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Luke Lashbrook and Mike Beardsley own and operate the newly opened Brook & Beard Academy in downtown West Dundee, where they work with clients and teach barbering skills. (Mike Danahey/The Courier-News)

New downtown West Dundee hair salons double as schools for barbering and styling skills

April 10, 2025 at 1:47 p.m.

Two new salons are aiming to keep West Dundee a well-coiffed place while also training others in the hair styling profession.

Easter egg hunts in Elgin will be held Saturday by Hanover Township and St. Thomas More Catholic Church. (File photo)

Elgin News Digest: Two Easter egg hunts planned for Saturday in Elgin; Elgin Community College hosting ‘Experience ECC’ event

April 9, 2025 at 4:43 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Greeva Patel and her husband, Rhytham Dave, are the owners of Biggby's Coffee, which opened this week in East Dundee. (Greeva Patel)

Biggby Coffee opens new location in East Dundee: ‘It’s the perfect fit for us,’ owner says

April 8, 2025 at 4:02 p.m.

When Greeva Patel decided she wanted to give up corporate life for a new career, she found Biggby Coffee, which opens this week in East Dundee.

“Glitz-Glamour-Gorgeous: A Tribute to Hollywood Movie Costumes,” the new exhibit at the Gail Borden Public Library in downtown Elgin, displays 33 movie costumes worn by such stars as Bette Davis, Elizabeth Taylor and Faye Dunaway. (Gail Borden Public Library)

Hollywood magic comes to the Elgin library via movie costumes worn by the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis and Gregory Peck

April 8, 2025 at 2:36 p.m.

Film buffs can feast their eyes on movie attire worn by such legendary actors as Deborah Kerr, Gregory Peck and Faye Dunaway at the Elgin library's new exhibit, “Glitz-Glamour-Gorgeous: A...

Seven drunken driving arrests were made over the St. Patrick's Day weekend in a No Refusal Initiative conducted by the Kane County State's Attorney's Office and 11 law enforcement agencies. (Joan Barnett Lee/TNS)

Elgin News Digest: 7 DUI arrests made in St. Patrick’s enforcement effort; Elgin Public Museum to offer young child activities Wednesday

April 7, 2025 at 12:52 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

The Elgin Master Chorale, in collaboration with the Bella Voce Sinfonia, will perform J.S. Bach’s "St. John Passion" on April 13 at the Elgin Community College's Blizzard Theater. (Elgin Master Chorale)

Elgin News Digest: Elgin Master Chorale to perform Bach’s St. John Passion; South Elgin Earth Day cleanup planned for April 12

April 4, 2025 at 12:49 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the South Elgin area.

Stuffed animals, flowers and other items were left at a makeshift memorial outside the Carpentersville home in the 1700 block of Kingston Circle where three children died as a result of a March 30 house fire. (Mike Danahey/The Courier-News)

Funeral services set for 3 boys killed in Carpentersville house fire, funded by charity

April 4, 2025 at 12:04 p.m.

Funeral arrangements have been set for the three children who died as the result of a house fire in Carpentersville last weekend, funded with money raised through a West Dundee-based...

Kari Goodmay, founder of The Gowns for Good nonprofit and owner of The Haight in downtown Elgin, shows off a wedding dress inspired by Disney's version of "Rapunzel" that will be sold for $1,500 at the pop-up sale they're holding April 17-19 for charity. (Mike Danahey/The Courier-News)

Gowns for Good sale in Elgin making wedding gowns available at deep discounts to benefit charity

April 4, 2025 at 9:15 a.m.

Kari Goodmay and her family are celebrating the 10th anniversary of opening The Haight with a pop-up sale at which brides can buy designer gowns at deeply discounted prices.

If an indoor pool was built at Randall Oaks Recreation Center in West Dundee, it would cost $1.08 million to operate annually but would produce only $300,450 in revenue, a consultant told the Dundee Township Park Board this week. (Dundee Township Park District)

Any new Dundee Township pool will operate at a deficit, consultants tell park board

April 4, 2025 at 8:40 a.m.

Regardless of whether a pool is built in Sleepy Hollow or West Dundee, it will operate at a deficit, consultants told the Dundee Township Park Board this week.

A sidewalk along the former Silbert Watch Co. site at Dundee and Stewart avenues in Elgin is closed as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency starts work to remove radium-contaminated soil and debris. (Mike Danahey/The Courier-News)

EPA starts work removing radium-tainted soil, debris from former Silbert Watch Co. in Elgin

April 3, 2025 at 1:35 p.m.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week started removing radium-contaminated soil from the former Silbert Watch Co. site and adjacent property at the northeast corner of Dundee and Stewart avenues...

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