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Libertyville student's app helps feed the hungry
Nov 18, 2021 4:02 PM - Solve Hunger began as an idea at the Sharma family dinner table. The Sharmas were discussing potential solutions to improve food drive networks locally. -
Biggest hurdle to proposed environmental education center cleared with $2 million donation
Nov 5, 2021 7:40 PM - An anonymous donation of $2 million is a huge boost for a proposed "net zero" educational facility at the Edward L. Ryerson Conservation Area near Riverwoods. -
Dunn Museum to display lesser-known Ansel Adams works in new exhibition
Nov 5, 2021 6:00 AM - Famed landscape photographer Ansel Adams was overwhelmingly influential on generations of artists and environmentalists. The Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County in Libertyville is featuring the famed photographer's lesser-known works Nov. 6 through March 27, 2022.
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District 128 Foundation for Learning fundraiser SaturdayNov 2, 2021 12:32 PM - The Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 Foundation for Learning will host its annual fundraiser from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6.
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Muslim police officer is breaking barriers in Bartlett
Oct 19, 2021 5:44 AM - Maha Ayesh of Lombard is the first in her extended Palestinian American family to become a police officer, joining the Bartlett Police Department last October. She also is the suburbs' first Muslim female police officer who wears a hijab -- an Islamic head covering.
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Constable: Why Vernon Township named pool after late Buffalo Grove man
Oct 16, 2021 4:37 PM - Public places often are named to honor someone who spent decades working for the institution. Vernon Township is naming its swimming pool in memory of a Buffalo Grove resident who died at age 22, and it makes perfect sense.
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How controversy has changed the way Columbus' story is taught in schools
Oct 11, 2021 6:11 AM - For generations, students in American elementary schools were taught Christopher Columbus "sailed the ocean blue" to discover America in 1492. But with growing controversy, lessons about Columbus are much more nuanced today in suburban classrooms, at least in the higher grades. -
Ready to fly: Monarchs raised at Libertyville High School prepare for their winter migration
Oct 8, 2021 5:15 PM - Monarch butterflies raised in an environmental science classroom at Libertyville High School are set to be released for their long, perilous migration to the mountains outside Mexico City. -
Gurnee students learn local history and share facts with forest preserve visitors
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High school students get chance to call the shots in Buffalo Grove
Oct 7, 2021 6:00 AM - In what has become an annual tradition, the Buffalo Grove Civics Forum last week gave select Buffalo Grove and Stevenson high school students a chance to gain hands-on experience in municipal government experience by making decisions on actual village policies.
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