The Buffalo Grove village board has approved an ordinance amending the special-use permit allowing the park district to operate its golf dome. The move will enable the park district to upgrade the Golf and Sports Center, 801 McHenry Road.
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Buffalo Grove clears way for golf dome update
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Heart of Community Awards
The Buffalo Grove Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce seeks nominations for the 2014 Heart of the Community Awards.
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Images: The Week in Pictures
This edition of The Week in Pictures features people packing food for starving children, a dog jumping contest, and a variety of summer festival fun.
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Roselle man charged with child pornography
Bond was set at $10,000 for a suburban man charged with child pornography. Wojciech Florczykowski, 39, was arrested July 7, following an investigation initiated three years ago after he was fired from his Wheeling company for poor job performance. That investigation led to the discovery of child pornography on his work computer, authorities said.
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Images: The Week in Pictures
This edition of The Week in Pictures features people packing food for starving children, a dog jumping contest, and a variety of summer festival fun.
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Meet the latest group of Northwest suburban Merit scholars
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has released the names of about 1,600 additional winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by colleges and universities, including many from Illinois. Here are the Northwest suburban winners.
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Torah Academy on the move in Buffalo Grove
The Buffalo Grove village board has cleared the way for the Torah Academy to operate in what school leaders hope is a permanent home at 720 Armstrong Drive. Village trustees approved a special-use permit allowing the Hebrew elementary school to move into the property that is in an area zoned for industrial uses.
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Last gap in Des Plaines River Trail closed
The purchase of 4.4 acres approved Tuesday by the Lake County Forest Preserve District board officially will close the last gap in the Des Plaines River Trail.
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Save Buffalo Grove forms PAC
Save Buffalo Grove, a citizen group that formed to oppose a proposal to build a 65-acre "downtown" project in the village, has formed the Save Buffalo Grove Political Action Committee, allowing the group to raise funds and engage in political activities. "We can do more to educate the entire community regarding the implications of the downtown development and how sad it will be to lose this land to another commercial development. I think that being a PAC will give us more clout," said Marilyn Weisberg, the group's communications director.
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WWII-era aircraft land at Wheeling airport
Fitting for the "glamour queen" of WWII-era bombers, the B-17 Liberator pulled up to a crowd of camera-toting onlookers at a Wheeling airport Friday. Then, came the B-24 Liberator, where veterans like Joseph Houska lingered for the rare visit. "I'm speechless," the 92-year-old said.
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Images: The Week in Pictures
This edition of The Week in Pictures features a lot of animals, including horses, cows, and puppies, as well as an image of teachers learning to teach, and several looks at the Kane County Fair.
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Deal reached to save Town Center in Wheeling
An agreement announced Monday between Wheeling and four other governing bodies apparently will save the $150 million Town Center planned for the site that once held Wickes Furniture.
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Buffalo Grove moves Night Out back to Willow Stream Park
Buffalo Grove is moving its annual National Night Out back to Willow Stream Park this year, scrapping earlier plans to hold the Aug. 5 event at Mike Rylko Community Park. The Night Out will feature free food, live music, a business expo, games and attractions for children, and interactive displays by the Buffalo Grove Police and Fire departments.
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Images: Cop for a Day
Seven-year-old Adam Brodersen, of Buffalo Grove, who was born with a heart defect, lived out his dream of being a police officer on Wednesday, thanks to the generosity of the Buffalo Grove Police Department.
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Des Plaines hopes to save money if new water deal approved
Des Plaines is close to finalizing a deal for a new water source that officials say would save the city $7,000 a day by weaning itself off Chicago's water. Mayor Matt Bogusz and City Manager Mike Bartholomew believe they may have found residents and businesses a cheaper, alternative water source in the Northwest Water Commission, which provides water to Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Palatine and Wheeling.
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7-year-old gets to be a Buffalo Grove officer for a day
A first-grader from Palatine who was born with a heart defect lived out his dream of being a police officer thanks to the generosity of the Buffalo Grove force. "I'm going to catch the bad guys!" the delighted 7-year-old exclaimed. (With adorable video and picture gallery!)
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Northwest suburban police blotter
A female resident of Buffalo Grove was scammed out of an undisclosed amount of money after she received a phone call from a man claiming to be from Homeland Security, police said.
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Investors ‘bullish' on acquiring properties in Arlington Heights, elsewhere
The Metrolofts in downtown Arlington Heights, which was the center of a bankruptcy of its developer, was purchased for about $3.8 million by an attorney and a real estate developer who have been buying distressed properties around the suburbs. One was raised in Arlington Heights and the other in Mount Prospect.
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Saturday soapbox
Daily Herald editors express a variety of thoughts about issues in the suburbs, including a community meeting on a Bloomingdale park, the shadow of Chicago in Cooperstown and a decline in lobbying in Cook County.
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Wheeling restaurant holding fundraiser for GiGi's Playhouse
Spears Bourbon-Burgers-Beer in Wheeling will host a fundraiser for GiGi's Playhouse as part of its grand opening Wednesday, July 30. Gigi's Playhouse provides educational and therapeutic programs at no charge to families for individuals with Down syndrome.
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