![Molly Pinta was in middle school when she founded the gay pride parade in Buffalo Grove – the village’s first. Now a young adult and heading off to college in the fall, she is passing the reins of the ever-growing, perennial parade on to her parents. On June 2, 2019, shortly before the first parade rolled, Pinta, who was 13 at the time, stood on a Buffalo Grove road that morning as a rising seventh-grader, posing with her parents Bob and Carolyn Pinta for a family portrait. Since then, the “Buffalo Grove Pride Parade” has been a milestone for the […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2022/06/06/2KMG63IBZFAE3GA6AT5LK7ACVA.jpg?w=135 "Molly Pinta was in middle school when she founded the gay pride parade in Buffalo Grove – the village’s first. Now a young adult and heading off to college in the fall, she is passing the reins of the ever-growing, perennial parade on to her parents. On June 2, 2019, shortly before the first parade rolled, Pinta, who was 13 at the time, stood on a Buffalo Grove road that morning as a rising seventh-grader, posing with her parents Bob and Carolyn Pinta for a family portrait. Since then, the “Buffalo Grove Pride Parade” has been a milestone for the […]")
Gay pride parade rolls in Buffalo Grove, its young founder headed to college and passing torch
Molly Pinta was in middle school when she founded the gay pride parade in Buffalo...
Buffalo Grove
![The annual Barrington Art Festival in historic downtown Barrington started with a ribbon cutting, opening the 15th year of the event that Rollin Potter, director of the Barrington Cultural Commission, called a “wonderful opportunity to meet artists from all over the country.” “A ribbon cutting symbolically opens the show and it’s just like a curtain rising at a performance,” said festival organizer Amy Amdur, of Highland Park, president of Amdur Productions, a fine arts festival company she founded in 1984. “And a festival is, in fact, a performance,” Amdur added. “The artists are the actors on stage and their craft […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/PPN-BarringtonArt2024-6.jpg?w=132 "The annual Barrington Art Festival in historic downtown Barrington started with a ribbon cutting, opening the 15th year of the event that Rollin Potter, director of the Barrington Cultural Commission, called a “wonderful opportunity to meet artists from all over the country.” “A ribbon cutting symbolically opens the show and it’s just like a curtain rising at a performance,” said festival organizer Amy Amdur, of Highland Park, president of Amdur Productions, a fine arts festival company she founded in 1984. “And a festival is, in fact, a performance,” Amdur added. “The artists are the actors on stage and their craft […]")
Art festival in Barrington brings works of artists ‘from all over the country’
The annual Barrington Art Festival in historic downtown Barrington started with a ribbon cutting, opening...
![The inaugural “Lake Zurich Water Lantern Festival” drew more than 5,000 people to Henry J. Paulus Park recently, where the lighted crafts were launched into the beach waters and illuminated the night. “We’re really fortunate that this evening’s event had an overwhelming response,” Village Manager Ray Keller said about the May 18 event. According to the event organizers, One World Lantern Festival, the event was a multi-purpose one, including an opportunity to “experience … therapeutic power, where the serene setting and the act of releasing lanterns provide a unique space for emotional healing and rejuvenation.” It was to also offer […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/PPN-LakeZurichLantern-23_41fe40.jpg?w=140 "The inaugural “Lake Zurich Water Lantern Festival” drew more than 5,000 people to Henry J. Paulus Park recently, where the lighted crafts were launched into the beach waters and illuminated the night. “We’re really fortunate that this evening’s event had an overwhelming response,” Village Manager Ray Keller said about the May 18 event. According to the event organizers, One World Lantern Festival, the event was a multi-purpose one, including an opportunity to “experience … therapeutic power, where the serene setting and the act of releasing lanterns provide a unique space for emotional healing and rejuvenation.” It was to also offer […]")
Lake Zurich held its first ‘Lantern Festival’ and launched the lighted crafts into the waters at Paulus Park
The inaugural “Lake Zurich Water Lantern Festival” drew more than 5,000 people to Henry J....
![As freshmen, the now-graduating Adlai Stevenson High School Class of 2024 got off to a challenging start – beginning high school amid a global pandemic, in isolation and guided by national, state and local public health instructions. Now, after overcoming the challenges of that time, the graduates and their family filled the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates Friday for the commencement ceremony the superintendent said the students are definitely worthy of. “I think it’s pretty safe to say that no class in the history of Illinois has got off to a more inauspicious start. It was a challenge for them,” […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/PPN-StevensonGrad2024-19.jpg?w=134 "As freshmen, the now-graduating Adlai Stevenson High School Class of 2024 got off to a challenging start – beginning high school amid a global pandemic, in isolation and guided by national, state and local public health instructions. Now, after overcoming the challenges of that time, the graduates and their family filled the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates Friday for the commencement ceremony the superintendent said the students are definitely worthy of. “I think it’s pretty safe to say that no class in the history of Illinois has got off to a more inauspicious start. It was a challenge for them,” […]")
Stevenson High School Class of 2024 ‘proved themselves worthy’ of graduating after starting during pandemic
As freshmen, the now-graduating Adlai Stevenson High School Class of 2024 got off to a...
