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Local Singer Returns to his Roots

Local Singer Returns to his Roots

Singer Sean Heffernan grew up in Arlington Heights, where he readily admits that he spent his formative years playing in and around Pioneer Park. His antics gave him ample fodder for an original song, called Pioneer Park, which last year won the first songwriting...

Metropolis Extends Addams Family After Sold-Out Run

Metropolis Extends Addams Family After Sold-Out Run

After an unprecedented sold-out run of The Addams Family: The Musical, officials at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre added one more show. Closing night now takes place at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8. Artistic Director Brendan Ragan points to several reasons for its...

Arlington Heights Native Remembered on 9/11

Arlington Heights Native Remembered on 9/11

Mary Lenz Wieman is being remembered today, 22 years after she died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11. The Arlington Heights native, who attended Our Lady of the Wayside School, Sacred Heart of Mary High School in Rolling Meadows and the...

Hersey’s 50 Year Reunion Sparks Nostalgia

Hersey’s 50 Year Reunion Sparks Nostalgia

More than 100 members of Hersey's class of 1973 descended on the school last month and their thoughts turned to a simpler time. When they began as freshmen the school had been open only one year and much of the neighborhoods surrounding it was still farmland. For...

This Hoffman Estates Teacher Draws Tom Brady’s Interest

This Hoffman Estates Teacher Draws Tom Brady’s Interest

Kerri Largo teaches a business incubator class at Hoffman Estates High School and she also serves as chair of the business education department. Yet, even she admits she didn't know what an NFT was until two years ago when she learned about them from her students....

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