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Faeries of the Forest Festival returns to South Elgin Aug. 2Jul 18, 2025 2:33 pm - Celebrate magic and faeries at the annual Faeries of the Forest festival on Aug. 2. It features live music, entertainment, activities, vendors and more spread throughout the enchanted grounds of Vasa Park.
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Nursing board volunteers at burn survivor campJul 18, 2025 2:09 pm - Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing staff volunteered at a summer camp for child burn victims, running games and crafts.
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Ex-police chief Jamie Dunne poised to lead Chicago Executive Airport boardJul 18, 2025 1:51 pm - Former Wheeling Police Chief Jamie Dunne soon could be appointed chair of the Chicago Executive Airport’s board.
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Hanover Park considering 199-unit luxury apartment complex in south commuter lotJul 18, 2025 1:48 pm - Hanover Park trustees have granted conceptual approval to a three-building, 199-unit luxury apartment complex proposed for the underused south parking lot of the village’s Metra station.
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Attic fire displaces three people in NapervilleJul 18, 2025 12:40 pm - There were no reports of injuries in an attic fire in a Naperville home, but it was left uninhabitable.
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2 members of Mexican band whose van crashed in McHenry remain in the hospital; fundraising underwayJul 18, 2025 12:22 pm - A band from Mexico whose van crashed in McHenry last week, hospitalizing nine people, is trying to regroup and raise money to help cover medical expenses.
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Palatine man held on drug, weapons chargesJul 18, 2025 12:16 pm - A 27-year-old Palatine man awaits trial on drug and weapons charges after police found cocaine and a loaded handgun, reportedly stolen out of Indiana, in a vehicle during a traffic stop.
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Berkeley Finer Food to close in BataviaJul 18, 2025 11:25 am - The only grocery store on the east side of Batavia is closing after 16 years in business.
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‘Whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on’: Stolp Island’s ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ celebrates 1st anniversaryJul 18, 2025 11:14 am - Paramount Theatre wanted the best of the best for its open-end revival of “Million Dollar Quartet” and they got it, said Bill Scott Sheets, who plays Johnny Cash in oft-extended production, which runs at Aurora’s Stolp Island through January 2026.
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Prospect Heights Park District seeks input on revitalization of Country Gardens ParkJul 18, 2025 10:48 am - The Prospect Heights Park District is inviting residents to a planning meeting for and at Country Gardens Park from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12 at 901 Schoenbeck Road in Prospect Heights.