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Arlington Heights’ restaurants, here seen prepared for alfresco dining, are among the reasons Mayor Jim Tinaglia gives for the village’s ranking among best places to live. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com Several Chicago suburbs earned their place among U.S. News & World Report’s list of the 250 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2025-26. To…
Kate Olsen of Des Plaines was among the protesters at Thursday’s May Day Strong rally in Des Plaines. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com As the work day concluded Thursday afternoon, hundreds of people lined both sides of Northwest Highway in Palatine to protest President Donald Trump’s policies as part of May Day, or International Worker’s Day, rallies…
Jessica Mastalski Nearly two years after Des Plaines City Clerk Jessica Mastalski settled her lawsuit against the city-connected credit union where she once worked and the city, she again is arguing issues at the core of the case — but this time in the court of public opinion. Mastalski spent two minutes during last week’s…
The Des Plaines City Council has agreed to invest up to $12 million to redevelop a former bank building downtown as a restaurant. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com, 2024 Des Plaines officials are celebrating a proposed real-estate agreement that would see a historic downtown building undergo a multimillion-dollar renovation to become a new restaurant. The city council…
Des Plaines will pay $420,000 to acquire these buildings at 1096 Lee St. The city plans to demolish the structures and make the site available for redevelopment. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com With an eye on redevelopment, Des Plaines is buying two vacant buildings on Lee Street. The city council on Tuesday night voted to spend $420,000…
A display in a stairwell at Viator House of Hospitality shows the flags of some of the 28 countries its participants have come from since its 2017 founding. Dave Oberhelman/doberhelman@dailyherald.com A prominent painting in the second-floor kitchen at Viator House of Hospitality contained two artists’ shared vision. A path on the circular canvas led…
Estrella Leyva of Mount Prospect and her husband, Yojahiro Silva, pause to pray during an observance Wednesday at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com Pilgrims from near and far gathered on a chilly evening to pay homage to the Virgin Mary and seek her blessings Wednesday during the…
