Articles filed under Communities
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Fox River Grove to demolish half-built, ‘monstrously ugly’ apartment building shellOct 13, 2025 9:30 am - A long-abandoned apartment complex in Fox River Grove soon will be demolished after years of standing uncompleted.
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Village Theatre Guild opens 62nd season with 'The Haunting of Hill House’Oct 12, 2025 10:11 pm - Village Theatre Guild opens their 62nd season with "The Haunting of Hill House," on Oct. 17 to Nov. 8. Even though all performances are sold out, check in with the box office to see if any tickets became available.
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‘A blank slate:’ Clearing the way for redevelopment at former Spring Hill Mall siteOct 12, 2025 7:11 pm - Piles of rubble are all that remain of the former Spring Hill Mall, which straddles West Dundee and Carpentersville. Demolition work is expected to be complete by the end of the month.
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Getting the band back together: Garage rockers from St. Viator to perform in suburbs for first time since ’60sOct 12, 2025 7:10 pm - The Huns — a garage band that formed at St. Viator High School in the 1960s — is reuniting and performing publicly for the first time since their teenage years.
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The veto session’s here — what will happen with transit crisis?Oct 12, 2025 7:10 pm - Democratic and Republican lawmakers talk about legislation to reform and fund Metra, Pace, and the CTA, and if new taxes are coming.
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Arlington Heights church holds Mass celebrating people with disabilitiesOct 12, 2025 6:19 pm - Our Lady of the Wayside Parish in Arlington Heights celebrated National Disability Employment Awareness Month with weekend Masses celebrating people with special needs.
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Round Lake Beach man charged in deadly drive-by shootingOct 12, 2025 10:26 am - A Round Lake Beach man faces murder charges in a drive-by shooting Friday in Ingleside that left a 19-year-old man dead, authorities announced Sunday.
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‘This can rock the whole town’: Algonquin approves downtown entertainment venueOct 12, 2025 10:10 am - A new live entertainment venue is coming to Algonquin’s downtown — a business that neighboring property owners said could transform the area into a “destination place.”
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Suburban Skyview: Auto auction storage yard in ElginOct 12, 2025 6:00 am - The Copart auto auction storage yard on Bluff City Boulevard in Elgin is one of 270 storage yards operated by Copart around the world. Copart has more than 175,000 vehicles in their online auction every day, according to their website.
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Fall gardening checklist: Bulbs, tropicals, frost prepOct 12, 2025 3:00 am - The average first frost at the Chicago Botanic Garden is Oct. 15, so it’s time to be thinking about fall garden maintenance.