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‘A truly fitting tribute’: Wheaton Park District plans to honor longtime leaderOct 15, 2024 5:49 pm - Wheaton Park District leaders plan to name a community center after a late board member known as a visionary during a time of growth in the city.
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Elgin’s Lords Park Zoo to get four new deer SaturdayOct 11, 2024 1:28 pm - Four deer will be delivered to Elgin’s Lords Park Zoo on Saturday.
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DuPage Farm Bureau supports horticulture and agricultural education in GlenbardOct 08, 2024 11:38 am - Glenbard High School District 87 received a $6,000 donation from the DuPage County Farm Bureau to support horticulture and agricultural education at all four Glenbard high schools.
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‘Best day ever’: Wheaton man grows 2,000-pound pumpkinOct 03, 2024 6:43 pm - After eight years of trying, Joe Adkins of Wheaton met his personal goal of growing a 2,000-pound pumpkin. It won the top prize at the Illinois Giant Pumpkin Growers Association weigh-off on Saturday in Minooka.
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Multilingual parent liaison helps immigrant families settle in to District 54Oct 03, 2024 1:53 pm - Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 has long aimed for excellence among its faculty, but for hundreds of families immigrating from cultures with different educational norms and expectations it is Parent Liaison Cinzia Bellarosa who serves as the key to unlocking years of potential learning benefits for their children.
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Lombard centenarian celebrates birthday roller derby styleOct 02, 2024 11:27 pm - Lombard resident Dorothy Pszotka celebrated her 100th birthday on Friday, Sept. 27. After a recent hospitalization she needed to build up her endurance and was transferred to a short-term rehabilitation facility just a few days before her milestone birthday.
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‘Trustee for a day’: Students learn about government at Buffalo Grove Civics ForumOct 02, 2024 12:15 pm - Each year, a handful of students from Buffalo Grove and Stevenson high schools get a hands-on lesson in local government, taking on the roles of village trustees and village staff for an actual village board meeting at the village hall.
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‘I’m a believer’: Suburban woman hopeful after undergoing groundbreaking cancer treatmentSep 30, 2024 5:15 pm - Hawthorn Woods resident Alla Pinzour has found hope through a groundbreaking treatment for the skin cancer she’s battled for 15 years. “I am finally able to live my life,” Pinzour said. “I have hope that I will be cancer-free. I’m a believer.”
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Batavia couple celebrates 65 years of marriage at the place they made their vowsSep 30, 2024 12:51 pm - Lifelong Batavia couple Ronn and Pat Pittman returned this month to the place they wed to celebrate 65 years of marriage.
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25 years and counting: How Working Bikes provides wheels to those in need locally and across the globeSep 28, 2024 9:01 am - Ever wonder how to route bikes from Mundelein to Malawi? Hampshire to Honduras? Lisle to Lesotho? Chicago-based nonprofit Working Bikes knows how to do just that, shipping over 9,000 used bikes last year.