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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 attendees safe.
Village Public Works Director Mike Skibbe said Monday that his staff has been working with the Buffalo Grove Days Committee and Buffalo Grove Park District leaders to explore ways to resume the event, which was canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Buffalo Grove trustee candidates get down to business at chamber forum Upper from left, Joanne Johnson, Gowri Magati and Lester Oppenheimer and, lower from left, Andrew Stein and Mike Terson are candidates for Buffalo Grove village board.
Updated 3/2/2021 7:25 PM
The five candidates for the Buffalo Grove village board debated ways to make the village more business-friendly during a forum Tuesday hosted by Buffalo Grove Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce.
Incumbent Joanne Johnson touted the village s outreach through a business newsletter and, during the pandemic, staff visits to businesses, rebates on liquor and video gaming licenses, and the BG Delivers promotional campaign.
Credit Capitol News Illinois
Two new Democratic Senators were sworn in Saturday to fill vacancies in the Illinois General Assembly.
Doris Turner, a former Springfield city councilperson, and Mike Simmons, former policy director for Mayor Rahm Emanuel, are also the two newest members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus.
The two Democratic appointments to the Senate follow the recent selections of Adriane Johnson, Cristina Pacione-Zayas and Sally Turner to vacancies in the 30th, 20th and 44th Senate Districts, respectively. They’ve replaced retiring senators through appointments from party officials.
Mike Simmons
Simmons fills the vacancy left by former Sen. Heather Steans, who resigned at the end of January from her seat representing the 7th Senate District on Chicago’s north side.
New Democratic state senators sworn in Democratic state Sens. Mike Simmons and Doris Turner
Updated 2/8/2021 3:54 PM
SPRINGFIELD Two new Democratic Senators were sworn in Saturday to fill vacancies in the Illinois General Assembly.
Doris Turner, a former Springfield City Council member, and Mike Simmons, former policy director for Mayor Rahm Emanuel, are also the two newest members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus.
The two Democratic appointments to the Senate follow the recent selections of Adriane Johnson, Cristina Pacione-Zayas and Sally Turner to vacancies in the 30th, 20th and 44th Senate Districts, respectively. They ve replaced retiring senators through appointments from party officials.