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Elgin's annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony is one of three being held in the area Wednesday on the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist attacks in 2001. (File photo)

Elgin News Digest: Elgin, Carpentersville, ECC to remember 9/11 with memorials; Elgin Area Chamber open house, free lunch set for next week

September 5, 2024 at 10:45 a.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Banners featuring the faces of current, retired or deceased members of the military are on display along Main Street in Carpentersville. (Village of Carpentersville)

Elgin News Digest: Carpentersville seeking vet images for Main Street banners; East Dundee demolishing two houses on Van Buren Street

September 3, 2024 at 11:43 a.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

These are examples of the type of handblown glass and carved ceramic ornaments made by Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles that will hidden in Kane County forest preserves as part of the Great Orb Hunt, which begins Thursday. (Fine Line Creative Arts Center)

Let the Great Orb Hunt begin — 150 glass balls hidden along Kane County trails

August 30, 2024 at 5:36 p.m.

With the calendar heading in September, it’s time once again for the Forest Preserve District of Kane County's Great Orb Hunt. There's no need for a gun or a permit...

The 13th annual Illinois Brews @ Bowes fundraiser, held by the Elgin Parks and Recreation Foundation, will be held Sept. 7 at the Bowes Creek Country Club in Elgin. (Elgin Parks and Recreation Foundation)

Elgin News Digest: Illinois Brews @ Bowes to benefit Elgin parks and rec; West Dundee board recognizes student weightlifter; Carpentersville lights village hall for young Malan patient

August 30, 2024 at 8:30 a.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

The owners of Shar's Armanetti Fine Wine and Spirits have obtained a village permit to demolish the Carpentersville store after a May fire caused $1.5 million in damage. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

Elgin News Digest: Elgin officer cleared in non-fatal shooting; Love on the Lawn music event being held Saturday in Elgin; fire-damaged Armanetti’s to be demolished

August 28, 2024 at 6:03 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Full Circle Communities' conversion of the Larkin Center on Elgin’s west side into housing units has won a 2024 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award. (Congress of New Urbanism)

Elgin News Digest: Elgin’s Larkin Place renovation wins Landmarks Illinois award; West Dundee hires Schaumburg officer as its next police chief; Beefaroo in West Dundee shuts its doors

August 26, 2024 at 6:20 p.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Randall Oaks Zoo manager Sara Peters stands in front of the new World of Wonders building, which is now open to the public and will allow the West Dundee zoo to remain open year-round. (Mike Danahey/The Courier-News)

Cast of new animal characters await visitors at Randall Oak Zoo’s World of Wonders

August 23, 2024 at 1:40 p.m.

Randall Oaks Zoo in West Dundee celebrates its 60th anniversary this month with a gift for the public — the opening of its new World of Wonders building.

K9 Officer Russ Nisivaco is seen here with his Ace, a German shepherd that is one of two new dogs to join the Elgin Police Department's patrol division. (Elgin Police Department)

Elgin News Digest: Elgin police add new dogs to K9 unit; CASA executive director to receive TriCity Family Services award; ribbon-cutting event being held for Longmeadow bridge

August 23, 2024 at 8:29 a.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Dogs running loose in Carpentersville have prompted the village to include a reminder in water bills about that pets must be securely kept in yards or on leashes. (Alex Garcia/for the baiduhai)

Elgin News Digest: Carpentersville water bills include dog leashing reminder; petitions for Elgin Community College Board seats available; Dundee Township Rotary Club Fido Fest set for Saturday

August 22, 2024 at 9:01 a.m.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Cost estimates for U-46’s new/renovated elementary schools presented to board

August 20, 2024 at 1:46 p.m.

Cost recommendations for four new or expanded/renovated elementary schools were presented to the U-46 School Board Monday, all keeping within the $380 million parameter set for the district's overall facilities...

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