Former Elgin mayor, teacher and historian E.C. "Mike" Alft died Monday at the age of 96 in Pennsylvania. Alft served on the Elgin City Council and was Elgin mayor from 1967 to 1971.
Elgin City Council members held their biweekly meeting Wednesday at Hawthorne Hill Nature Center, spending two hours in a "cultural introductions" training session with their diversity, equity and inclusion consultants inQUEST.
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After a pandemic year of makeshift observances, many communities are returning to in-person Memorial Day ceremonies. Elgin and Palatine are among many suburbs who are happy to be back holding traditional programs.