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Week in Review: Michaels Closing, Chick-fil-A Coming and Boughton Road Construction Possibly Delayed

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In case you missed them, here were some of the top headlines from the last few days:

  • Construction to repair a bumpy eastbound portion of Boughton Road could be if progress on the project isn't made soon, village officials said.
  • Michaels, the popular arts and crafts store on Bolingbrook's west side, has this month.
  • Cailin O’Donnell was by the National Merit Scholarship Program, which means she finished in the top 5 percent of the 1.5 million students who took the qualifying test nearly a year ago.
  • Chick-fil-A, the popular fast-food chain, will in the spring of next year with an eye on opening the restaurant in August.
  • Several local seniors , which highlight the positive side of aging and challenge older adults to maintain an active lifestyle long after they retire.
  • Valley View School District officials, strapped for cash because of a lack of state funding, said they will look into to save money.
  • The Valley View Educational Enrichment Foundation, which relies on donations from events and residents to provide funds for the programs that would otherwise go unfunded, .
  • Jared Lenoir drove in what turned out to be the winning run in the sixth inning and the Brooks Middle School Bulldogs .
  • Speaking at a legislative breakfast in Aurora, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk .
  • A group devoted to keeping the case of missing Bolingbrook mother Stacy Peterson in the public eye is in Shorewood.
  • An this week for the way he handled another case, one in which McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren was a defendant, a Northwest Herald report said.
  • Fishermen and women, . That is the day the fall rainbow trout season will open in the DuPage County Forest Preserve District.

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