Eric Peterson

2 days ago | dailyherald.com | Eric Peterson

A rendering of the Compass Datacenters’ forthcoming data center campus on the former site of the Sears headquarters in Hoffman Estates. Joe Lewnard/[email protected] When it comes to the use of electricity and other resources like water, data centers are expected to pay their way and keep residents and fellow businesses free of negative side effects of their presence, Hoffman Estates Village Manager Eric Palm said Wednesday.

2 days ago | dailyherald.com | Eric Peterson

Vanessa Abundiz of Schaumburg, left, is sworn in as a newly elected trustee of the Schaumburg Township District Library last month by Trustee Anita Forte-Scott, who began her own sixth term the same night. Courtesy of Schaumburg Township District Library Like most other local governments, the Schaumburg Township District Library last month swore in its newly elected trustees, who included two newcomers and a pair of returning incumbents. Lifelong Schaumburg resident Vanessa A.

2 days ago | dailyherald.com | Eric Peterson

A 3-3 vote of Bartlett village trustees Tuesday night failed to secure a special-use permit for a recreational marijuana dispensary at 801 S Route 59, at right, in the Brewster Creek Shopping Center in Bartlett. A KinderCare, at left, operates just to the north of the shopping center.

4 days ago | dailyherald.com | Eric Peterson

After a near 18-month review process, Prospect Heights officials are poised to adopt the city’s first regulations on the keeping of chickens June 23. Rick West/[email protected]/2023 Prospect Heights village board members narrowed a set of regulations that would ultimately allow residents to keep chickens in their yards legally after years without any policies. Among 11 residents who addressed the city council last week, only one expressed any support for the proposed rules.

4 days ago | shawlocal.com | Eric Peterson

Despite having shed a few stores in recent years, The Fresh Market grocery chain based in North Carolina is in the midst of a true growth spurt, bringing its distinct stores to redeveloping areas of the suburbs. Its eight Chicago-area locations include new ones in Naperville, Northbrook and Algonquin, with two more on the way to the redeveloping Yorktown Center in Lombard and The District at Veridian in Schaumburg.