Proponents pushing for passage of Palatine Township mental health referendum

Proponents pushing for passage of Palatine Township mental health referendum

  Chelsea Laliberte Barnes addresses the Palatine Village Board at Monday’s meeting. Steve Zalusky/szalusky@dailyherald.com Proponents of a citizen-backed referendum to establish a mental health board in Palatine Township and a tax to support it are making their push in the month before the election. Several spoke at Monday’s Palatine village board meeting. A town hall…

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Cats meet Claus at Barb’s Precious Rescue event

Cats meet Claus at Barb’s Precious Rescue event

  Barb’s Precious Rescue founder Barb Weber, “Santa Claus” Don Kronberg and his daughter Emma with the Kronbergs’ cat Sadie during Whiskers & Wishes With Santa at Barb’s Precious Rescue in Palatine on Dec. 15. Steve Zalusky/szalusky@dailyherald.com There were no reindeer. But there were plenty of cats, as Barb’s Precious Rescue and Adoption Center in…

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WINGS helps women, kids escape domestic violence

WINGS helps women, kids escape domestic violence

  WINGS Clinical Services Manager Megan Wiesner, left, and WINGS President and CEO Rebecca A. Darr in a counseling room at the suburban Foglia Family Resource Center. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com Domestic abuse traps thousands of Illinois residents in a cycle of violence that too often can seem endless. But Rolling Meadows-based WINGS aims to give victims…

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