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Woodfield jewelry store heist, Ribfest’s demise among top stories of 2024Dec 31, 2024 5:15 am - A shuttered strip club, brazen jewel thieves and the demise of one of the region’s most popular festivals were among the top suburban news stories of 2024.
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Are home inspectors picking your pockets?Dec 30, 2024 6:29 pm - Can buyers and sellers just do their own home inspections and save the extra costs of the inspection, one reader asks. Find out the pitfalls they might fall into.
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Plan for car condos in South Barrington up for public reviewDec 30, 2024 4:38 pm - Plans for an upscale storage facility for valuable cars will get their first formal review by South Barrington officials next week.
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The Local Kitchen & Tap in Schaumburg closes after two yearsDec 30, 2024 3:48 pm - The Local Kitchen and Tap restaurant abruptly announced its closure on social media Monday, a little more than two years after it replaced a shuttered Tilted Kilt Pub and Eatery in Schaumburg.
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Make plans for new restaurants coming to the suburbs in 2025Dec 30, 2024 2:37 pm - A new year brings with it the promise of a bevy of new restaurants expected to open in the suburbs in 2025. Here’s a taste of what’s to come, including Vicolo, The Greggory Hearth and Tavern, the suburbs’ first Pizza Ranch and more.
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Geneva’s Niche gets $40K ARPA grant for expansion, renovation
Dec 30, 2024 8:26 am - Niche, at 14 S. Third St., Geneva, is looking to expand into the neighboring space at 12 S. Third St., a currently closed retail space, to create its own boutique to complement the restaurant.
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Geneva’s historic Fargo buildings to get nearly $200K in ARPA funds
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‘It just kind of took off’: Passion for acai bowls leads to successful business for Libertyville nativeDec 30, 2024 8:20 am - Lolo’s Bowls, a family business that has been operating in Libertyville since 2019, recently opened a second location in Lake Zurich.
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Value-seekers drove 2024’s retail trends and dead ends
Dec 30, 2024 8:09 am - Shoppers and restaurant patrons in the U.S. were choosy about where and how to spend their money as they wrestled with high housing and food prices.
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Suburban real estate executive buys Michael Jordan’s Highland Park mansionDec 29, 2024 2:55 pm - The buyer of Chicago Bulls legend and NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan’s mansion in Highland Park has been revealed: a 42-year-old real estate executive from Lincolnshire.