Des Plaines seeks appraisal: Des Plaines aldermen have hired a firm to appraise the site they're interested in buying for a new police station. Aldermen Monday night voted 7-0 to hire Gibbons & Gibbons Ltd. of Chicago to appraise the Littelfuse Inc...

Your guide to arts & crafts To submit your listing, e-mail arts&crafts@dailyherald.com, or fax (847) 427-1301. July Bartlett Fine Arts Fair: July 28 and 29 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Bartlett Park, Oak and North Avenue, Bartlett. Fifth annual free juri...

Here's how the agencies participating locally in Plant a Row for the Hungry fared this year, and the number of pounds of produce that gardeners donated this year and in 2003. Location ...

Little and big hands controlled the stream of water. The younger hands, belonging to the 5-year-old boy serving as the day's helper, were fixing to hold the garden hose in a single spot in hopes of making an Olympic-sized pool. "You don't hold it in...

Gardeners and other charitable souls contributed 41,652 pounds of fresh produce to area food banks and pantries in response to the Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign. That's 890 pounds more than last year's total of 40,762 pounds, despite a growin...