Barrington Business
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‘We expect picking to be great’: Where you can pick your own apples this fallAug 24, 2024 9:07 am - The apple crop is looking good this year, according to owners of local orchards. Here’s a look at where you can pick your own this fall.
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‘Great idea, wrong location’: Fixed shelter for homeless adults nixed in GurneeAug 20, 2024 9:08 pm - A proposal to convert the FairBridge Inn on Grand Avenue in Gurnee to a fixed-site homeless shelter was derailed Monday.
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Path forward for Liberty Theater site? Village ‘committed’ to improving downtown gatewayAug 20, 2024 3:09 pm - Although a key requirement was narrowly rejected by the village board last week, there may be a path forward for redevelopment of the former Liberty Theater and property as a northern gateway to downtown Libertyville.
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The Biz Week That Was: Sears complex comes down, restaurant marks 50 years, residents opposing auto dealership among highlightsAug 18, 2024 5:41 am - Demolition begins on mammoth Sears complex in Hoffman Estates Demolition has begun on the 2.4 million square feet of office space that once served as Sears’ worldwid...
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‘It’s all about the bumblebees’: Dogs looking for nests help effort to boost pollinator habitats and populationAug 16, 2024 5:06 pm - Specially-trained dogs were used in Lake County forest preserves this year to locate bumblebee nests in an effort to improve pollinator habitat.
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‘It’s going to happen again’: Biting mites an issue for some following cicada emergenceAug 15, 2024 6:57 pm - Like 17 years ago, a corollary effect of the periodical cicada emergence has left some people scratching unexplained red welts appearing seemingly out of nowhere.
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Hoffman Estates joins other suburbs by outsourcing crossing guardsAug 15, 2024 2:56 pm - Facing increasing difficulty finding and retaining school crossing guards, Hoffman Estates is joining neighbors Schaumburg, Hanover Park and Barrington by contracting Aurora-based Andy Frain for those services.
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Neighbors give Barrington auto dealership proposal the worksAug 14, 2024 4:56 pm - Neighbors of Motor Werks of Barrington continue to push back against a proposed expansion of the campus near the corner of Dundee Road and Grove Avenue.
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‘I saw it as an opportunity’: Lake Zurich works toward banning sale of Delta-8, Kratom productsAug 09, 2024 9:44 pm - Lake Zurich has joined several other communities in banning the sale of unregulated Delta-8 and Kratom products.
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Contract approvals expected for additional roundabouts, trails in Lake County’s road planAug 05, 2024 4:53 pm - Another batch of big road and trail projects have been recommended for approval and are expected to proceed in various parts of Lake County.