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Fall beer festival in Lake Zurich expanding from brewery parking lot to Paulus Park

August 10, 2021 at 10:47 a.m.

Lake Zurich village trustees approved plans for a local brewer to hold "Bushel of Apples Fest" beer festival in early October at Paulus Park – expanding the event from a...

Poems now dot the sidewalks in the Village Center in Burr Ridge as part of a new project.

Village Center life returns to normal—with poetry

August 5, 2021 at 2:30 p.m.

As life returns to normal — at least for now — in Burr Ridge, citizens and visitors are again spending their time lounging and strolling along the Village Center sidewalks....

Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205. File photo.

Elmhurst lifts mask mandate on students, still encourages them

July 29, 2021 at 5:39 p.m.

After a marathon four-hour special meeting on Tuesday, Elmhurst School District 205 officials unveiled the plan to reopen public schools next fall. This fall, all schools will be open all...

Burr Ridge Gary Grasso during the July 26, 2021 Village Board meeting.

Burr Ridge board views proposal for what could be biggest restaurant in village with seating for 500

July 27, 2021 at 3:39 p.m.

At Monday night's Village Board meeting, the mayor and trustees got their first glimpse at what could be Burr Ridge's biggest restaurant. Among the considerations before the board was a...

Lake Zurich trustees approve townhouse, restaurant development at the lakefront: ‘It’s going to be a complement…a beautiful addition’

July 27, 2021 at 12:58 p.m.

A new development will break ground soon at the lakefront in Lake Zurich after the Village Board approved plans for it at a recent meeting. The board approved plans for...

Cole Wojtalewicz, 10, center, races Jayden Wright, 10, left, and Nick Wojtalewicz, right, to the bottom of the Fun Slide during Alpine Fest Carnival July 24, 2021 at Lions Park in Lake Zurich.

Scaled down Alpine Carnival returns to Lion’s Park: ‘It’s a big part of Lake Zurich tradition’

July 27, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.

Lake Zurich welcomed back a longtime tradition this summer, the Alpine Carnival. Formerly the Alpine Fest, the event was canceled last year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic but saw...

Fans packed the stands at the Dirt Oval Route 66 Raceway in Joliet to see a police race and, later, a demolition derby race.

Special Olympics event brings together races, demolition derbies, fundraisers

July 26, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Law enforcement from across the Chicago area took to the dirt track Saturday to race for the Special Olympics Illinois. The car race, at the Dirt Oval Route 66 Raceway...

Memory care residents partner with students to make dog toys

July 16, 2021 at 2:28 p.m.

The residents of Harvester Place, a memory and dementia care facility in Burr Ridge this week helped dozens of summer camp students in making dog chew toys for local homeless...

Employees wait on customers at the original Rainbow Cone, a longtime South Side favorite that has been expanding to other suburbs and downtown.

As Rainbow Cone positions itself to tackle new markets, the South Side ice cream shop remains tethered to tradition

July 19, 2021 at 1:16 p.m.

Buona Beef and Rainbow Cone debuted the first combination Buona Beef/Rainbow Cone restaurant in Darien this month. It was the official marriage of two longtime iconic Chicago food brands. Two...

From left, Corin McCartney and her daughter Brooke McCartney enjoy a Rainbow Cone Wednesday at the newly reopened Buona in Darien.

Buona re-launches in Darien — this time with Rainbow Cone

July 7, 2021 at 3:32 p.m.

On Wednesday, Darien residents saw the reopening of a local favorite, Buona Beef. The restaurant closed briefly for six weeks while the owner, Joe Buonavolanto III, reconfigured the popular Italian...

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