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Memorial Day parades, services, events in the suburbs

May 21, 2026 by Barrington Hills Observer

Flags are placed in the 2025 Field of the Fallen in Cary. This year’s display returns May 22-25. | Claire O’Brien for Shaw Local News Network, May 23, 2025

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Memorial Day is Monday, May 25. Memorial Day parades, services and observances throughout the suburbs will pay tribute to those U.S. military personnel who gave their lives in service of their country.

Friday, May 22

Cary’s Field of the Fallen: Opening ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday, May 22, and closing ceremony at 5 p.m. Monday, May 25, on Three Oaks and Georgetown roads, Cary. Join the Veterans Network Committee of Northern Illinois as they honor Illinois soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice. Featuring flags, one each bearing a soldier’s name, date of death, and age starting from the Gulf conflict. Honor Illinois’s fallen heroes by standing watch, volunteering, or simply visiting. Names will be read aloud every hour. facebook.com/veteransnetwork/.

Saturday, May 23

SALUTE Inc. Honor & Remember pancake breakfast: 8:45-11 a.m. Saturday, May 23, at Arlington Heights American Legion Post 208, 121 N. Douglas Ave. This year, they are flipping the script on the annual Memorial Day run and trading in the sweat for sweets. Join opening ceremony at 8:45 a.m. Breakfast includes pancakes, eggs, sausage, orange juice, coffee and more. Sponsored by the Sons of the American Legion Merle Guild Post 208. $15 for age 13 or older, $10 for age 12 or under. Tickets at the door (cash preferred) or via saluteinc.org

Sunday, May 24

Veterans of Lake Barrington Shores Memorial 5K: 8 a.m. Sunday, May 24, at the Market Place Shopping Center, 5035-5075 Market Place Road, Lake Barrington. Starts with a brief veteran-led ceremony of remembrance prior to the running of the 5K race through the Lake Barrington Shores community. $50; $25 for active duty, reserve, veteran, police and fire personnel. memorial5k.com

Monday, May 25

Barrington Memorial Day Parade & Ceremony: 10:30 a.m. to noon Monday, May 25. The parade steps off from the Veterans Memorial on Park Avenue, proceeds west on Main Street, left on Dundee Avenue, and right into Evergreen Cemetery in Barrington. The ceremony at Evergreen Cemetery will begin after the parade. barrington-il.gov

Carpentersville Memorial Day ceremony: 10 a.m. Monday, May 25, at the Veterans War Memorial at Carpenter Park, 275 Maple Ave., Carpentersville. The community is invited to reflect, remember, and pay tribute. facebook.com/VillageOfCarpentersville.

Cary Memorial Day parade and ceremony: 10 a.m. Monday, May 25. Hosted by Cary-Grove AMVETS Post 245. The parade starts at 10 a.m. at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, First Street and Three Oaks Road, and proceeds south on First Street from Three Oaks Road to Park Avenue. The parade will be followed by a ceremony at Veteran’s Park, Route 14 at Crystal Street. caryillinois.com.

Hoffman Estates-Schaumburg Memorial Day Observance: 10 a.m. Monday, May 25, at the Veterans Memorial outside the police department, 411 W. Higgins Road, Hoffman Estates. Immediately following the lowering of the flag in Hoffman Estates, the observance will move to Schaumburg for a 10:45 a.m. ceremony at the St. Peter Lutheran, 202 E. Schaumburg Road. Weather permitting, hot dogs and refreshments will be served at the Picnic Grove at St. Peter Church. Bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating on the grounds in Schaumburg. hoffmanestates.org

Kids on the Big Waters Federation float of the Arlington Heights Memorial Day Parade wave to attendees at last year’s parade. | Sofía Oyarzún/soyarzún@dailyherald.com, 2025

