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Spotlight: ‘Annie’ opens at Music Theater Works and Second City comes to the MetropolisDec 09, 2025 9:10 am - Music Theater Works revives “Annie,” Metropolis Performing Arts Centre hosts Second City’s “Jack Frost Roasting on an Open Fire,” and Manual Cinema stages its unique interpretation of “A Christmas Carol” at Chicago’s Studebaker Theater.
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‘Longest Night’ service on new date, Dec. 22, at Gary UMC in WheatonDec 09, 2025 12:28 am - Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton is offering a Longest Night service on Dec. 22 to provide a time to remember loved ones, share hurting places with God, or step aside from the stresses of the season.
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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.