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Top, accordionist and event volunteer Mike Dvorak of Long Grove leads music and discussion on the horse-drawn carriage ride during the Cocoa Crawl in downtown Long Grove on Feb. 8, 2025. (Karie Angell Luc/Lake County News-Sun)

Thousands flock to Long Grove’s Cocoa Crawl; ‘The launch of the 2025 festival season’

February 10, 2025 at 4:08 p.m.

As the event started, Ryan Messner, a Long Grove business owner and Historic Downtown Long Grove Business Association president, said, “Cocoa Crawl is the launch of the 2025 festival season...

Third from left, Olivia Superfine, 9, a third-grader from Deerfield smiles for the camera at a step and repeat photo opportunity at the Sweetheart Dance on Feb. 7, 2025 in Deerfield at the Patty Turner Center. (Karie Angell Luc/Pioneer Press)

Sweetheart Dance at Valentine’s Day helps strengthen Deerfield’s community ties

February 10, 2025 at 4:07 p.m.

This year’s annual Sweetheart Dance on Feb. 7 drew 200 guests across two separate 90-minute seatings on Friday evening at the Deerfield Park District’s Patty Turner Center (375 Elm St).

Alexa Gasparotto of Glenview performs a solo at Winterfest at the Glenview Community Ice Center on Feb. 1, 2025 in Glenview. A few days earlier, she had placed at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.(Karie Angell Luc/Pioneer Press)

Glenview athlete competed in Wichita before ice skaters who died in DC plane crash

February 4, 2025 at 3:46 p.m.

Glenview figure skater Alexa Gasparotto placed at U.S. Nationals before skaters who later died in a plane crash near Washington, D.C.

Elvin Wang of Deerfield performs with the Soaring Eagle Kung Fu group of Palatine at the Lunar New Year Celebration at Hawthorn in Vernon Hills on Feb. 1, 2025. (Karie Angell Luc/Lake County News-Sun)

Lunar New Year event celebrates diversity at Vernon Hills mall; ‘We’re all people’

February 4, 2025 at 9:22 a.m.

The two-hour event launched in 2019, and this year included amenities such as face-painting, an Asian indoor market, singing by soloist Wen Gi from Gurnee, the traditional Lion Dance plus...

Glenview performance artist Magic by Randy, right, surprises young audience participants at the "Hot Cocoa Social" Jan. 17 at the Prairie View Community Center in Morton Grove. (Karie Angell Luc/for Pioneer Press)

Amid the cold outside, families gathered in a Morton Grove Park District room for warm cocoa and magic

January 30, 2025 at 2:03 p.m.

Approximately 50 people attended the Hot Cocoa Social a recent Friday at the Prairie View Community Center in Morton Grove. The late afternoon Morton Grove Park District event on Jan....

Left, Chris Lepley of Gurnee helps at the check in table at the Cub Scout Pack 627 of Gurnee Pinewood Derby on Jan. 26, 2025 in the gym at Woodland Elementary School in Gages Lake. (Karie Angell Luc/Lake County News-Sun)

Gurnee Pinewood Derby encourages Scouts to use STEAM skills; ‘I think it’s a big deal for the kids’

January 27, 2025 at 4:40 p.m.

On Sunday, the Cub Scout Pack 627 of Gurnee Pinewood Derby featured handmade cars crafted by most of the pack’s 40 Scouts, with the event held in the gym at...

Left, in red, in the judging ring Alaina House of Danville, Indiana, handles Patch, a male dalmatian breed, on Jan. 23, 2025 at the Cool Cluster Dog Show at Lake County Fairgrounds and Event Center in Grayslake. (Karie Angell Luc/Lake County News-Sun)

Cool Cluster Dog Shows draw hundreds to Lake County Fairgrounds; ‘It’s a world of fun’

January 24, 2025 at 10:28 a.m.

Approximately 5,000 dogs were entered with Saturday typically the most well-attended day, according to Ken Murray, president of the Chain O'Lakes Kennel Club of Grayslake and also show chairman.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 at the First United Methodist Church (FUMCAH) of Arlington Heights in Arlington Heights. (Karie Angell Luc/Pioneer Press)

Arlington Heights’ MLK day of service is what King’s ‘life and legacy was all about’

January 21, 2025 at 3:02 p.m.

More than 100 volunteers took part in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service on Monday, Jan. 20 at First United Methodist Church (FUMCAH) of Arlington Heights in Arlington...

In the frosty air. Ryan Shaffer, 14, a ninth-grader from Mettawa, is a featured advanced skater from The Glacier Ice Arena of Vernon Hills, skating a solo performance to open the third annual Skate in the Park in Grayslake on Jan. 18, 2025. (Karie Angell Luc/Lake County News-Sun)

Grayslake chamber stages Skate in the Park; ‘A little piece of Norman Rockwell right here’

January 21, 2025 at 11:52 a.m.

People could have s’mores made over a fire pit with long thin sticks that were provided. People of all skating abilities were welcome, and youngsters got a chance for a...

The Adlai E. Stevenson High School Dragon Dance performing group is getting ready to perform but first there is a photo. Seen are from left Ron Liu of Buffalo Grove and children Max and Emma Liu at the Lunar New Year event at the Community Arts Center (225 McHenry Road) in Buffalo Grove on Jan. 18, 2025. (Karie Angell Luc/Pioneer Press)

Buffalo Grove Park District’s Lunar New Year celebration highlights diversity found in community

January 20, 2025 at 3:25 p.m.

The community was welcomed to the Buffalo Grove Park District’s Lunar New Year celebration on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 18 at the Community Arts Center (225 McHenry Road) in...

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