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Rolling Meadows Mayor Joe Gallo announced he wont seek a second term in office, while open mayoral races in Buffalo Grove and Prospect Heights drew only one hopeful each, as candidate filing for the April 4 local election began Monday.

Rolling Meadows Mayor Joe Gallo announced he wont seek a second term in office, while open mayoral races in Buffalo Grove and Prospect Heights drew only one hopeful each, as candidate filing for the April 4 local election began Monday.

Open mayoral races in Buffalo Grove and Prospect Heights drew only one hopeful each when candidate filing began Monday morning, but incumbents in Rolling Meadows and North Barrington could face challenges in the April 4 election.

Buffalo Grove Village President Beverly Sussman will not seek a third term as the towns top elected official next year. Instead, Sussman said she will endorse village Trustee Eric Smith for the post in the 2023 local elections.

Plans underway to bring back Buffalo Grove Days festival this year   Roller coaster riders enjoy the Wacky Mouse ride at the last Buffalo Grove Days festival, held in 2019. Officials are finalizing plans to hold a modified version of the late summer festival in 2021. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer, 2019   Updated 4/7/2021 6:29 PM Buffalo Grove is inching closer to finalizing plans to hold its Buffalo Grove Days late summer festival with modifications to keep volunteers and att...

Buffalo Grove gears up for summer event adjustments Kids scream with glee on a ride at Buffalo Grove Days. The fate of this years festival is uncertain. Daily Herald file photo/September 2010   Buffalo Grove officials are already planning for summer events. But its looking like Buffalo Grove Days might be drastically scaled down, even dead on arrival.   At Mondays committee of the whole, trustees pondered the options for summer events. The Farmers Market is a shoe-in for this su...