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Village of Long Grove begins building expansionMay 13, 2024 10:06 am - In 2023, the village of Long Grove trustees approved an expansion of village hall, a historic building, formerly the Drexler Tavern, gifted by the Long Grove Historical Society in 1974, and moved to the present site on Old McHenry Road in 1977.
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Arlington Heights Senior Center celebrates National Senior Health & Fitness DayMay 13, 2024 8:44 am - The Arlington Heights Senior Center will join an estimated 1,000 local groups to celebrate the 31st Annual National Senior Health and Fitness Day on Wednesday, May 29.
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50 years and counting for the Village Squire in West DundeeMay 13, 2024 7:56 am - A community fixture in West Dundee is marking a half century of hospitality at the corner of Washington and Second Street downtown this month. The Village Squire is celebrating its 50th anniversary of being “a good place to be since 1974.”
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Encore Village of Schaumburg charts fresh course after Friendship Village’s bankruptcyMay 13, 2024 6:00 am - Not quite a year after Friendship Village of Schaumburg filed for bankruptcy protection, officials of successor Encore Village say Illinois’ largest continuing care retir...
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Aisling Lockhart named COD Outstanding Collegewide Adjunct Faculty MemberMay 12, 2024 10:49 pm - College of DuPage Accountancy Instructor Aisling Lockhart of Downers Grove has been named the Collegewide Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Member for the 2023-24 academic yea...
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Rockford woman in critical condition after crash near AntiochMay 12, 2024 8:23 pm - A 76-year-old Rockford woman is in critical condition after a Sunday afternoon crash in Lake County near Antioch. Sheriff’s deputies responded at 3:10 p.m. to the single-...
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One hurt in Sunday afternoon house fire in Oak BrookMay 12, 2024 8:16 pm - One person suffered minor smoke inhalation injuries from a house fire in Oak Brook Sunday afternoon. The resident was transported to a nearby hospital. The injuries are n...
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Behind the photo: Weather photos can be unpredictable - but also rewardingMay 12, 2024 3:43 pm - With the exception of spot news coverage, one of the most unpredictable, and often stressful, aspects of community photojournalism is locating candid weather photos for t...
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Small details make a difference, like finding out what time something startsMay 12, 2024 3:25 pm - I learned a valuable lesson recently about the importance of small details when I agreed to write a story about an all-ages swim club in Elgin. Always find out what time...
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Embattled Campton Hills trustee resignsMay 12, 2024 3:05 pm - Saying he is tired of fighting efforts to remove him from office, Campton Hills village Trustee Timothy Morgan has resigned. Morgan was elected last year, but a 2002 ...