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THU, 2/25/2021

Thursday, February 25, 2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Prairie Food Co-op aims to open a brick-and-mortar grocery store in downtown Lombard in 2022. Indiana-based Holladay Properties will begin construction of the building this spring.

Fresh and (mostly) local: Co-op grocery store coming to downtown Lombard

A cooperatively owned grocery store is planning to open a brick-and-mortar location next year in downtown Lombard. Prairie Food Co-op has signed a 10-year lease for a 10,000-square-foot building at 109 S. Main St.
Cookbooks make for good reading while stuck at home.

Cookbooks make good company during a pandemic

Are you cleaning out and decluttering during the pandemic? Don't be too quick to toss old cookbooks. They make for good reading while stuck at home.
Eusebio Garcia is the chef and owner at Mercado Cantina Cocina restaurant in Glenview.

Former Mesa Urbana chef, co-owner now at Mercado Cocina Cantina in Glenview

Veteran chef Eusebio Garcia is being followed. He encourages it. He's being followed by a fish. Specifically, Salmon Al Carbon, the dish that tops the entrees on the menu at Mercado Cocina Cantina in Glenview,
Tenants in the Arlington Heights office building where Phil Pecoraro has worked for the past 28 years turn out to celebrate the building engineer’s 90th birthday.

Constable: Office building's oldest fixture feted for his 90th birthday

A fixture at an Arlington Heights office building, where he's a wiz at everything from electric to plumbing, Phil Pecoraro worked his regular shift Wednesday, but not without the occupants throwing him a 90th birthday party.
Saint Viator High School English teacher Megan O’Neill’s classes are a mix of old and new, from the study of classics like “The Scarlet Letter,” to Amanda Gorman’s “The Hill We Climb.”
Top Teacher: How a Saint Viator teacher connects literary classics with current events
In Megan O'Neill's English classes at Saint Viator High School, students are just as likely to study classics like "The Scarlet Letter" as they are Amanda Gorman's "The Hill We Climb." It's where she weaves in the past with the present, and no daily lesson plan is ever the same.
A rendering shows plans for the new home of the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry.
In final fundraising push, Glen Ellyn Food Pantry gets village approval to make move
Glen Ellyn Food Pantry leaders say they're "exceptionally close" to meeting a $900,000 fundraising goal to turn a former church parsonage into its new headquarters.
With the reopening of City Works and Old Town Pour House locations, diners can once again enjoy dishes such as Kung Pao Cauliflower.
Dining events: City Works and Old Town Pour House locations reopen
City Works and Old Town Pour House locations are back open again, and Friday fish specials keep popping up at suburban restaurants.
The Palatine Senior Center has reopened on a limited basis. It hosted sporadic activities last year as permitted under COVID-19 regulations, including this magic show.
Palatine Senior Center reopening on limited basis
The Palatine Township Senior Center has reopened on a limited basis by appointment/invitation only, and hopes to gradually continue offering more activities and programs as the COVID-19 pandemic loosens its grip on the Northwest suburbs.
Immunization coordinator Denise Flores of the Lake County Health Department gets a shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine ready as hundreds of people in their cars filed into the Lake County Fairgrounds to get a dose last month.
Suburbs won't expand vaccines this week to medically vulnerable under 65
Suburban Cook, DuPage, Lake, McHenry and Will county health officials aren't going along with Illinois' plan to expand vaccine eligibility Thursday to people under 65 who have medical conditions.
“Stronger Together” by Janette Martinez-Tolentino was the first-place winner in the 2020 10th District Congressional Art Competition. U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider is now seeking submissions for the 2021 contest. Winning pieces will decorate the halls of Congress and congressional offices.
Rep. Schneider seeks student artwork for congressional contest
U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider of Deerfield is inviting students who live in the 10th House District to participate in the annual Congressional Art Competition.
A successful businessman with a sports empire, Chris Brennan was left paralyzed from the shoulders down after an accident. He now heads the Brennan Rehabilitation Foundation, which helps others working to live with paralysis.
Constable: Awards honor accomplishments by people with paralysis
Two suburbanites are among the winners of the Socrates Award, given to inspiring people with paralysis.
Green and Orange Lasagna puts the colors of summer on your winter dinner plate.
Bright green and orange lasagna can brighten winter with comfort, too
Bright colors found in this Green and Orange Lasagna will brighten up your winter dinner plate.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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In this Oct. 8, 1964 file photo, The Supremes, from left, Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross, perform during a reception for them in a hotel, in London. Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old. Publicist Jay Schwartz says Wilson died Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at her home in Las Vegas and that the cause was not immediately clear.
Mary Wilson of The Supremes has died at 76
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 233, Don Vickery photo: Kitchen preparations such as this are being duplicated all over the south side of Arlington Heights in February of 1965 as 34 Girl Scout troops prepare for a bake sale in the Gieseke Shoe story. Scouts pictured are from left to right are Ruth Nerlinger, Sue Pretto, Debbie Donavon and Anne Baughman.
Through the Film Magnifier: Darth Vader, mud olympics, Guardian Angels, Girl Scout cookies and more
The Weeknd performs during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 219, Don Vickery photo: Bridge players concentrate on their cards during a bridge party at Pioneer Park in Arlington Heights in February of 1965.
Through the Film Magnifier: Bill Buckner, bridge clubs, wine tasting, Kristy McNichol and more
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 52,005, Dave Tonge photo: Tapes are recorded every half-hour by Sportsphone announcers unless there is a breaking story, when they are changed immediately. Pat Benkowski is recording the voice of a quiz winner, the only prize, at the services cramped quarters in the John Hancock building in Chicago in September of 1979.
Through the Film Magnifier: Sportsphone, Steve and Garry, circus tryouts, police dogs and more.
In this June 21, 2010, file photo, holding the NBA championship trophy, Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant flashes the victory sign during a parade in downtown Los Angeles. Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020.
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