![The John Hersey High School Class of 2024 stepped onto the field of Roland R. Goins Stadium Wednesday for the commencement ceremony that paid tribute to not only completing four years of high school, but doing so under some of the most extenuating circumstances. “Graduation is such a special day for our kids and the way they began their high school career with so much adversity, and what they’ve overcome these four years, they’re definitely stronger now for having faced that,” Township High School District 214 Superintendent Scott Rowe told Pioneer Press. The Class of 2024 in District 214, which […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/PPN-HerseyGrad2024-2.jpg?w=140 "The John Hersey High School Class of 2024 stepped onto the field of Roland R. Goins Stadium Wednesday for the commencement ceremony that paid tribute to not only completing four years of high school, but doing so under some of the most extenuating circumstances. “Graduation is such a special day for our kids and the way they began their high school career with so much adversity, and what they’ve overcome these four years, they’re definitely stronger now for having faced that,” Township High School District 214 Superintendent Scott Rowe told Pioneer Press. The Class of 2024 in District 214, which […]")
Hersey High School graduating Class of ’24 is ‘stronger now’ after starting high school amid adversity
The John Hersey High School Class of 2024 stepped onto the field of Roland R....
As Arlington Heights proposes to eliminate all billboards in the village, a Chicago Bears one could remain
A Chicago Bears electronic billboard on Route 53 could be among the giant advertisements at...
![Memorial Day weekend tends to be the unofficial beginning of summer, and Arlington Heights, Barrington, Buffalo Grove and Lake Zurich are bringing in the season with special events. Arlington Heights American Legion and Veterans Memorial Committee of Arlington Heights organized the 105th annual Memorial Day parade set to take place Monday, the village of Arlington Heights’ website states. According to the website, the parade starts at 9:30 a.m. at Arlington Heights Road and Sigwalt Street, goes west to Sigwalt, turns north on Dunton Avenue, turns west on Euclid Avenue, and goes south on Chestnut Avenue. The parade concludes at Memorial […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2022/06/01/NKFFE2Z5RVFELPLAZXX5X2TF2Y.jpg?w=135 "Memorial Day weekend tends to be the unofficial beginning of summer, and Arlington Heights, Barrington, Buffalo Grove and Lake Zurich are bringing in the season with special events. Arlington Heights American Legion and Veterans Memorial Committee of Arlington Heights organized the 105th annual Memorial Day parade set to take place Monday, the village of Arlington Heights’ website states. According to the website, the parade starts at 9:30 a.m. at Arlington Heights Road and Sigwalt Street, goes west to Sigwalt, turns north on Dunton Avenue, turns west on Euclid Avenue, and goes south on Chestnut Avenue. The parade concludes at Memorial […]")
Parades, art festival and solemn ceremonies to mark Memorial Day celebrations in Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights area
Memorial Day weekend tends to be the unofficial beginning of summer, and Arlington Heights, Barrington,...
![Heightened in-home gun safety, automated license plate camera readers and police drones are among the new public safety initiatives undertaken by the Buffalo Grove Police Department, officials say. In a video interview with Village President Eric Smith and police Chief Brian Budds posted recently to YouTube, the village announced that the new public safety initiatives were also announced to village residents in an electronic newsletter. Budds, who joined the village a year-and-a-half ago, said he was asked then to assess the police department and its technology. The chief said he identified some opportunities — particularly with gun safety, automated license […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/03/24/TLDZZYLGXVEZHBS4PGEOUCEP6A.jpg?w=135 "Heightened in-home gun safety, automated license plate camera readers and police drones are among the new public safety initiatives undertaken by the Buffalo Grove Police Department, officials say. In a video interview with Village President Eric Smith and police Chief Brian Budds posted recently to YouTube, the village announced that the new public safety initiatives were also announced to village residents in an electronic newsletter. Budds, who joined the village a year-and-a-half ago, said he was asked then to assess the police department and its technology. The chief said he identified some opportunities — particularly with gun safety, automated license […]")
Buffalo Grove mayor, police chief hold social media chat discussing safety programs
Heightened in-home gun safety, automated license plate camera readers and police drones are among the...
Summer festival time has arrived in the Chicago suburbs, northwest Indiana
Summer is here and festival season is heating up. Here’s a handy guide to area...
![The Buffalo Grove Fire Department is investigating the cause of a blaze that broke out in a semi-tractor trailer truck Friday afternoon that was on The Clove construction site in the northwest suburb. The Clove is a sprawling $150 million redevelopment being built that is planned to include 297 luxury residences, retail and dining establishments, and park space. According to a village news release, at around 2:30 p.m. Friday, firefighters were called to the site, in the 200 block of McHenry Road, on a report of “a large garbage trailer on fire.” “Upon arrival, firefighters confirmed a large open top […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2024/01/19/I7PYHXMXHVCDHNWH5SMG3MEJNA.jpg?w=135 "The Buffalo Grove Fire Department is investigating the cause of a blaze that broke out in a semi-tractor trailer truck Friday afternoon that was on The Clove construction site in the northwest suburb. The Clove is a sprawling $150 million redevelopment being built that is planned to include 297 luxury residences, retail and dining establishments, and park space. According to a village news release, at around 2:30 p.m. Friday, firefighters were called to the site, in the 200 block of McHenry Road, on a report of “a large garbage trailer on fire.” “Upon arrival, firefighters confirmed a large open top […]")
‘Fully involved’ dumpster fire reported on construction site of The Clove, $150M redevelopment in Buffalo Grove
The Buffalo Grove Fire Department is investigating the cause of a blaze that broke out...