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Gail Borden Public Library is hosting a variety of holiday activities and special programs in December.

Jerilyn Damiani, a recovery nurse in the post-anesthesia care unit, has been named Advocate Sherman Hospitals Nurse of the Year.

Hanover Township will distribute holiday meal boxes beginning Thursday, Dec. 15 through Friday, Dec. 23, at the Astor Avenue Community Center, 7431 Astor Ave., in Hanover Park. Meal boxes will be offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Meal boxes will not be distributed Saturday, Dec. 17 and Sunday, Dec. 18.

Nothing But Treble, a womens choral ensemble under the direction of Kathi Bernhard, will present the concert "Light the Darkness with Song" at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, in Elgin.

Join Friends of the Fox River on Sunday, Dec. 11, for the annual Nature Arts & Crafts Show. The center becomes a holiday wonderland while artists and craftspeople gather to show and sell their nature-inspired wares.

On Saturday, Dec. 17, all are invited to a retelling of the Christmas Story with songs at a joint celebration with Kingdom Advancement Center and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.

Yellow House Artists, an organization of artists who work in oil pastel and/or oil stick, will host an artists reception on Sunday, Dec. 4. The show features original paintings by 24 artists from 16 towns around the suburbs.

No one was injured in a small fire Tuesday at a residence in Elgin, the Elgin Fire Department said.

Judson Theatre and the Demoss Center for Worship in the Performing Arts will hold a Christmas concert Saturday.

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