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Portion of Northwest Highway in Palatine closed for water main workOct 27, 2025 12:23 pm - A portion of Northwest Highway in Palatine will be closed until Friday, Oct. 31, village officials announced.
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Cook County approves contract for Touhy Avenue reconstructionOct 27, 2025 12:23 pm - The Cook County Board recently approved an $87.2 million contract to reconstruct a 1.5-mile stretch of Touhy Avenue between Elmhurst and Mount Prospect roads in Des Plaines.
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Catholic Cemeteries to host outdoor rosary and prayer services on Nov. 2Oct 27, 2025 12:13 pm - Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago will host Cemetery Sunday outdoor rosary and prayer services at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2, in observance of All Saints’ Day, which is Nov. 1, and All Souls’ Day, which is Nov. 2.
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Northwest Choral Society concert celebrates splendor of the night skyOct 27, 2025 11:43 am - The Northwest Choral Society will present Stardust, a concert program about the stars, planets and the night sky, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Park Ridge.
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LCRTA to meet Nov. 11Oct 27, 2025 11:33 am - The Lake County Retired Teachers Association will meet at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at Lambs Farm Magnolia Cafe and Bakery in Libertyville, at the junction of Highways 176 and I-94. A pre-luncheon get-together will begin at 11:30 a.m.
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New data center proposal comes before Mount Prospect boardOct 27, 2025 11:05 am - More than three years after Mount Prospect approved a $2.5 billion data center campus on the former United Airlines headquarters site, a revised project is coming back to the village board Tuesday.
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Behind the scenes: How volunteers, advocacy make suburbs more bike-friendlyOct 27, 2025 9:58 am - Visible are bike rodeos, community rides, and bike information booths. Behind the scenes are the unsung community heroes - local volunteers planning, organizing and often staffing various events.
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‘Anybody can walk in and connect’: 100 years of original children’s book art stirs memoriesOct 26, 2025 8:45 pm - Even for those who never read the children’s classics a new exhibition of original art at the Dunn Museum in Libertyville is meant to spark memories.
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Schaumburg firefighters give assistive device to girl with epilepsy and cerebral palsyOct 26, 2025 6:12 pm - Kelly Boscardin’s Schaumburg backyard billowed with foam Sunday as friends, neighbors and area firefighters joyously soaked themselves. They were celebrating her daughter Savanah’s upcoming 9th birthday and a surprise gift from Project Fire Buddies that promises to transform Savanah’s life.
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College Achievers: Conant graduate Starkey has a striking college debut for NebraskaOct 26, 2025 6:03 pm - College Achievers: Abigail Starkey, a freshman bowler at the University of Nebraska and a graduate of Conant High School, was named MVP of her first college tournament.