Articles filed under Communities
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Batavia city seeks painters for new ‘good energy’ muralSep 02, 2025 11:15 am - In art imitating life, a new mural coming to Batavia will tout “A City of Good Energy,” and community members are invited to help paint the south wall of The Comedy Vault.
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Wilke Road resurfacing begins this week in PalatineSep 02, 2025 10:52 am - Resurfacing of Wilke Road (also known as West Illinois Route 53 Frontage Road) from Rand Road to Alison Drive in Palatine is scheduled to take place this week.
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Best Bets: Elmhurst Art Museum showcases Chicago-based artists in new exhibitionSep 02, 2025 8:28 am - Elmhurst Art Museum opens “Shakkei: Work by Mayumi Lake and Bob Faust,” Lyric Opera artists perform a free concert in Millennium Park, and The Byrds co-founder Roger McGuinn headlines the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts.
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Learn seed saving techniques at Lombard Garden Club eventSep 01, 2025 8:59 pm - Paul Velat will discuss techniques for saving viable seeds, determining viability, methods, timing, etc. at a free Lombard Garden Club event on Sept. 15.
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Four injured after two personal watercrafts collide on Gages LakeSep 01, 2025 8:12 pm - Two people were transported to a hospital and two others suffered minor injuries after two personal watercrafts collided on Gages Lake Sunday afternoon.
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Suburban fest-goers bid adieu to summer at Monday’s Labor Day events.Sep 01, 2025 6:24 pm - This year’s ideally temperate Labor Day marked the metaphorical end of summer and the meteorological start of fall. For the record, meteorological fall is the period fro...
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Vintage vinyl: New album digs up rare ’60s Chicago garage rock from Arlington Heights’ The CellarSep 01, 2025 2:01 pm - A new vinyl compilation highlights little-known songs by 1960s suburban garage bands that played at the renowned Arlington Heights teen music club The Cellar.
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‘Backbone of the digital world’: Karis details plans for Naperville data center developmentSep 01, 2025 11:18 am - Karis Critical is proposing a relatively “boutique” data center development on the north side of Naperville.
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‘We showed an entire nation what our community was made of’: How Fox Lake faced existential crisisAug 31, 2025 8:51 pm - It was the darkest hour for Fox Lake, a town of 10,000 suddenly caught in the relentless glare of the national spotlight. Fox Lake Mayor Donny Schmit and crisis communications consultant David Bayless helped guide the village through an unprecedented crisis management odyssey.
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‘Round up the usual suspects’: How three men were men wrongly detained in Gliniewicz investigationAug 31, 2025 8:51 pm - When it was initially thought Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph “Joe” Gliniewicz had been murdered, investigators quickly set their sights on finding the perpetrators.