To have an event listed in this calendar, e-mail the details at least two weeks in advance of the event or registration deadline to nbrcalendar@dailyherald.com. Please put "Fundraisers" in the subject line. Oct. 8 Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer F...

To have an event listed in this calendar, e-mail the details at least two weeks in advance of the event or registration deadline to nbrcalendar@dailyherald.com. Please put "Public service" in the subject line. Smartest Card Month: Throughout Se...

Elgin Area School District U-46 has tallied an increase of 216 occupied desks this year, bringing its total number of students to 41,303. An official enrollment count, taken Sept. 30, was revealed for the first time at Monday night's school board me...

To have an event listed in this calendar, e-mail the details at least two weeks in advance of the event or registration deadline to nbrcalendar@dailyherald.com. Please put "50 Plus" in the subject line. Oct. 6 Senior Activity and Lunch program:...

As an educator and mother I sleep easy knowing that (state) Rep. Fred Crespo is fighting to keep sexual predators off of our streets once and for all. This issue is very important. While our judicial system lets sex predators off sometimes with a sl...

To have an event listed in this calendar, e-mail the details at least two weeks in advance of the event or registration deadline to nbrcalendar@dailyherald.com. Please put "Kids, teens, family" in the subject line. Kitsch Garden Center's Autumn...

You don't need campaign mailers or fancy commercials to know that (state) Rep. Fred Crespo truly cares. He has spent his time in the legislature fighting to prevent the middle class from going under. Gas prices are going up and so is the cost of foo...

Unexpected things on wheels always make me laugh. I would love a ride in the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile or Hershey's Kissmobile. But more realistically and closer to home, join me from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today for a tour of the Digital Bookmobile. It ...

Residents affected by methane gas leaks from the Mallard Lake landfill got some good news from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after months of worry. EPA investigators outlined plans to install large gas extraction wells west and north of t...