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TPAC in Northbrook is first parks and rec facility to achieve ventilation/filtration mark from UL SolutionsApr 30, 2024 8:36 am - The Northbrook Park District’s Techny Prairie Activity Center (TPAC) successfully met the stringent criteria set by UL Solutions and achieved the UL Verified Ventilation and Filtration Mark, the first of its kind to measure the efficacy of ventilation and filtration systems in removing aerosols from enclosed spaces.
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Children's Advocacy Center to host the Hope Restored Symposium on May 16Apr 30, 2024 8:29 am - Children's Advocacy Center of North and Northwest Cook County (CAC) invites Chicago area social service colleagues to a one-day symposium on May 16 designed to “help the helpers.”
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Spring plant sale and farm festivalApr 30, 2024 7:42 am - An organic spring plant sale will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at Prairie Crossing Conservation Farm, 550 Harris Road, Grayslake. Shop for native food plants and o...
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Naperville announces new grants to benefit mental healthApr 30, 2024 7:41 am - The city of Naperville is making two new grant opportunities available to agencies that provide mental health and opioid remediation programs. The grants were announced M...
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Cash stolen out of wallet at Rivers CasinoApr 30, 2024 7:41 am - Someone stole $400 out of a patron’s wallet inside Rivers Casino in Des Plaines early Monday, police said. The theft occurred shortly before 2 a.m. The victim had left hi...
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Pump up your tires — May is National Bike MonthApr 30, 2024 6:00 am - National Bike Month launches May 1, and with it plenty of opportunities to shake the dust off your bike.
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Coming full circle: Rookie educator has classroom next to her first grade teacher at Woodland Elementary SchoolApr 29, 2024 9:44 pm - Grayslake native Claudia Kauck knew from a very young age what she wanted to do in life. Call it being a product of her environment. Certainly, hard work and study were i...
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Buffalo Grove police offering free gun locks to promote safe storageApr 29, 2024 9:44 pm - The Buffalo Grove Police Department teaming with Project ChildSafe to promote gun safety in the community by offering free gun locks. Project ChildSafe a national gun...
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Man found dead in Gurnee street may have been dragged by vehicle, police sayApr 29, 2024 9:43 pm - A man found dead in the street early Monday at Dorchester Avenue and Estes Street in Gurnee may have been dragged by a vehicle, police said. Police were called to the are...
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Trial begins for Streamwood man charged with killing ‘best and only’ friendApr 29, 2024 9:43 pm - The trial of a Streamwood man charged with fatally shooting a man described as his best and only friend commenced Monday in a Cook County courtroom. Salvatore Scardino, 2...