Mark your calendar for Jurassic Quest in Rosemont, tree lightings, productions of “The Nutcracker,” Itasca Winter Wonderland and more happening this week.

Fireworks, Santa visits, parades, holiday performances and more are a part of suburban tree lightings this season.

Early returns are showing overwhelming support for referendums throughout the Northwest suburbs.

Come Election Day, voters throughout DuPage County will decide whether school, library and park districts can borrow millions for major building projects. Here’s a look at some of the referendum questions on their ballots.

In addition to three statewide referendums on every Illinois ballot, voters in parts of the Northwest suburbs have decisions to make on local issues ranging from full-day kindergarten to pension reform to the sale of public land.

This year, the DuPage Monarch Project recognized five pollinator conservation champions for their outstanding contributions to making DuPage County a safe haven for bees and butterflies.

Mark your calendars for the Sandwich Fair, Festival of the Vine, Art on the Fox, Winfield Good Old Days, Mundelein Arts Festival, Scandinavian Day Festival, St. Charles Jazz Weekend and more happening this week.

Mark your calendars for Naper Nights, Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine Fine Arts Festival, ZooBrew, Little Bear Ribfest, Elburn Days, Grayslake Summer Days and more happening this week.

The Elmhurst Park District will ask voters in November to approve an $89.95 million funding plan for a new Wagner Community Center, a band shell in Wilder Park and other outdoor amenities.

Elmhurst Park District officials next week will review the results of a voter survey as they weigh whether to ask taxpayers to fund the construction of a new Wagner Community Center and other potential projects.