Thanksgiving dinner takes a lot of planning, shopping, prep, cooking and cleanup. With a job, kids and Christmas around the corner, the thought of all the work can be daunting. Some Elgin-area restaurants and grocery stores remove all the labor involved by offering pre-made or to-go meals or being open on the holiday.
President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on his plan to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, which has left professors and education experts envisioning a mostly bleak future for student learning. On Tuesday, he announced he chose Linda McMahon, a former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, who served as the leader of the Small Business Administration […]
For journalists, critics, and Americans of honor, the price of speaking up will be high and uncomfortable, as high and uncomfortable as looking over the fence at the neighbor’s incessantly barking dog, recognizing his desperation, and resolving to help him. But the price of not speaking up, for you, for the dog, and for the nation, will be even higher.
Despite some opposition to the package, the Village Board has approved sales tax breaks that will bring the popular Hometown Coffee and Juice to downtown Northbrook. Village officials said a $1.5 million development loan, expected to be repaid mostly with sales taxes generated by the new restaurant, will help bring a vibrancy to the downtown area that residents and business owners have long desired. “Unfortunately, these types of incentives are what surrounding communities do in order to bring these types of anchor businesses within their business corridors,” Trustee Michelle Kohler said. “Hometown is a proven business with a model we’ve […]
The question of whether to allow backyard chickens came up again Nov. 18 at Skokie’s Village Board meeting after a trustee proposed repealing the village’s ban on the birds. The director of the health department said there is a risk of the birds spreading disease to humans.
Montez Sweat has only 3½ sacks and is in a bit of a slump. The Chicago Bears hope to “reset” their front in bid to get after Minnesota Vikings QB Sam Darnold.
For someone who entered the league with Sidney Crosby-sized promise, the burden of expectations may finally be weighing on Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard.
Matteson Mayor Sheila Chalmers-Currin said the village purchased the Lincoln Mall parcel in August for roughly $108,000.
The annual La Grange Hometown Holidays, a month of events celebrating the season, begins Nov. 30 with Small Business Saturday events.
The plant in question could be Thanksgiving cacti, plant experts say.