pm - Elgin Community College's Latinx Heritage Month will include in-person, outdoor celebrations this year, with events built around the 2021 theme "Somos La Fuerza y Espera...
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Good News Sunday: World War II veterans take dream flight high above suburbsSep 12, 2021 7:30 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Aleck Johnsen grew up on a farm near Gre...
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Constable: Photographed as a child after 9/11, 22-year-old reflects on attack that has colored her lifeSep 11, 2021 1:00 am - Twenty years after Sept. 11, 2001, some memories remain crystal clear and some have become a bit foggy. Naperville native Abby Stevenson, 22, simply can look at the phot...
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The fotoMuses present 'Abstraction & Transformation' - a photo exhibit - through Sept. 29Sep 10, 2021 11:00 pm - The fotoMuses, a group of women photographers, reveal their newest exhibit, "Abstraction & Transformation," at the Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts, 201 Schaumburg...
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Elk Grove Village parade, Oktoberfest return next weekendSep 10, 2021 6:00 am - Sidelined last year due to the pandemic, two big community events will return to Elk Grove Village next weekend. The village's annual Oktoberfest kicks off at 6 p.m. Fri...
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Conservation projects earn Fremd senior rarest of Boy Scout awardsSep 10, 2021 6:00 am - Fremd High School senior Sai Venkatakrishnan not only recently became an Eagle Scout, he also received the rarest Boy Scouts of America award for completing four conserv...
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Suburban singers perform in Metropolitan Opera concert remembering 9/11Sep 10, 2021 6:00 am - A major 9/11 commemoration by The Metropolitan Opera in New York this Saturday includes two singers who grew up in the Chicago suburbs. In "Verdi's Requiem: The Met Reme...