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Marce Van Glabek's idea for the Pottawatomie Garden Club to hold a plant sale fundraiser this month sounded good on paper. But rather than “mum,” it had “dud” written all over it when plans to conduct the sale at the St. Charles Municipal Center con...
Updated: Sep 07, 2013 at 09:05 PM
September 4, 2013, St. Charles, IL – The St Charles Arts Council, in partnership with the St. Charles Park District, and their Civic and Arts Partners, the St. Charles Public Library and Fox Valley Repertory showcase some of the terrific arts progra...
Updated: Sep 04, 2013 at 10:08 PM
Leaving St. Charles with fond memories
As I leave the position of city administrator, I express my gratitude to the members of the St. Charles community for the opportunity to work with, and for, them. I have been fortunate to meet many great p...
Published: Aug 30, 2013 at 05:45 AM
Last year the line formed at 3 a.m. for Elgin Community College’s school supply giveaway. The event — Project Backpack — officially started at 10 a.m. and by then about 4,000 people were waiting for the chance at backpacks filled with school supplie...
Updated: Jul 24, 2013 at 06:43 AM
Most suburbs are a product of urban growth that spread from Chicago, but the history of towns along the Fox River is much different.
Municipalities such as Aurora and Elgin were born not as suburbs but as independent towns that boomed in the late 18...
Updated: Jul 10, 2013 at 03:59 PM
Everyone loves tomatoes, Tina Koral has found. What, then, could be better than plucking freshly ripened ones out of your very own garden?
A small but growing number of families in need are able to do just that — along with peppers, herbs and anythi...
Updated: Jun 21, 2013 at 06:38 AM
Propelled by a deluge that at one point dropped an inch of rain in 20 minutes, quick-rising floodwaters flowed into basements, swallowed streets and closed schools throughout the suburbs Thursday.
Many residents who dealt with the watery nightmare c...
Updated: Apr 19, 2013 at 01:31 PM
Jazz, man
The award-winning title trumpeter of the Orbert Davis Quintet performs a jazz concert at College of Lake County's Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake. $22-$28; $21-$27 seniors; $12-$15 kids and te...
Updated: Apr 15, 2013 at 07:27 AM
St. Charles, IL - March 20, 2013 - The entire community of St. Charles is working together on a book drive to children's books for Bernie Bernie's Book Bank, a non-profit that collects, processes and redistributes quality children's books to at-risk...
Updated: Mar 21, 2013 at 12:14 PM
The Batavia, Sugar Grove and Messenger public libraries have announced they are closing early today, due to the snow.
Messenger, in North Aurora, will close at 1 p.m. Sugar Grove will close at 4 p.m. Batavia will close at 5 p.m. It's the second time...
Updated: Mar 05, 2013 at 04:53 PM