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Get gardening tips during virtual program WednesdayMar 13, 2024 11:04 am - Learn steps to plan and tend your vegetable garden in the next session of the Lake County Garden Learning Series at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 13. The Solid Waste Agency of...
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$5.6 million for water main, street work in Lake ZurichMar 13, 2024 11:04 am - Lake Zurich will be investing more than $5.63 million this season for water main work and road resurfacing. Village officials this week approved an agreement with PirTan...
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Could a children’s museum be coming to Des Plaines?Mar 13, 2024 11:03 am - A Des Plaines couple is looking to create a children’s museum in the city’s downtown area. Maria and Nicholas Strohmayer are behind the proposal, which is in early stages...
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Geneva to test outdoor sirens during maintenance work WednesdayMar 13, 2024 11:03 am - Geneva will test its six emergency weather warning sirens on Wednesday as part of annual maintenance. The work will begin around 9:30 a.m. Each siren will be activated fo...
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Naperville extends hotel rebate agreements to make up for pandemic lossesMar 13, 2024 11:03 am - Naperville City Council members have agreed to extend hotel tax agreements by two years to make up for revenue lost during the pandemic. The extension affects agreements ...
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Rolling Meadows city manager gets 2-year contract extension and raiseMar 13, 2024 11:02 am - Fresh off receiving a $25,000 performance bonus, Rolling Meadows City Manager Rob Sabo got a $5,000 raise and a two-year contract extension. An amendment to his employmen...
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How to rent community garden plot in Hoffman EstatesMar 13, 2024 11:02 am - Hoffman Estates residents can rent plots in the village’s community gardens for $25, beginning Monday, April 1. There are two garden plot locations in town: north at Mumf...
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Lake Zurich mayor meets with residents March 20Mar 13, 2024 11:01 am - Lake Zurich Mayor Tom Poynton will be available for coffee and conversation from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 20, at the Koffee Kup, 30 E. Main St. The sit-down is a...
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Rotary Club of River Cities offering scholarships to graduating seniorsMar 13, 2024 9:57 am - The Rotary Club of River Cities has announced the opening of applications for two $1,500 scholarships for graduating seniors who are residents of Des Plaines, Mount Prosp...
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Goodman’s excellent ‘Penelopiad’ examines Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ from the female perspectiveMar 13, 2024 9:10 am - Goodman Theatre’s Chicago premiere of “The Penelopiad,” starring TV veteran Jennifer Morrison, commences with a resounding thwack. It is the first of several startling moments in artistic director Susan V. Booth’s canny, confident, passionately acted production.