Festivals and Fairs
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Volunteers saluted at Winfield paradeSep 09, 2012 9:03 pm - Sarah Logan, a Winfield native who now lives in Naperville, said she always enjoys coming back to town for the Good Old Days Parade. “It has a nice hometown kind of feel...
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Final Car Fun event in LibertyvilleSep 09, 2012 2:16 pm - MainStreet Libertyville hosts the final Car Fun on 21 classic car show of the season on Wednesday, Sept. 19. From 6 to 9 p.m., vintage cars and trucks 25 years or older ...
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Geneva serves a tasty Festival of the VineSep 09, 2012 11:07 am - It’s Festival of the Vine. Not Festival of the Wine, or Festival of the Whine. The annual Geneva soiree could not have asked for better weather Saturday for people to ea...
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Suburban teams prepared for today's “Flugtag”Sep 08, 2012 7:00 am - Among the 28 teams competing today in the Red Bull Flugtag at North Avenue Beach, it will be easy to make out Jimmy O'Brien of Palatine. Most likely, he'll be the only o...
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Palatine Oktoberfest is on this coming weekendSep 07, 2012 2:18 pm - The Rotary Club of Palatine will host its fifth annual Oktoberfest Friday-Sunday, Sept. 14-16, in Fireman’s Memorial parking lot at Brockway and Slade in downtown Palati...
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Our guide to the fall festivals of 2012Sep 07, 2012 4:00 am - September Sept. 28 — Johnny Appleseed Festival: Downtown Crystal Lake, along Woodstock, Brink, Williams and Grant streets; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29. Pum...
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Our 2012 fall arts and craft fair guideSep 07, 2012 2:00 am - Sept. 29 Holmstad Bazaar: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 in the Town Center at The Holmstad Covenant Retirement Community, 700 W. Fabyan Parkway, Batavia. The...
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Morton Arboretum gets sweet on bees and their honey this weekendSep 06, 2012 2:00 pm - “The first golden rule of honey is to get to know your beekeeper.” So says Kim Flottum, author of multiple books on beekeeping, honey-making and gardening for pollinator...
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Island Lake’s Venetian Night canceled due to low water levelsSep 06, 2012 1:00 pm - Island Lake’s annual Venetian Night boating extravaganza has been canceled because of low water levels on the town’s eponymous lake, officials said. The circus-themed ev...
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Pilot with Libertyville roots in town for air showSep 06, 2012 12:30 pm - After climbing down from the cockpit of his A-10 Thunderbolt II at Waukegan Regional Airport on Thursday, U.S. Air Force Capt. Russell Campbell had an important question...