Articles filed under Good News
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A key to being an ACE: you have to get in it, to win itMay 24, 2024 6:00 am - The Tri-Cities Exchange Club’s ACE Awards give recognition to high school students who might not normally receive awards.
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Students to help build homes on land District 211 sold to developerMay 22, 2024 5:24 pm - Students in Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211’s Building Construction program soon will benefit from the district’s 2020 sale of 62 acres in Schaumburg to a ho...
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A bracelet and a 50-year promise kept: California woman coming to Arlington Heights to honor soldier killed in VietnamMay 22, 2024 1:30 pm - For 38 years Kathy Strong wore a bracelet in tribute to a young soldier she never met and promised to never forget. And this weekend, she will travel from her home in California to Arlington Heights for the village’s Memorial Day ceremony to dedicate a brick in honor of the U.S. Army Green Beret who died in Vietnam.
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District 211 Hack-A-Thon returns with coding gustoMay 21, 2024 5:15 pm - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211’s popular student-led Hack-A-Thon returned in April, the first in post-pandemic times.
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Kane County residents raise money to protect neighborhood turtlesMay 21, 2024 11:27 am - Families in the Sunset Views community in Lily Lake have been sharing the road with turtles for over a decade, and helping them cross has become a neighborhood tradition ...
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Mission to space: College student from Buffalo Grove designing satellite for NASA launchMay 20, 2024 6:00 am - If sometime in the future you’re able to communicate over your devices faster and with greater security, you may have a 19-year-old from Buffalo Grove to thank. Logan Han...
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Good News Sunday: Millions of birds soar above the suburbs as spring migration peaksMay 19, 2024 3:30 am - In this week’s Good News Sunday column, we recap stories about spring bird migration, Lilac Time in Lombard, and a police officer honored for saving the life of a man who was drowning.
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A guide to farmers markets in the suburbsMay 16, 2024 6:19 am - As the growing season begins, farmers markets are opening throughout the suburbs. Some start in June or later while others have already begun. Here’s a helpful guide.
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Des Plaines hosts community resource fair May 21May 15, 2024 12:18 pm - A community resource fair is scheduled for May 21 in Des Plaines. The event is set for the Westerhold Early Learning Center, which is attached to Forest Elementary School...
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Rookie Palatine police officer honored for saving man from drowningMay 14, 2024 1:19 pm - Palatine police officer Shane Murray has only been on the force since August, but it hasn’t taken long for him to make an impression. Murray received his department’s Lif...