Reopening debate divides District 25 board candidates
District 25 and 214 parents rallied last September in North School Park in Arlington Heights to reopen schools. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Updated 3/12/2021 8:50 PM
Much like the divide in the community that developed last summer, the eight candidates in the contentious Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 board race are split over the degree to which the district should have reopened schools this academic year.
While District 25 families and students who have chosen the in-person option are now back four days a week, school board candidates, parents and residents continue to wrangle over the current board s decision-making process an ongoing debate that began when the district announced in July it would start the school year remotely.
Arlington Heights mayor pledges extensive involvement in future of Arlington Park site
Pictured here at his 2020 State of the Village address, Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes instead gave a virtual speech Thursday afternoon to the Rotary Club. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer, 2020
Arlington Heights village officials plan to have extensive involvement in the future of Arlington Park, Mayor Tom Hayes pledged Thursday. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer, 2020
Updated 3/11/2021 7:16 PM
Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes says he and village officials plan to have extensive involvement in what becomes of the Arlington Park site, though he noted the village doesn t have control over the property itself.
Frontier Days canceled for second year in a row in Arlington Heights
Crowds that packed the midway during Frontier Days in Arlington Heights in 2019 won t return until 2022, amid the festival s cancellation for the second year in a row. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer, 2019
Updated 3/10/2021 6:29 PM
One of the largest summer festivals in the suburbs Frontier Days in Arlington Heights is canceled for the second year in a row, organizers announced Wednesday.
Cancellation of the five-day festival of bands, food, arts and crafts, carnival rides, family entertainment and games also comes with the postponement of the 4th of July Parade and Stampede run that takes place over the same long summer weekend. All events are organized by the Frontier Days, Inc. nonprofit group and its volunteer board of directors.
First outdoor dining, and now outdoor theater?
On the heels of the popular Arlington Alfresco that closed downtown Arlington Heights streets in 2020 and is set to start again this Friday the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre plans to stage productions this spring and summer just blocks away under a tent.
Theater and village officials have proposed closing Eastman Avenue from Arlington Heights Road to Evergreen Street right in-between North School Park and a village-owned parking garage where a 40-by-90-foot tent would play host to two theater productions from May through September.
The structure with tent flaps open on the west and south sides would have room for at least 80 socially-distanced, masked theatergoers. The stage would be situated 60 feet east of Evergreen and face Arlington Heights Road, with the nearest residences some 200 feet away in the other direction at the Hancock Square apartments. Metropolis officials say the tent will be lined with small spea
Sign of spring? Arlington Alfresco returns Friday
The intersection of Campbell Street and Vail Avenue in downtown Arlington Heights will be closed starting Wednesday in preparation for the return of the Arlington Alfresco outdoor dining zone on Friday. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Early morning dog walkers on Tuesday stroll past road closed signs that line Vail Avenue in downtown Arlington Heights, as the village prepares for setup of Arlington Alfresco. The popular outdoor dining zone opens Friday. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Updated 3/9/2021 4:16 PM
Street closures in downtown Arlington Heights will go into effect Wednesday morning in preparation for the start of the Arlington Alfresco outdoor dining zone on Friday.