Park District accepting applications for board post

The Buffalo Grove Park District Board of Commissioners is

accepting applications from residents of the Park District to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Commissioner Jack Schmerer. The individual selected will serve as Park District Commissioner until the middle of the term at the annual meeting in May 2019. The remaining two years of the term will be open during the April 2019 consolidated election. Residents interested in applying, should contact Buffalo Grove Park District Executive Director Ryan Risinger at (847) 850-2122. Applications are being accepted until 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14. Applications can be found on the Board of Commissioners page of the Park District website, www.bgpark.org

Partial Old McHenry Road closure begins Monday

The Lake County Division of Transportation will partially close Old McHenry Road in Long Grove for roadwork starting Monday, Sept. 10, . Old McHenry Road is scheduled to reopen to all traffic in November . Commuters are encouraged to use the following detour route: Route 22 to Route 83 to Route 53. Additional route information can be found on the detour map at this site: Detour map

Special Olympics plane pull  Sept. 22 at O'Hare Airport

Buffalo Grove Police Chief Steven Casstevens was recently interviewed on Fox 32 Chicago about the annual Plane Pull fundraiser which benefits the Special Olympics of Illinois. The Police Department will take part in the Plane Pull event. For those who would like to participate in the Plane Pull, there are 20 people per team, and it will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. at O'Hare Airport.  For more information and to register, click here. 

Garden Club to feature Mike Nowak

The Buffalo Grove Garden Club meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Alcott Center, 530 Bernard Drive in Buffalo Grove. On Tuesday, Sept. 11, guest speaker Mike Nowak will present, "That Ain't No Way to Treat a Tree." Nowak is a master gardener and Openlands TreeKeeper, and has shared his expertise about gardening, the environment and green living on radio, TV and in Chicagoland Gardening Magazine. The horticulture talk will be about Daffodils 1, 2 and 3. The Flower Guild will collect gently used books (birth - grade 6) for Bernie's Book Bank in Lake Bluff. Click this link for more information about the Buffalo Grove Garden Club and upcoming events, go to this link: Buffalo Grove Garden Club.