Arlington Heights Memorial Day Parade & Ceremony: 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 25. 107th annual parade steps off at Arlington Heights Road and Sigwalt Street, heads west to Dunton, north on Dunton, west on Euclid Avenue, south on Fremont Street to Memorial Park on Chestnut Avenue. At 11 a.m., the ceremony honors and remembers all those who have given their lives for our freedoms, especially Arlington’s Fallen Heroes — the 68 residents who died in the service to the nation from the Civil War through Afghanistan. Also, a list of names of veterans who have passed away in the preceding 12 months will be read. Hosted by the American Legion and Arlington Heights Veterans Memorial Committee. vah.com or arlingtonheightsamericanlegion.org

Algonquin Memorial Day ceremony: 10 a.m. Monday, May 25, at Riverfront Park, 201 N. Harrison St., Algonquin. Join the American Legion in remembrance of those who gave their lives for our freedom. The ceremony will include speakers, color guard and the local high school band. algonquin.org.

Bartlett Memorial Day Walk and Remembrance: 10 a.m. Monday, May 25, at Bartlett Park, Oak and North avenues. It begins with an American Legion flag retirement ceremony. At 10:30 a.m. veterans, Scouts, civic groups, bagpipers and residents line up for the walk to Bartlett Cemetery, which steps off at 11 a.m. At the cemetery, the remembrance continues with the posting of the colors and an invocation. bartlettil.gov

The Fremd High School marching band plays during a previous Memorial Day ceremony in Palatine’s Community Park. This year’s event takes place Monday, May 25. | Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com, 2024

Palatine American Legion Memorial Day Parade and Program: 10 a.m. Monday, May 25, at Hillside Cemetery on Smith Street in Palatine. The parade, featuring the color guards, Little Miss Poppy, police and fire, and the Fremd marching band, steps off at 10:15 a.m. at Cornell Avenue and Smith Street, and proceeds north on Smith Street, east on Robertson Street, south on Brockway Street and east on Wood Street to the Veterans Memorial in Community Park for a short program at 11 a.m., with another ceremony at 12:15 p.m. at the Legion Memorial in Towne Square, 150 W. Palatine Road, followed by a final ceremony at Union Cemetery at 72-74 Greeley St. alpost690.us.

Wauconda Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony: 10 a.m. Monday, May 25, at Homer T. Cook Memorial Park, 600 N. Main St. Hosted by American Legion Post 911, celebrating its 75th year. The parade heads south on Main Street and ends at Route 176. Main Street closes for vehicle traffic at 9:15 a.m. Memorial Day remembrance ceremony follows at noon at Memorial Park, Route 176 and Main Street. alpost911.org

Cary Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony: 10:15 a.m. Monday, May 25. Starting on First Street to Three Oaks Road and Park Avenue, ending at Veterans Park, Route 14 at Crystal Street. Hosted by AMVETS Post 245. CaryIllinois.com.

Catholic Cemeteries Field Masses: 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 25, at 21 cemeteries throughout Cook and Lake counties. Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago will observe Memorial Day. Active members of the military and veterans will receive a special blessing during the liturgies followed by the playing of taps. Participating cemeteries include: All Saints, 700 N. River Road, Des Plaines; Ascension, 1920 Buckley Road, Libertyville; Calvary, 301 Chicago Ave., Evanston; Maryhill, 8600 N. Milwaukee Ave., Niles; St. Adalbert, 6800 N. Milwaukee Ave., Niles; and St. Michael the Archangel, 1185 W. Algonquin Road, Palatine. Free. catholiccemeterieschicago.org/memorial-day.

