🌱 Village Board Meeting - 6:00 PM and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Free Holiday Gift Wrapping at Algonquin Commons at Algonquin Commons

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Not as cold, turning breezy, with a high of 36 and low of 30 degrees.
• Wednesday: Freezing fog in the morning, temps: high: 35, low: 30.
• Thursday: Morning rain; cloudy, windy, with a high of 43 and low of 12 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Trout Valley

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 19

• Free Holiday Gift Wrapping at Algonquin Commons
  Algonquin Commons, 1900 S Randall Rd, Algonquin
  9:00 am

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Other local events

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Village Board Meeting - 6:00 PM
  Cary, IL Calendar , Cary Municipal Center 755 Georgetown Drive , Cary
  6:00 pm
• Committee of the Whole Meeting - Immediately Follows Village Board
  Cary, IL Calendar , Cary Municipal Center 755 Georgetown Drive , Cary
  6:00 pm
• HES 2nd Grade Concert
  Cusd 300 , 321 Terwilliger Ave , Hampshire
  6:00 pm
• GDW Band/Choir/Orchestra Concert
  Cusd 300 , 1500 Ketchum Road , Hampshire
  6:00 pm
• Board of Education Meeting
  District Administrative Center , 515 W Main St , Barrington
  6:00 pm
• GVES Band & Orchestra Concert
  Cusd 300 , 124 Golfview Lane , Carpentersville
  6:30 pm
• DMS Holiday Choral Concert
  Cusd 300 , 4200 W Main St , West Dundee
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Cary Gymnastics Center Open Gym
  Cary Gymnastics Center , 600 Industrial Dr , Cary
  10:00 am
• Home School Bowling
  Kingston Lanes , 1330 S. Eastwood Dr. , Woodstock
  1:00 pm
• LES 5th Grade Band/Orchestra Concert
  Cusd 300 , 6500 Miller Road , Carpentersville
  6:00 pm
• SHES 4th Grade Concert
  Cusd 300 , 898 Glen Oak Drive , Sleepy Hollow
  6:00 pm
• BTES 5th Grade Band and Orchestra Concert
  Cusd 300 , 1400 Ridgecrest , Hampshire
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Cary

• 'Golf Swing Guru' Of McHenry County Recognized: Best Of 2025 (patch.com)
• Before Cary town manager's leave, he and town hall celebrated his leadership (heraldsun.com)
• New billboards advertise reward for info about death of Sleepy Hollow teen now ruled homicide (shawlocal.com)

Crystal Lake

• Brothers Get 9 Years In Prison For Firing Gun At Home (patch.com)
• Rollover Crash With Injuries Slowing Morning Commute In Crystal Lake: Police (patch.com)
• 'Golf Swing Guru' Of McHenry County Recognized: Best Of 2025 (patch.com)

McHenry

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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