All Stories from September 2, 2012 (Change date)
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Traveling alone doesn't have to be intimidatingSep 02, 2012 6:00 am - Last week, I received a letter from a recently widowed woman who feels her traveling days are over. “I need to get away,” she said. “But I'm afraid to travel alone and ...
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Algae on shingles is homeowners’ nemesisSep 02, 2012 5:35 am - Q. I have ugly black streaks/stains on the asphalt shingle roof of my house. They appear on the north side of the roof only, where the sun doesn’t hit very much; the sou...
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Ask the plumber: ‘Touchless’ kitchen faucets add nice touchSep 03, 2012 7:20 am - Q. I don’t have a plumbing problem, but I do have a plumbing question. On a recent open-house tour with a friend, I noticed a kitchen sink with two faucets. One was a st...
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Editorial: Common sense and the West Nile virusSep 02, 2012 5:00 am - At his final State of the Village address, Lombard Village President William Mueller advised, “Remember, every day is a gift. Take time to enjoy it.” Hundreds turned out...
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Officials’ raises are an outrageSep 02, 2012 5:00 am - I was outraged about the article on the front page “Officials in 31 townships get automatic raises.” This is crazy. Most of us normal nongovernment people have had to s...
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SWAN houses featured in Historic Elgin House TourSep 09, 2012 12:44 am - The South West Area Neighbors portion of Elgin, while full of early homes, does not have the big, flashy Victorian mansions that older parts of town can boast. The neigh...
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Perhaps Obama has something to hide, tooSep 02, 2012 5:00 am - With all this fuss about Mitt Romney’s tax returns, it is amazing to me that Barack Obama refuses to turn over his college transcripts and thesis. In the same vein that ...
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Landlord within his rights to crack down on parking space hogsSep 02, 2012 5:00 am - Q. We live in a 39-unit apartment complex where there is only one parking space for each unit. When we first moved in several years ago, the parking was basically availa...
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The elephant in the roomSep 02, 2012 5:00 am - TAMPA, Fla. -- Gazing out on the pale continent of the Republican National Convention, it was interesting to ponder: What if Barack Obama had been a Republican? Most li...
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Court cameras: Crucial but underwhelming?Sep 02, 2012 5:00 am - One big, fat journalism trap local newspapers can fall into is the “no effect seen here” story. It stems from the well-intentioned effort to “localize” a big story. Repo...