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West Dundee River Challenge kicks off bike race series; Tour of Lake Ellyn is up nextJul 19, 2024 5:09 pm - The West Dundee River Challenge returned for its eighth year on Friday by kicking off the first day of the Chicago Grit 10-day bike race series.
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‘It takes an army of volunteers’: How Geneva Beautification Committee brightens up the cityJul 19, 2024 4:30 am - Visitors driving or walking through downtown Geneva are likely to take notice of the gorgeous plantings on display on most street corners.
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Ben Tatar & the Tatar Tots bring high-energy show for kids to Arlington HeightsJul 17, 2024 12:15 pm - The Arlington Heights Park District presented a concert for kids by Ben Tatar & the Tatar Tots on Tuesday at North School Park.
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ECC Project Backpack returns in-person to provide supplies to local studentsJul 16, 2024 4:46 pm - Elgin Community College and its partners are preparing for Project Backpack, a community-based initiative that collects and distributes school supplies to students in need in the area.
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Seigle Foundation underwrites Gail Borden’s Early Learning Center 2025 renovationJul 15, 2024 7:33 pm - The Seigle Foundation recently announced the award of almost $400,000 in grants to 14 local nonprofits, including the Gail Borden Public Library Foundation.
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Marklund residents befriend mini horsesJul 09, 2024 11:07 pm - Marklund residents are used to welcoming two-legged volunteers at its Elgin-based Wasmond Center, but last Saturday, the volunteers who stopped by were four-legged, and wearing tiny, fashionable Build-a-Bear shoes.
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Kane County community pools money to install turtle crossing signsJul 09, 2024 7:06 am - Turtle crossing signs were installed in a Lily Lake community on Monday after neighborhood families came together to fund the project to protect their neighborhood turtles from vehicle traffic.
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‘A better life’: Dogs rescued from Oklahoma ‘puppy mills’ arrive in suburbsJul 08, 2024 3:29 pm - Anderson Humane in South Elgin is looking to find new homes for 30 dogs rescued from puppy mills in Oklahoma.
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Striking out cancer: Foundation helps officials/umpires fighting the diseaseJul 08, 2024 12:13 pm - If you see a high school umpiring crew working a game in a Vegas Gold shirt instead than their usual blues or black, it is because they are doing more than just calling balls and strikes. Members of the UMPS Strikes Out Cancer Foundation are raising money and bringing awareness to their cause.
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Back where it belongs: Family of suburban Pearl Harbor veteran receives his missing Purple HeartJul 05, 2024 10:48 pm - Last week, Jerome Even’s family received the Purple Heart the longtime Park Ridge resident and World War II veteran received after he was wounded in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. His family didn’t know it was missing.