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In this 2019 file photo, residents start to gather for Lake Zurich's Independence Day festivities at Paulus Park. Village officials recently announced that all community events are canceled at least through early April amid the spread of the new coronavirus.

All community events, public meetings canceled for next month as Lake Zurich responds to coronavirus pandemic

March 16, 2020 at 12:57 p.m.

Like many other communities in the area, Lake Zurich has canceled community events and public meetings as part of a coordinated effort to try and slow the spread of the...

Lake Zurich allows — with limits — home-baked goods for sale

March 16, 2020 at 11:31 a.m.

Through the state's "Cupcake Law," Lake Zurich will allow residents to prepare baked goods at home for up to $1,000 a month in commercial or charitable sales. The village board...

Shout Out: Charice Wilczynski, a hockey aficionado who works at Glacier Ice Arena in Vernon Hills

March 13, 2020 at 2:13 p.m.

As a girl growing up in Hawthorn Woods who enjoyed playing hockey, Charice Wilczynski often competed alongside boys with the Northwest Chargers of Rolling Meadows. Wilczynski, who now lives in...

Testing phase of ‘Door Service’ recycling in Buffalo Grove shows program is a success: Village officials

March 9, 2020 at 3:28 p.m.

Buffalo Grove officials called the village's pilot "At Your Door Service" recycling program a great success, but one village leader suggested a minor tweak moving forward. More than 1,300 residents...

In this 2019 file photo, Lake Zurich neighbors Brian Bellew (left) and Jill Reninger try an ale poured by sampler Diane Stasiewicz during the Craft Beer Festival in Lake Zurich.

Craft Beer Festival in Lake Zurich tapped out in 2020 after run of low attendance and bad weather, officials say

March 5, 2020 at 1:23 p.m.

Lake Zurich is putting its annual Craft Beer Festival on hiatus following two years of low attendance and inclement weather, village officials announced recently. "We're taking the year to re-evaluate...

Shout Out: Katie O’Brian, outreach and school services librarian at Fremont Public Library in Mundelein

March 3, 2020 at 4:36 p.m.

Katie O'Brian recently spent her leap day telling silly stories to children between the ages of 2 and 5. O'Brian's "Leap Day Storytime" program Feb. 29 also represented just one...

Niles West dance company prepares weekend performances to ‘throwback’ songs

March 3, 2020 at 3:08 p.m.

During a bus ride last school year, Ceana Plurad made a casual comment to fellow members of the Orchesis Dance Company of Niles West High School. "I said, 'Let's do...

Members of the Niles West High School Ping-Pong Club and varsity pingpong team practice on Feb. 24, 2020.

The once-defunct Ping-Pong Club at Niles West High School is now flourishing with around 100 members

March 3, 2020 at 2:30 p.m.

Five years ago, a Niles West High School student approached Jerry Pope and asked him to sponsor the school's then-defunct Ping-Pong Club. "I said, 'Ask somebody else,'" recalled Pope, dean...

Highland Park High School girls soccer players Sydney Salgado, left, and Eva Hanson check the expiration dates on items donated to the Moraine Township Food Pantry.

Highland Park girls soccer players choose food pantry for random act of kindness

March 2, 2020 at 11:03 a.m.

Highland Park High School girls soccer players wanted to step up their game for Random Acts of Kindness Week this year. Last year, they took pizza to the city's police...

New townhomes, retail proposed for Route 22 intersection in Lake Zurich

February 21, 2020 at 9:12 a.m.

A Deer Park developer is wanting to build luxury townhomes and retail space at a site in Lake Zurich that has attracted the interest of developers before. The latest proposal...

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