Last year’s Lake Zurich Memorial Day Remembrance ceremony. This year’s event will take place Monday, May 25, at the Lake Zurich Veterans Memorial following the parade. | Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com, 2025

Lake Zurich Memorial Day Parade: 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 25, stepping off at the American Legion Lake Zurich Post 964, 51 Lions Drive, Lake Zurich. The parade will end at the Veterans Memorial by the police station, 200 Mohawk Trail, Lake Zurich. lakezurich.org

Buffalo Grove Memorial Day service: 11 a.m. Monday, May 25, at Veterans Park, 1300 Weiland Road, Buffalo Grove. Organized by Kingswood United Methodist Church. There will be special readings, music and a flag ceremony by Scout Troop 401. vbg.org

Crystal Lake Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony: 11 a.m. Monday, May 25. Parade starts at Central High School and runs east on Franklin Avenue, north on Williams Street, and west on Woodstock Street to Union Cemetery for a memorial service. crystallake.org

Elgin Memorial Day service: 11 a.m. Monday, May 25, at Bluff City Cemetery, 945 Bluff City Blvd., Elgin. Catholic Mass along with a combined color guard, rifle salute, and the playing of taps at 8:45 a.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery, 1001 Villa St.; ceremony with combined color guard, a rifle salute and the playing of taps at 9:15 a.m. at Lakewood Memorial Park, 30W730 Route 20. At 9:45 a.m., Elgin Navy Club and the Elgin Marine Corps League program, designed to pay tribute to veterans interred at sea, strewing of flowers into the Fox River, rifle salute, and the playing of taps at Elgin Veterans Memorial Park, 270 N. Grove Ave. At 11 a.m., ceremony will pay tribute to the 250th anniversary of the United States. Keynote speaker will be Christine Harmon, Daughters of the American Revolution. Also features the Elgin Master Chorale and a high school band; students with the Fox Valley Young Marines will read Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and General John Logan’s Orders establishing Memorial Day. A free shuttle bus will pick up riders at the main gate and east gate before and after. Co-sponsored by the Elgin Patriotic Memorial Association and the city of Elgin. elginmemorialday.org.​​

Memorial Day trolley rides: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, May 25, at Fox River Trolley Museum, 365 S. La Fox St., South Elgin. Last train leaves between 4 and 4:15 p.m. $10, $8 for age 62 or older, veterans and first responders; $5 for age 3-11; free for age 2 or under. foxtrolley.org.

Dundee Memorial Day ceremony: 11:30 a.m. Monday, May 25, at River Valley Memorial Gardens, 14N689 Route 31, West Dundee. They will be placing flags for veterans on Friday, May 22, starting at 9 a.m. going until all flags are placed. To volunteer, call the office at (847) 426-3031. rivervalleymemorialgardens.com.

Lake in the Hills annual Memorial Day Pig Roast: 1 p.m. Monday, May 25, American Legion Post 1231, 1101 W. Algonquin Road, Lake in the Hills. facebook.com/alpost1231.

More ceremonies can be found here.

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Pritzker board eliminates poor attendance from Illinois school ratings

May 21, 2026 by Barrington Hills Observer

High chronic absenteeism will no longer hurt a school’s state rating.

By Hannah Schmid | Illinois Policy Institute

Illinois plans to eliminate poor attendance from school ratings at a time when a fourth of the state’s students miss a significant chunk of the academic year.

In an overhaul the State Board of Education approved in April, “chronic absenteeism,” or missing 10% or more of the school year with or without a valid excuse, will no longer ding a school’s rating. All nine current board members were appointed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

The new system will use the term “consistent attendance,” the percentage of students present 90% or more of the school year.

That semantic switch may confuse parents about what’s really being measured, though it’s just a different way of saying the same thing. But the revised system also changes attendance from a “core indicator” in the rankings to merely an “elevating indicator.”

Why that matters: Strong “consistent attendance” will raise a school’s rating, but a weak performance won’t hurt it.

The state calls this a “strengths-based” approach, but it means the high rates of students skipping class across Illinois won’t affect schools’ ratings.

Report continues here.

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Has Facebook begun the long slide toward ruin?

May 20, 2026 by Barrington Hills Observer

Young people increasingly view Facebook as a folly of the old. I’m starting to agree with them. | AP Photo/Noah Berger, File

By Neil Steinberg | Chicago Sun*Times

So another grandchild, born this week — maybe to me, maybe to somebody else. Who can say? I really shouldn’t be more specific than that.

