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Also on today's calendar: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month: Watercolor Wednesday on the Patio @ Bell Works Chicagoland and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• District 220 Board of Education meets tomorrow tonight (barringtonhillsobserver.com) — District 220's Board of Education meets Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Barrington to consider issuing up to $34 million in bonds for a new high school auditorium, building upgrades, and site improvements. Members will also discuss a proposed South Barrington Higgins Corridor TIF district, demographic study, and policy changes, with livestream access for residents who can't attend.
• What's for Sale in Barrington? (chicagotribune.com) — Several distinctive homes in Barrington, North Barrington, and South Barrington are highlighted, including a midcentury Edward Dart design and a historic downtown Barrington parsonage-turned-residence. The piece also traces how developer Alfred Borah helped shape the Barrington area's lakes, zoning, and equestrian character that residents know today.
• Barrington-area teacher accused of pulling teen down stairs by hair, sweatshirt (shawlocal.com) — A Barrington District 220 art teacher who works at Barbara B. Rose Elementary in South Barrington has been charged in McHenry County with two misdemeanor domestic battery counts involving a 15-year-old, unrelated to his students. District leaders have declined to comment on his status, and court records show he was released with conditions and is due back in court October 13.
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