Greater Elgin
New digs for Elgin Junior Service Board clothes site
Since 1970, the Elgin Junior Service Board has helped families in need through its Clothing Distribution Center by providing garments at no cost.
Elginites to walk white carpet, look for themselves on screen in movie ‘Contagion’
When you see a TV commercial or promotional trailer for the Hollywood movie “Contagion” and you see Matt Damon’s character angrily shouting, “What happened to her?”, you’re seeing a bit of Elgin. And if you go to see the Warner Brothers medical thriller after it opens in theaters on Friday, chances are you’ll see some Elginites, too....STEM growing in U46 schools
Marianne Palczewski, 17, of Bartlett never would have thought she could use a compound mitre saw, she said....Rt. 31 in Elgin will close from U.S. 20 to Adams St.
A short stretch of Route 31 in Elgin will be closed for four days, starting Wednesday, because of an unforeseen problem with the combined sewer separation project near U.S. 20. ...Elgin will speed up graffiti cleanup
Under pressure from Elgin City Council members to erase the city’s growing amount of graffiti more quickly, city officials have changed their approach to eradicating this mixture of street-gang advertising and amateur artistry....What’s right, wrong with downtown? Elgin officials ‘walk-and-talk’ to find out
From Mayor Dave Kaptain and Police Chief Jeff Swoboda down through a man whose whole job is to write parking tickets, about 30 police officers, city officials and business people spread across the downtown area Tuesday afternoon to ask businesspeople what is right — and, especially, what is wrong — about the downtown area....Chemical health hazard listing could force South Elgin company to move overseas or close down
A local company says that a recent government decision listing styrene as a potential health threat is itself a threat to the manufacturer’s continuing operation....U-46 uncertain about salaries, state funding in new budget
School District U-46 officials have drafted a balanced budget for the upcoming school year, but one with large question marks remaining on both the revenue and expenditure sides....Ramp to close at I-90 and Route 31
Another Interstate 90 ramp near Elgin is closing tonight for construction, but two others will reopen....Elgin, Carpentersville-area high schooler’s ACT scores on the rise
Composite ACT scores are up this year in both Elgin School District U46 and Carpentersville-area Community Unit School District 300....
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