For those waiting for the Fresh Market at 350 Lake Marian Road in Carpentersville to open, don't hold your breath for a pre-Thanksgiving holiday opening. Janice Murphy, the village's economic development and special projects coordinator, said the st...

As part of a school-wide community service project last year, students at Carpentersville Middle School collected 1,100 pairs of gently used shoes to donate to "Share Your Soles," an organization that collects children's shoes and sends them to Mexi...

The so called Dream Act was actually a nightmare. It would of provided in-state tuition rates to illegal immigrants. Being an illegal immigrant is the prerequisite to getting this preferred treatment which is denied to legal citizens. The illegal im...

Red Bird Mission Crafts: Epworth United Methodist Church hosts Red Bird Mission Crafts from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday at the church, 37W040 Highland Ave., Elgin. The Red Bird Mission, located in the southeastern Kentucky mountai...

Notes on religion To include your church in the free listings, e-mail to foxvalley@dailyherald.com, fax to (847) 608-0849, or mail to 385 Airport Road, Suite A, Elgin IL 60123. Kneseth Israel: Congregation Kneseth Israel provides a full range of rel...

Algonquin • A Carpentersville man was arrested at 1:45 a.m. Tuesday in a home on the 2300 block of Dawson Lane, police said. Austin R. Ross, 21, of 59 Sparrow Drive, was charged with two counts of assault, battery, aggravated assault, criminal damag...

Fair Trade Gift Fair: The third annual Fair Trade Gift Fair will be held from 1 to 9 p.m. today at the Congregational Unitarian Church, 221 Dean St., Woodstock. The fair features fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate as well has hand crafted toys, ho...

Notes on religion To include your church in the free listings, e-mail to foxvalley@dailyherald.com, fax to (847) 608-0849, or mail to 385 Airport Road, Suite A, Elgin IL 60123. McHenry County Jewish Congregation: On Sunday at noon, teens from the Mc...

Good news for Elgin's local governments, bad news for builders and home buyers. City officials are considering a plan to raise developer impact fees by as much as $6,000 per home. The fees help defray the added costs new residents place on city serv...

Fair-Trade Gift Fair: The third annual Fair-Trade Gift Fair will be held from 1 to 9 p.m. today at the Congregational Unitarian Church, 221 Dean St., Woodstock. The fair features fair-trade coffee, tea and chocolate as well has hand-crafted toys, ho...