Mexican Festival will happen Saturday The Des Plaines Park District has rescheduled "Festival!," a celebration of Mexican Independence Day, from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Lake Park Memorial Pavilion, Touhy and Lee streets. Highlights includ...

Newly released property tax rates for Northwest Cook County are uniformly lower, a sign of rising property assessments since 2004 even though home values recently have flattened or declined. Cook County Clerk David Orr's office released 2007 rates W...

Call now to register and get your pledge forms for Snoopy Dogfest, a fundraiser for Canine Companions for Independence to be held Sept. 27. Registration on site will begin at 10 a.m. and the walk will start at 11 a.m. at Hollister, Inc., 2000 Hollis...

Fun for kids at charity event Kids Day America charity event will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Thomas Middle School, 1430 N. Belmont Ave., Arlington Heights. This is a way to help children with medically related hair loss. Wigs 4...

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At first glance, it looked like a polka that opened the folkloric dances and mariachi music Friday at the Mexican Independence Day celebration in Hanover Park. Women wearing full skirts and frilly white blouses kicked up their heels with their part...

Commuters at Metra's Ogilvie station suffering from ennui will soon be filled with joie de vivre as construction gets under way on a long-delayed French market. Groundbreaking is set for Thursday, developers with U.S. Equities Realty said Friday dur...

Adult education The Ministry of New Beginnings, a Catholic-oriented, nondenominational, social support organization for separated, divorced, widowed and single persons, meets at 7:30 p.m. Mondays in the Hughes Center in front of St. Matthew's Church...