Certainly no word of the news, if there is any news, breathed on Facebook. I … or, um, another person very much like myself … would sooner sell a child to the circus than post its photos, or any identifying details, on any sort of social media. As for what the potential harm of that could be, beyond strong and immediate rebuke, I’m afraid to ask. Maybe X snatches their images and does unspeakable things with them.

As it is my … well, somebody’s … adult children view Facebook the way I, when young, would look at my grandfather’s dentures falling into the soup: as an embarrassing lapse of age. Worse. It’s like yanking the dentures out of your own mouth and flinging them into the soup, with pride. Not an accident, an intention.

Facebook is no longer hip, or the bomb, or dope, or fire, or whatever the current term for coolness might be. “Slow death” is the phrase encountered online. The young might have an account, allowing Facebook to pretend it’s reaching the sweet spot demographic. But the 20-somethings I know never use it and mock those who do. The cracks are starting to show. On May 20, Meta, the parent of Facebook, is laying off 8,000 workers — 10% of its workforce. Last week, The New York Times, in an opinion piece, declared Meta “at the start of a long, slow decline.”

The plan is that artificial intelligence will do the jobs of the freshly fired, even though AI is part of what’s wrecking Facebook, all those blocks of regurgitated history lite and random pop culture factoids. And that rash of ads. God forbid you buy shoes, as I have. Facebook will dangle the shoes you just bought under your nose for a month, hoping you’ll buy a second pair. And this is the super-intelligence that would rule us.

Opinion continues here.

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FPDCC acquires 5.43-acre property at Algonquin & Old Sutton Roads

May 20, 2026 by Barrington Hills Observer

Image courtesy Zillow

It has been reported that the Forest Preserves of Cook County purchased a home at 316 Old Sutton Road. Zillow reports the property sold in March of this year for $600,000.

Plans for the property have yet to be announced.

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JB Pritzker Admin Depicts White People, Cops as Mosquitoes in Microaggression Training That Rails Against ‘Color Blindness’

May 20, 2026 by Barrington Hills Observer

The training from Pritzker’s Department of Human Rights—offered to ‘private-sector, government, and public participants’—also shows a black woman torching the mosquitoes with a flamethrower | Microaggression video (Fusion Comedy YouTube), J.B. Pritzker (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

By Peter Hasson | The Washington Free Beacon

Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker’s (D.) administration offers a taxpayer-funded training on “microaggressions” and other “exclusionary behaviors” that depicts white people and police officers as mosquitoes who suck blood from people of color.

The training—which Pritzker’s Department of Human Rights offers to “private-sector, government, and public participants” and which the Washington Free Beacon attended—is meant to “increase knowledge, awareness and prevention of discrimination and harassment issues and offer solutions to employers and employees on how to appropriately respond to situations as they arise.” It defines “microaggressions” as “the everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to target persons solely based upon their marginalized group membership.”

The training divides such “microaggressions” into two categories: those that are “race-based” and those that go “beyond race.” The former category includes “color blindness”—which the training says “denies a person of color’s racial/ethnic experience.” It also includes the “assumption of criminal status”—for example, a “store owner [who] follows a customer of color around the store”—and “denial of individual racism,” including statements like “My best friend is Black.” The latter category includes “micro-insults,” like calling a person of color “articulate,” as well as “micro-invalidation,” which includes “buildings named only after white men.”

Those examples are presented in a video shown in the training called “How Microaggressions Are Like Mosquito Bites.” The beginning of the video depicts a blonde white woman who calls a black woman “well-spoken” while the two wait at a bus stop. The white woman transforms into a mosquito that bites the black woman and begins sucking her blood. Similar scenes play out as the microaggressing mosquitoes say things like “Your English is so good” and “We have to keep the Redskins name.” Toward the end of the video, a narrator says that experiencing “microaggressions” can make you “want to go ballistic on those mosquitoes” as a black woman torches the pests with a flamethrower. Police officers, meanwhile, are presented as “mosquitoes” that “carry strains that can even kill you.”

