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About 50 residents attended Wednesdays Elgin City Council meeting to urge the city to reopen the Lords Park pool next year.

The Moving Wall, a half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, will be in Ewing Park in Ellwood City Aug. 18-21.

The Rotary Club of Ellwood City recently honored two leaders of the Ellwood City Arts, Craft, Food, and Entertainment Festival.

For the second year, several Elgin-area barbershops will provide free haircuts for students in need Aug. 14 before they head back to school. Haircuts and hairdos will be offered from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club of Elgin, 355 Dundee Ave., Elgin. It is open to students from kindergarten through 12th grade.

From Batavias Windmill City Festival to 2022 Fan Expo Chicago in Rosemont to St. Sophia Greek Fest in Elgin to Taste of Chicago to various cruise nights and concerts in the park, theres a plethora of things to do in the suburbs and Chicago.

Plan out a full slate of fun this weekend -- from Swedish Days to Wauconda Fest to Taste of Highland Park and more.

So many suburban festivals and so little time. Plan out a full slate of fun this weekend -- from Swedish Days to Naperville Fine Art Fair to Wauconda Fest to Taste of Highland Park to Palatine Jaycees Hometown Fest to Arlington Heights Frontier Days and more.

The festival season feels like its really getting back to normal with the return of Napervilles Ribfest, Taste of Des Plaines, Blues on the Fox in Aurora, Swedish Days in Geneva and the many concerts in the park, art fairs and cruise nights.

The Ellwood City Arts and Crafts Festival is returning for its 40th anniversary after a two-year hiatus.

The Ellwood City Wolves Club honored the Ellwood City Rotary Club for the latters 100th anniversary.