Maria Cervantes of Elgin said without the Salvation Army, her family wouldn’t have had a Christmas in December after she lost her husband the week of Thanksgiving.
She spoke during Thursday’s Sal.
The Anvil Club, an iconic restaurant in East Dundee, is closing July 30. A sale is pending and the new owner plans to turn the restaurant, once a members-only dining club, into a Mexican restaurant.
The Anvil Club, a 67-year-old private dining establishment in East Dundee that opened to the public last year, will serve its last meal next month. The new owner plans to open a Mexican restaurant in the space.
Saying residents are getting "the government they deserve," East Dundee Village President Jeff Lynam lambasted some village trustees Monday for the way they campaigned ahead of their reelection this month.