Article continues here including videos.

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Noticed a surprise inside your property tax bill? – Part 2

May 19, 2026 by Barrington Hills Observer

 

Following up on our recent post attaching the transcript from the November 18, 2025, Board of Education meeting discussing DSEB, we thought a recent Public Comment from the April 21, 2026, District 220 Board of Education Meeting was worth publishing:

Barry Altshuler (Interim Board President): And, we have one comment today, Angela Wilcox. Welcome. Come forward.

Public Speaker, Angela Wilcox: Hi Board. It’s so nice to sit on this side of the table.

Altshuler: We miss you.

Wilcox: It is so good to see all of you guys, you all look great. I miss seeing you. It’s very nostalgic coming up here. And, President Altshuler, thank you for allowing me to speak, I showed up a minute late. I didn’t realize the new policy as far as signing up before 3:00 or before 6:00, but it’s distracting me.

But, I just wanted to say something tonight that is absolutely nothing that my former Board Members, Leah, Barry, Steve, heard me say before, which is to talk about DSEB borrowing. And, I know that I bored you guys to death with my discussions and we all voted together to not do DSEB borrowing for a couple of years that I was on the Board. And so just, you know, kind of speak to some people that haven’t heard me drone on about this before.

I just wanted to take a minute. There have been a couple of emails that came around today. I know that you guys aren’t voting on DSEB today and I, you know, sadly, and yet kind of happily, don’t really follow all of your Board meeting schedules anymore. So I didn’t know when you were voting, which is, which is on me.

But just as, you know, as a, as a community taxpayer and you know, someone whose kids attended 220, you know, it is, it’s, it’s something that I think is important because it’s, it’s an issue that a lot of constituents don’t really understand, like, what is DSEB borrowing?

And, I think that there’s a reason why, you know, if you Google this or put into, you know, ChatGPT, it’s called a backdoorreferendum. Basically a way to borrow money without having to go to the public and asking them for permission with a referendum to allow, you know, to borrow some money for capital projects.

And, I think that, unfortunately, and just, you know, the way that the optics are, when, you know this, when a DSEB borrowing comes out at the same time that constituents now are seeing the new, you know, the Referendum dollars coming out on our tax bills, it kind of hits a chord like, oh, wait a minute, what’s going on?

You know, there was, there was District resources spent for, you know, attorneys and for campaigns to make this Referendum go forward. It was successful and community members volunteering and then that happened. But then on top of it, then there’s a DSEB that’s put forward as well.

And, I know that there are always projects with as many buildings as we have and I know that we’ve always been short funded for summer projects. But, I just would encourage two things maybe going forward: One, if you can avoid DSEB borrowing in the future; I think that it was such a good practice that the Board really came together and united on as, you know, trying to have this as a goal, you know, for a few years. And, and then two, just to, you know, maybe explain to the public what this all includes so that there’s transparency and showing fiscal responsibility and just so that there isn’t the chatter because, you know…

Altshuler: Thank you.

Wilcox: … the optics are always important.

Altshuler: Thank you so much. Thank you.

To review the YouTube recording of these comment, click here.

Related: “Noticed a surprise inside your property tax bill?”

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District 220 Board of Education meets tonight

May 19, 2026 by Barrington Hills Observer

The District 220 Board of Education meets this evening at 6:00 PM at the District Administration Center, 515 W. Main Street. Items on their agenda include:

  • FOIA Reports
  • Revised Personnel Report
  • Kelsey Road House Parking Lot Amendment
  • Consideration to Approve BSEO Job Reclassification
  • Consideration to Approve Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract (GESC) and Contract Amendment with Greenlight Design Partners for the District LED Lighting Conversion Project

A copy of the agenda can be viewed here. The meeting will be live streamed on the district YouTube channel.

