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Sandwich Fest features Moore

By Ginger Simons | September 3, 2018

The Sandwich Fair is returning for its 144th year delighting Sandwich and surrounding areas with live music, carnival rides and vendors. The Fair runs from Sep 5 through Sep 9 at 15730 Pratt Road, Sandwich.What is now known as the “Sandwich Fair”...

Sandwich Fair weekend returns

By Northern Star Staff | August 30, 2018

The Sandwich Fair is returning for its 131st year delighting Sandwich , IL and surrounding areas with live music, carnival rides and vendors. The fair runs from Sept. 5 through Sep 9 at 15730 Pratt Road, Sandwich.

The Fair began as a group of farmers trading livestock in 1880. 144 years later, the fair is an annual knockout, bringing in attendants from across the Northern Illinois region.

This year, country artist Justin Moore is headlining the Sandwich Fair concert, playing songs off his latest record, “Kinda Don’t Care.” Tickets to the Moore performance range from $25 to $35, not including entry to the Fair.

A central component to the Sandwich Fair is the roots of community trade that led to the event’s inception.

To this day, vendors and exhibitors from across the Midwest come together to sell and trade their products, just as they did when the event first began in 1880.

Tickets and information for the Sandwich Fair can be found at www.sandwichfair.com.

KishHealth, Northwestern merge pending board meet

By Ashley Morse | September 28, 2015

A merger between Northwestern Memorial Healthcare and KishHealth System awaits final approval in November.KishHealth System, a health organization that serves the greater DeKalb area, as well as Sycamore, Plano, Sandwich and Rochelle, will be purchased...

Josh Kreiner, manager of Carmines, Subs, Wraps, and Salads makes a hot Philly cheese steak sandwich on Monday at their Sycamore location at 2672 DeKalb Ave.

New sandwich shop opens in Sycamore

By Ryan Chodora | April 29, 2013

Carrie and Steve Sobieski, owners of Carmine’s Subs, 2672 DeKalb Ave., picked Sycamore as the location for their first Carmine’s because of its sense of community. “The people of Sycamore have been awesome,” Steve Sobieski said. “It’s just...

Forklift victim identified

By Northern Star Staff | March 28, 2012

According to the DeKalb County Coroner’s Office press release, 56-year-old Evaristo Alvarado from Sandwich was identified as the man crushed in a fatal accident Tuesday afternoon. Alvarado was crushed at the back of the storage lot of Menards, 1825...

Jerry Burnes | Northern Star A group of high school students
practice improv in the Stevens Building OConnell Theatre Friday
afternoon.

NIU hosts theatre workshop for local high schools

By Shelby Devitt | October 31, 2011

DeKalb, Sycamore, Byron, Sandwich and Hiawatha high schools sent students interested in improving their theatre skills to attend a day-long theatre workshop Friday in the Stevens Building. The workshop, taught by NIU graduate students in the schools of...

It’s better to try and fail than to have never tried at all

October 24, 2011

In my experience, the hardest obstacles to overcome are internal. Questions or doubts regarding past and future choices, life direction, convictions and dreams can lead to pain and uncertainty in ourselves. There is no worse pain than uncertainty in who...

RAMP receives CVS grant to help teens with disabilities transition

By Melissa Mastrogiovanni | February 2, 2011

RAMP, 115 N. First St., will be able to expand its Teens N' Transition program because of a $1,500 CVS Caremark Community Grant. "CVS Caremark Community Grants are an effective way for us to contribute to the success of communities where we do business,"...

Sandwich celebrates community during annual fair

By Melissa Mastrogiovanni | September 13, 2010

Last weekend the city of Sandwich celebrated its 123rd annual Sandwich Fair. Entertainment included harness racing, livestock judging, demolition derbies, truck and tractor pulls, and chart-topping country artists performing. Various venders from the...

Sandwich Fair starts tomorrow

By Northern Star Staff | September 6, 2010

DeKalb| Running from Wednesday to Sunday will be the Sandwich Fair, held at the Sandwich Fairgrounds in Sandwich.Gates open at 8 a.m. and buildings open at 9 a.m. General admission is $8 and $4 for children ages 6 - 12. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8, CHILDREN FREE...