Sleepy Hollow News

What seems like a nondescript field at the southwest corner of Randall Road and Route 72 actually is a cornerstone of a humanitarian effort by local farmers to fight hunger.

SLEEPY HOLLOW – Police are investigating the death of a woman who appears to have drowned in her pool Saturday morning.

There's no word what caused a car carrying a female driver and three passengers to drive straight through a curve on Sleepy Hollow Road, just south of Illinois Route 72, and crash into a tree, according to Sleepy Hollow Police Chief Jim Montalbano.

It is probably unlikely that you would print my letter given your clear bias anyway, but after reading the letter from Carole Burstein from Sleepy Hollow on June 25 I found it incredible the conclusion that she comes to and felt it necessary to respond.

Owner Anil "Andy" Shah of Route 31 Pantry & Liquors said he sold the store's second winning Illinois Lottery ticket worth $1 million on Monday.

Buzz about restoration work being done to the Jelke Creek Bird Sanctuary has been almost as loud as the offending chain saws.

United Commercial Travelers and Elgin Council 412 are hosting a dinner and raffle from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday at 280 S. Melrose, Elgin.

Some of the projects scheduled for Dundee Township Park District facilities this summer would be at home at the X-Games, while others are more suitable for a cruise ship.

One always imagines Hampshire as an enchanted place where life is slowed down, quiet and peaceful.

Oh, for the good old days of 2007. In those more optimistic times, Vicki Zibert of Algonquin decided to open a business in downtown Elgin.

The Rotary Club of Dundee Township recently held is annual scholarship awards banquet, during which the club gave $36,500 in scholarships to 15 students.

The field of candidates in line to head up a regional 911 emergency call center has been trimmed to eight, the chairman of the QuadCom search committee said.

The village this week aborted its own attempt to force the annexation of a 32.57-acre farm in Plato Township.

A southwest suburban school district has snapped up Elgin Area School District U-46's financial guru.

Elgin Area School District U-46's chief financial officer may be leaving come July.

There is something invigorating about the first warm days of the year. Spring fever can be easily caught when you spot the first robin or see the crocus making its brave appearance from under clumps of dried leaves.

Thanks to the Internet, Tony Kresic of Sleepy Hollow took a trip of a lifetime last month to Bosnia and Herzegovina to celebrate his 63rd birthday with newfound relatives.

One morning a couple of weeks ago, I was out photographing in a suburb that tries hard to retain a rural feel.

The Dundee-Crown boys basketball team will be welcomed home Sunday by a parade through the villages of Sleepy Hollow, West Dundee, East Dundee, Carpentersville and Algonquin, accompanied by police and fire units from each municipality.

The down economy is forcing local municipalities to make tough decisions as they head into the budget season with fewer sales tax dollars and spiking costs.