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Christmas trees will be collected on your primary solid waste collection day from January 2 through January 14. Landscape waste stickers are not necessary for Christmas trees. Plastic bags must be removed from Christmas trees.  Photo Courtesy of https://kanecountyconnects.com
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View the Virtual Tree Lighting Ceremony below. Click on each image to view the enlarged version. Based on the COVID-19 infection rate trends per 100,000 people in the communities that serve District 214, I am writing to inform you that we anticipate moving to Stage 3 of our return to school plan on Thursday, October 15.
2021 Vehicle Stickers go on sale October 1st. Skip the line, and pay online with the link below: https://www.vah.com/our_community/WhatsNew/purchase_2021_vehicle_sticker  AUGUST 2020 NEWS UPDATE RECAP:
Starting off, the COVID-19 test center has moved from Rolling Meadows High School to the Arlington Park Racecourse at 2200 West Euclid Avenue in Arlington Heights. The test center will be open daily from 8 am until 4 pm. Testing is free to all regardless of symptoms and is open to individuals of all ages. For more information about COVID-19 in Illinois, visit: www.coronavirus.illinois.gov JUNE 2020 EPISODE RECAP:
Starting off, Arlington Alfresco has opened! Located on Vail and Campbell streets in Arlington Heights, Arlington Alfresco provides restaurants and businesses with more seating by utilizing village streets. Reservations are encouraged for those interested in dining at Arlington Alfresco and groups of 6 or less are suggested. For those preferring curbside pickup for shopping and dining, there will now be designated areas in the first floor of the Vail parking garage. Arlington Alfresco will be open daily until 11 pm. Many restaurants and businesses not located in the Alfresco area have also set up outdoor seating arrangements for diners and shoppers. To see the full list of businesses offering outdoor seating near downtown Arlington Heights, visit theahnu.com/news. Pools this summer? Maybe! The Arlington heights Park District has begun filling up the pools! At the moment, pools are only being used for swim team practices but in the future, pools may open! We hope for the best! Protesters in Arlington Heights on Thursday, June 4th, marched through Downtown Arlington Heights and headed toward North School Park in regards to the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor incidents on May 25th and March 13th, 2020. Pictures taken by NUMEDIA staff photographers Russell Mathews, Daniel Lewnard & Jonathon Losos View the previous article about protests in Arlington Heights with the link below. https://www.theahnu.com/news/protests-in-arlington-heights Peaceful protests were organized in Arlington Heights regarding the George Floyd incident on May 25th, 2020. Protests were held in North School Park at Eastman & Evergreen. via. VAH The Village if Arlington Heights promises to honor its fallen Veterans and their Gold Star Families every year, This year because of the pandemic Covid-19, the ceremony was done using the Stay at home guidelines required by the CDC. This Unique tribute has some extraordinary guest speakers. The Veterans Memorial Committee of Arlington Heights honors all its Military Heroes. View the video below. Starting Friday, May 22nd, the state of Illinois is offering free Covid-19 testing to anybody who believes they require it. The testing site is located at the Arlington Park Racecourse (2200 Euclid Ave. Arlington Heights) and will be open 8am thorough 4pm everyday-while supplies last. All citizens are not required to have a doctors referral but require a photo ID. FAST FACTS
Rolling Meadows High School Test Center is similar to the new Arlington Park Test Center
The Arlington Alfresco plan gives restaurants an opportunity to provide more outdoor seating by utilizing village streets. FAQ's
 For more information, view the PDF below. 
Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Village of Arlington Heights has cancelled many summer 2020 happenings including the Sounds of Summer Concert Series and the Promenade of Art. They have also suspended applications for races, block parties and other village events through July 2020.
Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Arlington Heights Frontier Days has been postponed until 2021.
For more information, visit https://www.frontierdays.org/ According to Google Trends, searches for “how to help” are at an all-time high. People around the world are searching for ways to help their communities, the elderly, small businesses, and essential workers. via Google.com
As we enter a critical phase in the fight against COVID-19, I hope all in the City of Good Neighbors are staying safe and healthy in these very challenging times. The 2020 yardwaste collection program begins April 2 and runs until December 15. Groot offers the per-bag Landscape sticker* program, the Landscape waste subscription program and the Landscape waste/food scrap subscription program. *Landscape stickers are $2.85 each NEW RATES: $18.33 for once-a-week curbside service. $25.84 for twice-a-week curbside service --- $29.58 for once-a-week backdoor service $42.44 for twice-a-week backdoor service  View the 2020-2021 Groot Brochure below
 The newly expanded and renovated Arlington Ridge Center (ARC), formerly Olympic Indoor Swim Center, will be hosting its grand opening, or "Elevation Celebration", on December 31st starting at 10am at the ARC located at 660 N. Ridge Ave in Arlington Heights. The new recreation center has more ways to swim with a new warm water pool and renovated kids and lap swim area, more ways to play with the new double gymnasium, more ways to get fit with a new fitness area including new workout equipment and more ways to walk and run with an elevated running track.
From November 4th through December 14th, residents only need to place one sticker for every two bags set out for collection. Residents who subscribe to the Landscape Waste Subscription Program can have 10 untickered bags or bundles or branches per week at the curbside for collection.  Arlington 425, a three building mixed use development, is to move to the Arlington Heights housing commission Monday, April 29th at 7:00pm in the Buechner room at the village hall. Arlington 425 is planed to take 3/4 of the vacant Campbell block.  Image courtesy of VAH and Arlington 425.
All are invited to the Arlington Heights Police Station open house on Saturday, March 16th from 11:30-2pm. You will be able to tour the indoor firing range, interview rooms, lock-up area, the evidence processing room and many of the other areas in the new state of the art facility. The cost of the new station was 27.9 million with demolition of the former police station and the temporary police station on Shure Drive.
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