McHenry County Lifestyle
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Aurora church's pancake breakfast to benefit quiltersFeb 06, 2023 10:00 pm - Eat pancakes, help an Aurora church's quilting group distribute more covers. That's the invitation from St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 27 S. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora. On Su...
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Wednesday Night Gathering to offer free food, sandwich making, Spanish-language lessonsFeb 06, 2023 10:00 pm - Continuing its biweekly Wednesday Night Gathering series, Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora will hold a free dinner and family activities on Wednesday, Feb. 15. T...
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Podcast Explores Local Real Estate Market For 2023Feb 06, 2023 10:00 pm - The latest installment of the Your Local Homebuying Compass podcast looks at the suburban residential real estate market. The series, hosted by Realtor David Schwabe of ...
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Aurora crowns inaugural Mr. and Miss Black teen pageant winnersFeb 06, 2023 4:00 am - Eight Black teens from Aurora made history Saturday as contestants in the city's inaugural Mr. and Miss Black Aurora Pageant. Peter Eta, a senior at Waubonsie Valley Hig...
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Dundee Township garden club offers scholarshipFeb 06, 2023 12:00 am - The Backyard Garden Club of Dundee Township is offering up to a $2,000 scholarship for the 2023-24 school year. Students applying for the scholarship should be pursuing...
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Northern Illinois Food Bank gets grant from The Community Foundation for McHenry CountyFeb 05, 2023 10:00 pm - The Northern Illinois Food Bank recently received a $15,000 grant award for two years from the Community Foundation for McHenry County. These funds will be used to suppo...
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Crystal Lake woman takes in pregnant golden retriever and soon fosters 13 puppiesFeb 03, 2023 5:00 am - Golden retrievers she named Hope, Faith and Joy likely were locked in an Ohio barn for most of their lives before being rescued in early December, Kristen Vesely of Crys...
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Author, 85, credits Daily Herald with giving her a push to start her writing careerFeb 03, 2023 5:00 am - Her tenure at the Daily Herald was only two years in the early 1970s. But 85-year-old Frances Altman of Baltimore, Maryland, still points to that time in the Arlington H...
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August Hotel turns lament to optimism in new city pop homage 'Summer Will Wait'Feb 03, 2023 5:00 am - August Hotel was poised to make 2020 a big year. Starting off with a sold-out show at Chicago's Beat Kitchen, a new EP on the verge of a release and new songs they w...
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Help NINA find the next great high school student journalistFeb 02, 2023 10:00 pm - The Northern Illinois News Association will award a $1,000 scholarship to the high school senior who earns the John Etheredge Award for the Northern Illinois High School...