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Exploring the Forest Preserves' Newest AdditionsOct 22, 2025 1:45 pm - Over the past 15 months, the Lake County Forest Preserves has taken strategic actions to protect sensitive natural areas, improve trail connectivity and expand open space.
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Woodlands Academy honored for state and national Blue Ribbon excellenceOct 22, 2025 1:26 pm - Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart has been named an inaugural recipient of the newly established Illinois Governor’s Blue Ribbon Schools award.
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Gurnee Mills to host annual Boo BashOct 22, 2025 1:13 pm - Gurnee Mills will host their annual Boo Bash trick-or-treating event, presented by Forest Orthodontics & Pediatric Dentistry, from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30.
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Schaumburg providing post-Halloween pumpkin drop-off locationsOct 22, 2025 12:43 pm - The Schaumburg Engineering & Public Works Department and Lakeshore Recycling Systems are teaming up to offer a more sustainable way to dispose of your pumpkins after Halloween.
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Learn how Martin Luther King Jr. transformed a minister’s worldviewOct 22, 2025 12:25 pm - On Sunday, Oct. 26, the Rev. John A. Boryk, a 1967 Aurora College graduate, will chronicle how as a college senior he crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge with Martin Luther King in 1965. He will be the guest pastor at Good Shepherd United Methodist in Oswego.
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‘It’s not labor — it’s love’: Liberty Restaurant celebrating 50 years of family ownership in LibertyvilleOct 22, 2025 12:01 pm - The Liberty Restaurant in Libertyville is celebrating 50 years of family ownership and operation with throwback prices for the next three weeks. But it’s the quality homemade dishes and comfortable experience that have customers coming back year after year. “We have a lot of regulars. We know their names, they know us,” says co-owner George Frangos.
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Elk Grove hosts Neighborhood Watch meeting Oct. 30Oct 22, 2025 12:00 pm - The Elk Grove Village Crime Prevention Unit will host a Neighborhood Watch meeting on Thursday, Oct. 30.
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Woman injured in rollover crash in MundeleinOct 22, 2025 11:53 am - A woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries following a rollover crash with entrapment in Mundelein Wednesday morning.
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Options & Advocacy Prom Night Gala to sparkle Nov. 15 at Boulder RidgeOct 22, 2025 11:50 am - Both as a parent and as an elementary school teacher, Elizabeth Mauger has seen first-hand the daily miracles worked by Options & Advocacy for McHenry County.
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American Wind Band puts on ‘Let’s Go to the Fair’ concertOct 22, 2025 11:39 am - The American Wind Band will hold a "Let's Go to the Fair" concert on Oct. 26, featuring music celebrating harvest, ceremonial, and religious gatherings.