Related: “Over $100,000 in Special Interest Funding gifted to 220 Board member’s campaign in failed bid for State Rep job,” “New Evidence of Chan Ding’s Policy Violations and Conflicts of Interest,” “The D220 Board of Ed gets another ‘F’ in accountability & transparency,” “The Real Issue in Barrington 220 Isn’t Parking or Levies — It’s Leadership Culture,” “BOARD OF ED VOTES, MEMBER CHAN DING MADE FLAGRANT POLICY VIOLATIONS – Part 2,” “BOARD OF ED VOTES, MEMBER CHAN DING MADE FLAGRANT POLICY VIOLATIONS,” “District 220’s Lack of Transparency (Updated),” “District 220’s Lack of Transparency”

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Consumer advocates say Nicor’s rate hike is unreasonable, profit-driven

May 19, 2026 by Barrington Hills Observer

A natural gas stove burner produces a blue flame while in use. Photo: KWON JUNHO / Unsplash

By Sean Reed | The Center Square

Consumer advocates have signaled heavy opposition to a proposed $221 million rate hike by Nicor Gas, arguing that the request is excessive, charging Illinoisans over five times what’s needed.

The request trailed just weeks behind the Illinois Commerce Commission’s approval of a $167.8 million hike last year. It would also be the sixth jump in delivery costs in the past decade.

Experts on the matter from the Citizens Utility Board, Illinois PIRG, and the Environmental Defense Fund came together early Monday to outline their opposition to the rate hike.

The same experts have also shared testimony to the ICC, which must approve or deny requested utility rate hikes before they can take effect.

Nicor’s spending has significantly increased since 2015 – mostly attributed to a state law that required the replacement of old delivery pipes. Despite the law’s sunset and all replacements having been completed by 2018, critics say the company’s spending has only continued to trend upward.

According to Jim Chilsen of the Citizen’s Utility Board, the proposed increase would add to the financial burden for all Nicor customers, 200,000 of whom are behind on their bills by $74 million total, as of last month.

“When the supply side of bills is so volatile, it just adds to the pain when you have a company like Nicor Gas going on a spending spree over the last decade and going before the commission to ask for six separate rate hikes. That’s been a hardship,” Chilsen said.

Report continues here.

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CORRECTION: Village Board of Trustees meets TUESDAY

May 18, 2026 by Barrington Hills Observer

Yesterday we posted the wrong date for the May Board of Trustees meeting. That post has been updated.

It is actually scheduled for Tuesday, May 19. The agenda can be viewed here.

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Noticed a surprise inside your property tax bill?

May 18, 2026 by Barrington Hills Observer

In case you missed it and are curious about the increases in the D220 property taxes on your recent tax bills, the Board of Education discussion during the November 18, 2025, Board of Education Meeting provides some insight.

You may recall the 2024 $64 million referendum voted on by residents was widely publicized by District 220 in its “Transform 220” campaign. The District formed a community advisory committee and hosted public information forums to educate voters on what the $64 million bond would fund. They also promoted the initiative across their official website and social media channels, highlighting how the funds would be used.

In contrast, the expenditures quietly voted on by the Board at its December 2, 2025, to issue up to $5.4 million in Working Cash Fund bonds (DSEB), specifically for District capital projects, was barely mentioned prior to the Board’s vote and was done so without any buy in from the taxpayers.

Why weren’t these expenditures included in the November 2024 Referendum? We don’t know, especially since they were previously identified in the failed 2019 Referendum for $185 million in the Blueprint 220 Master Facility Plan.

While the District maintains that the overall 2024 referendum impact is consistent with their total budget projections, individual tax bills have spiked. The May 2026 property tax bills for Barrington CUSD 220 residents reflect the significant cumulative impact of both the $64 million referendum and the $5.4 million DSEB issuance approved by the Board in December 2025.

The full transcript of the November 18, 2025, discussion on DSEB is available here. We will follow up with some additional insight in future reports.

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