Elgin’s Juneteenth festivities include Friday market, day-long celebration Saturday in Festival Park
Elgin's Juneteenth celebration begins with the Downtown Elgin Market Friday followed by a daylong festival at Festival Park.
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Aurora Pride Parade offers chance to ‘show your true colors’
Aurora Pride, a nonprofit founded in 2019, sponsored the parade on Sunday in the city's downtown.
Downtown Elgin’s a-poppin’ with newly opened businesses and others coming soon
With a half dozen new businesses recently opening or coming soon, Elgin is offering even more to bring more people to the downtown district, officials said.
Carpentersville approves plans for 28-home Habitat for Humanity subdivision
Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley has received the village of Carpentersvilleās blessing to build a 28-home subdivision, with 13 of the houses generating net zero greenhouse gas emissions.
Elgin commission backs vacant land rezoning for new gas station off Randall Road
For decades Elgin officials have resisted anything other than office space being built in the area of Capital Street and Alft Lane, but that may be changing. With the COVID-19...
New name and logo, 17 new vendors and lots to experience when the Downtown Elgin Market opens Friday
It has a new name and logo and 17 new vendors but Elgin's downtown farmers market will boast the same sights, sounds and familiar smells when it opens Friday for...
Rainy conditions couldn’t stop the rainbows at this year’s Elgin Pride Parade
Rainy weather couldn't dampen the spirits of those who turned out Saturday for the second-annual Elgin Pride Parade held downtown by nonprofit ELGbtq+.
Elgin Pride Parade and Festival to be even larger than last year, ELGbtq+ organizers say
ELGbtq+ made history last year with the first Elgin Pride Parade and Festival. This Saturday, the nonprofit is planning an even bigger event to celebrate the city'sĀ LGBTQ+ community.
Remembering Our Fallen puts human face on the soldiers who have died since 9/11: ‘I want to remember’
Remembering Our Fallen, a photographic memorial honoring members of the U.S. military who died in the Iraq and Afganistan wars, shows young men and women dressed in their official uniforms...
Wall That Heals escorted into West Dundee for Memorial Day weekend exhibit
Setting up The Wall That Heals exhibit, a traveling replica of the national Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is done with the utmost of care, according to Vic Muschler,...