Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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Bonner Farm country fair:Oct 01, 2014 1:01 am - Bring a picnic and spend the afternoon at an old-fashioned country fair from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, at the Bonner Heritage Farm in Lindenhurst. Activities for al...
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Geneva's Prairie Green Preserve plan running out of supportOct 01, 2014 1:01 am - Geneva officials hoped the 573-acre Prairie Green Preserve could help pay for itself. That isn't proving to be the case. They planned to develop about 80 acres of the fo...
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Boy Scout's goats help forest preserve with pesky plantsSep 25, 2014 5:30 am - Looking for a more eco-friendly way to remove invasive species from your property? Bartlett Boy Scout Gavin Burseth says goats are the way to go. Gavin, 16, showed how g...
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Free museum tickets:Sep 25, 2014 1:01 am - You can enjoy the exhibits at the Lake County Discovery Museum near Wauconda for free on Saturday, Sept. 27, thanks to a national promotion. Museum Day Live! is an annua...
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DuPage forest preserve hires executive director for third timeSep 23, 2014 1:01 am - DuPage County Forest Preserve commissioners have - for the third time - approved a contract for the district's next executive director. John Lapinski originally was slat...
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Third Des Plaines River Trail Bike Ride returns SaturdaySep 18, 2014 1:01 am - A community bike ride this weekend will take cyclists not quite over the river - but next to it - and through the woods in Des Plaines. The 9-mile, family-friendly Des P...
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Farm heritage festival this weekendSep 18, 2014 1:01 am - The Lake County Forest Preserve District will host its 22nd annual farm heritage festival celebrating farm life from the turn of the century to the present, from 9 a.m. ...
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Forest preserve needs third vote to hire executive directorSep 18, 2014 1:01 am - For the third time in five weeks, DuPage County Forest Preserve commissioners are slated to hire the same person to become the district's next executive director. This t...
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County candidates say jobs, spending are prioritiesSep 18, 2014 1:01 am - Both candidates running for the Lake County Board's 10th District seat say economic concerns will be among their top priorities if elected in November. The details of th...
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Lake County museum sells Civil War newspaper collection to Cantigny estateSep 16, 2014 11:00 pm - In a small attic room at the Lake County Discovery Museum near Wauconda, Diana Dretske and Katherine Hamilton-Smith carefully open a large hardcover book and turn pages ...