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Batavia Boardwalk Shops offer buyers a unique local holiday shopping destinationDec 08, 2025 9:33 pm - The Batavia Boardwalk Shops are now open, offering unique products at a one-of-a-kind shopping destination. Check it out on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 21.
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‘A lot of buzz’: Lake Zurich now the site of Salvation Army’s seventh area thrift storeDec 08, 2025 6:22 pm - The newest store in Lake Zurich won't open until Friday morning, but that hasn't stopped would-be patrons from knocking on the door in hopes of getting a sneak peek.
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Neer Beer brings suburbs’ first non-alcoholic bottle shop to WheatonDec 08, 2025 5:59 pm - Neer Beer, a non-alcoholic bottle shop, opened last week in downtown Wheaton. Owner Jason Krapausky said most of the NA options he sells would do well in blind taste tests with their alcoholic counterparts “except for the not getting drunk part.”
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Man shot at Aurora gas stationDec 08, 2025 5:09 pm - A man was shot early Monday while putting gasoline in his car at a station in Aurora.
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Naperville Park District to decide whether to ask voters for $120 million to build rec centerDec 08, 2025 4:41 pm - Naperville Park District commissioners will decide Thursday if they will ask voters for $120 million to build a new activity center — a proposal that is already drawing opposition from the Fry Family YMCA.
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Volunteers pack food boxes at Elk Grove Salvation ArmyDec 08, 2025 4:28 pm - Volunteers started Monday packing the first of 8,000 holiday meal food boxes at the Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services facility in Elk Grove Village.
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Lake County Symphony Orchestra Brass concert at Hawthorn Woods village barnDec 08, 2025 3:35 pm - The Lake County Symphony Orchestra Brass, featuring principal brass players and special guest artists, will perform music of the season at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the villa...
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Aurora house damaged in fireDec 08, 2025 3:21 pm - No one was hurt in a house fire late Saturday afternoon in Aurora, officials said.
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Recognizing a hero: Renaming of Palatine post office clears important hurdleDec 08, 2025 3:07 pm - The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has voted in favor of legislation to rename the Palatine post office after a World War II veteran with a unique wartime legacy.
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After Sears teardown, walls are going up for Hoffman Estates data center campusDec 08, 2025 2:29 pm - Dallas-based Compass Datacenters’ takeover of the 273-acre former Sears’ corporate headquarters in Hoffman Estates now goes well beyond its name on the deed.