Arlington Heights Village Board

Romaine lettuce on the shelf at Amazon Fresh, 325 East Palatine Road in Arlington Heights, July 27, 2024 (CARDINAL NEWS)

Arlington Heights Village Board Votes to Continue 1% Grocery Tax; Add New 5% Entertainment Streaming Tax

Tue Aug 19, 2025 10:43 am Cardinal News

Village of Arlington Heights residents and visitors will face a continued 1% grocery tax effective after January 1, 2026 that will replace an expiring State of Illinois 1% grocery tax, and Arlington Heights residents will […]

DtA means Downtown Arlington (Heights), but the gimmicky sign could mean SCI (Spinal Cord Injury) for some unfortunate child or adult some day (CARDINAL NEWS Illustration)

The Most Dangerous Sign in Arlington Heights: DtA at Harmony Park Recognized As a Climbing Liability

Wed Jun 25, 2025 01:08 pm Cardinal News

A new sign popped up near the last week of June 2025, right next to the over budget DtA sign (cost: $84,000) that appeared several days earlier in Harmony Park near the intersection of Vail […]

Arlington 425 project's 225 West Campbell Street building displayed without existing residential structures located on Sigwalt Street displayed in the background (SOURCE: Village of Arlington Heights)

Arlington 425 Developer Cancels Project Designed by Mayor-Elect Jim Tinaglia, Architect; Skating Rink, Band Shell Instead?

Wed Apr 16, 2025 03:16 pm Cardinal News

Arlington 425 — a proposal for a three-building residential, retail and commercial combination development designed by Jim Tinaglia, architect, former Village Trustee — has been canceled by the developer. The project faced multiple hurdles, including […]

Julius Hope booking photo in March 2019 when charged with felony Aggravated Assault of a Pregnant Woman that allegedly occurred at the Addison CTA Red Line station in February 2019 -- six years before a Julius Hope of the same age was charged with Battery in Des Plaines (SOURCE: Chicago PD/Cook County Sheriff's Office)

Arlington Heights Red Roof Inhabitant Charged with Battery at His Des Plaines Workplace

Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:30 am Cardinal News

A resident, who the Des Plaines Police Department listed as living at the Red Roof Inn in Arlington Heights at 22 West Algonquin Road, was recently arrested in Des Plaines, accused of punching a fellow […]

Amended Ordinance Improves Regulation of Trespassing in Public Parking Garages and Bicyclists in Traffic and Pedestrian Ways

Tue Jul 18, 2023 03:05 pm Cardinal News

Ordinance Make 2 Changes to Municipal Code New ordinance gives the Arlington Heights Police Department the ability to write compliance tickets to bicyclists violating rules that protect pedestrians and the bicyclists. The ordinance allows police […]

Police Officer Treston Schoeny (left) with Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes (PHOTO CREDIT: Village of Arlington Heights)

Commendation Award for Arlington Heights Police Officer Treston Schoeny for Lifesaving Action

Thu Oct 20, 2022 06:10 am Cardinal News

Commendation Award for the lifesaving actions using Abdominal Thrusts (formerly known as the Heimlich Maneuver) that rescued a choking boy on August 2, 2022 at the National Night Out event at North School Park. YouTube […]

Three government flags at Arlington Heights Village Hall.

Decision to Revisit Pride Flag, Non-Gov Flag Placement at Official Flag Poles at Arlington Heights Village Hall Nixed

Tue May 17, 2022 06:57 pm Cardinal News

Miel Johnson, Co-President of the League of Women Voters of Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, Buffalo Grove asked the Arlington Heights Village Board, Monday night, May 16, 2022 to reconsider the 2021 proposal of Trustee Nicolle […]

"The flag of our country that we fly very proudly, at one time in our history said I was three-fifths of a person," Mary Beth Canty on Tuesday, Trustee, July 6, 2021

Trustee Canty Personifies ‘Once Biased’ US Flag, Says Pride Month Proclamation Decision ‘Was Hard to Be Part Of’ Before Board Approved Flag Restrictions

Thu Jul 8, 2021 05:18 pm Cardinal News

Heated Village Board Meeting on Flag Ordinance for Arlington Heights The Village Board of Arlington Heights on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 approved 5-3 new, written rules restricting permission to four flags that can be flown […]

Village Hall at night, Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Arlington Hts Election 2021: Bertucci, Tinaglia, Baldino, Grasse Win 4 Board Seats April 6

Tue Apr 6, 2021 10:59 pm Cardinal News

ELECTION NIGHT RESULTS FOR APRIL 6, 2021 The Arlington Heights Village Board had four seats up for re-election with two trustees deciding not to run. Following two decades of service as a financial expert on […]

Special Use for Mariano’s Gas Station Denied at Grandt’s Shell Property at Belmont Ave and Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights

Tue Aug 4, 2020 01:30 am Cardinal News

Arlington Heights Rejects Allowing a Gas Station Where a Gas Station Already Exists, Claiming Traffic Concerns All Village of Arlington Heights board members, including Mayor Hayes, voted to deny the special use for a Mariano’s […]

No Recreational Marijuana Sales in Arlington Heights; Board Votes to Work on Ordinance Prohibiting All Types of Adult-Use Cannabis Businesses

Tue Oct 29, 2019 01:19 pm Cardinal News

YES Means NO Marijuana Sales in Arlington Heights; But It’s Not Yet Time For Opt-Out Proponents To Celebrate The majority of people who addressed the Village Board in the “blue card” session Monday night October […]

Arlington Heights Village Board Considers Ordinances to Ban or Regulate Retail Marijuana Dispensaries Prior to Legal Marijuana in Illinois Effective January 1, 2020

Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:41 am Cardinal News

Tonight, the Village of Arlington Heights board will be considering ordinance drafts that could completely ban or limit marijuana sales within village limits. If the “complete ban” (Draft Ordinance A) does not move forward, “baby […]

Robin P. LaBedz, John Scaletta, Thomas F. Schwingbeck Jr., and Mary Beth Canty Win Trustee Position for Arlington Heights

Tue Apr 2, 2019 10:35 pm Cardinal News

With five candidates running for four open trustee positions on the Village Board of Arlington Heights, the winners Tuesday night are Robin P. LaBedz, John Scaletta, Thomas F. Schwingbeck Jr., and Mary Beth Canty. With […]

New Cell Tower Planned at Cross and Crown Lutheran Church, Only 4,000 Feet Away from Cell Antennas Attached to Existing ComEd Tower Near Chestnut Ave, Arlington Heights

Sat Mar 23, 2019 09:56 am Cardinal News

A plan to erect a 75-foot antenna tower just northeast of the Rand Road and Hintz Road intersection in Arlington Heights — needed to improve improve cellphone coverage where Verizon Wireless says a “dead-zone” exists […]

New South Side 7-Eleven Gas Station Approved for Algonquin Rd and New Wilke Rd, Arlington Heights

Mon Mar 11, 2019 09:22 am Cardinal News

A new 7-Eleven gas station and convenience store is planned on the northeast corner of Algonquin Road and New Wilke Drive in Arlington Heights. The village board on Monday, March 4, 2019 approved a 24-hour […]

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