Growing up in Mount Prospect, Artist Fawn Bruzan describes spending free time with her family along the Des Plaines River, hiking, canoeing and just soaking up nature. Her immersion into the natural setting of the river -- and surrounding Cook County Forest Preserve...

They go about it quietly, but members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society at Our Lady of the Wayside Parish in Arlington Heights provide life-changing help for local families, when they need it most. Short term assistance can range from helping with utilities,...

Wheeling High School is the place to be Saturday, when the Chicagoland Marching Band Festival returns, this year with 21 bands from city and suburban high schools. Some of the participating bands include: Buffalo Grove, Fremd, Glenbrook South, Lake Park, Prospect and...

Mary Lenz Wieman will be remembered Friday, exactly 25 years after she died on 9/11, in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The Arlington Heights native, who attended Our Lady of the Wayside School, Sacred Heart of Mary High School in Rolling Meadows and...

By all accounts, Colin Stanhope loved his years at Hersey High School. Before graduating in 2022, he participated in everything from the marching band and jazz band, to the boys' tennis team. Inside the classroom, he excelled, eventually being named to the National...

The Arlington Heights Memorial Library's bookmobile has been rolling around town for more than 50 years. In all, six different bookmobiles have served the community, and the last one drew more than 400,000 residents who checked out 1.2 million items from the library’s...

Look for every bay at Schaumburg's Topgolf to be filled Thursday night when supporters of District 214's Education Foundation -- including business leaders, municipal officials and community activists -- come out to take their swings. For the fourth year in a row,...

Dear SuburbTalk readers: This is the lates in a series of stories written by Jon Gardner, Assistant Curator of the Arlington Heights Historical Museum. Each month, he previews a new display at the museum. In September, the featured display will depict the life and...

A pool table has been part of the Arlington Heights Senior Center since it opened in 1982, in its original location in the old Park School. When the Center moved in 1997 to its current location on Central Road, the pool table moved with it and became a featured...

Natalie Griffin, co-founder of Gerry's Cafe, proudly hung up a new award inside the shop this week, after Gerry's earned the BEST of 2026 Arlington Heights Award in the Cafe category. This award is based on Google Reviews from customers, verified and certified...