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As Voice of Long Grove members prepare for majority control on the village board, they will have to address preservation plans for the historic covered bridge (pictured) in the new term.

Following strong showing on election day, Voice of Long Grove members prepare for majority control

May 14, 2019 at 3:38 a.m.

After the April 4 election, a group of like-minded candidates, called Voice of Long Grove, are preparing for majority control on the Long Grove Village Board and are hoping a...

Incumbent trustees in Lincolnshire secure new terms in close race

May 23, 2019 at 8:04 p.m.

In what turned out to be a tight election race for three spots on Lincolnshire Village Board, the three incumbent trustees in the village appeared to secure new terms Tuesday...

A dance group performs Bollywood routines during Daniel Wright Junior High School's first diversity fair in Lincolnshire.

United together, Daniel Wright Junior High School students and parents take part in first diversity fair

May 14, 2019 at 3:38 a.m.

As she watched her daughter Hannah learn Korean fan dancing during a recent event at Daniel Wright Junior High in Lincolnshire, Brooke Schwartz marveled at the unity on display between...

Shout Out: Chris VanOverberghe, a Stevenson High School student planning to donate instruments

May 14, 2019 at 3:38 a.m.

Stevenson High School sophomore Chris VanOverberghe would use car rides with his father to brainstorm names for his fledgling band after developing a passion for music. His band eventually went...

Mickey Capsuto, of Arlington Heights, holds a cup of wine while Rabbi Lisa Bellows extinguishes a braided candle in it, concluding the Jewish Sabbath. Members of Congregation Beth Am in Buffalo Grove celebrated the end of the Jewish Sabbath and held a Passover Wine Tasting Party in anticipation of the start of Passover.

Congregations in Buffalo Grove, Lincolnshire weigh modernizing Passover with technology

May 23, 2019 at 5:59 p.m.

To prepare for a sacred tradition in the 21st century, some Jewish congregations in the northwest suburbs have started to incorporate technology into Passover ceremonies, while others see the time-honored...

Candidates with Voice of Long Grove build strong leads in contested village board race

May 14, 2019 at 3:38 a.m.

A majority of voters in Long Grove strongly supported a slate of local candidates, called the Voice of Long Grove, which built up large leads in a contested race for...

A woman (right center) casts her votes April 4 at Hope Lutheran Church in Long Grove.

In areas near Buffalo Grove with many uncontested races, officials see low turnout

May 14, 2019 at 3:38 a.m.

At different polling locations in the Buffalo Grove area, where few local races are contested, election officials reported low turnout numbers Tuesday afternoon. Mike Golden, a site manager for the...

Buffalo Grove area kids participated in the Buffalo Grove Park District's "Got Talent" show. Posing with their awards are performers (from left) Swathi Sureshmoorthy, Rudra Chatterjee, Alysa Sachdeva, Varnika Maram, Tanishkka Dhawan, Preeti Kamma, Shansa Viswanathan, Diya Shah, Aishu Sanchula, Kaviya Suresh, Nysa Sachdeva, Nikita Goswami, Rhea Narayana and Riley Heydenburg.

Buffalo Grove area kids ‘Got Talent,’ perform in front of community

May 14, 2019 at 3:38 a.m.

The Buffalo Grove Park District's annual "Battle of the Bands" show recently turned into a battle open to everyone this year. Instead of limiting the show to local music groups,...

Workers install wires and move items around on the second floor of the recently renovated Indian Trails Public Library building in Wheeling.

Indian Trails Public Library previews $14.4 million building renovation ahead of opening

May 14, 2019 at 3:38 a.m.

A larger and more technological Indian Trails Public Library soon will open to the public, as crews put the finishing touches on a $14.4 million construction project that replaced almost...

Area school districts extend contract with bus provider despite Stevenson High School’s frustrations

May 23, 2019 at 8:04 p.m.

At least one school district in the Lincolnshire area is seeing a new, one-year contract extension with its student bus provider as a make-or-break deal after officials said they saw...

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