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Storm brings suburbs' first snowfall

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A public works crew clears the sidewalk in front of the Mount Prospect Public Library Saturday morning.

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Maintenance worker Russ Jackson shovels the sidewalk adjacent to the Mount Prospect Public Library Saturday morning.

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From left, Ashley Harrington, her grandma Pat Marshall, Danny Harrington and mom Jen Harrington make their way through the snowy parking lot on their way to Panera Bread for lunch in Vernon Hills Saturday.

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A man makes his way Saturday through the snow carrying balloons from Party City in front of Dick's Sporting Goods in Hawthorn Hills Square in Vernon Hills.

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Ethan Kukulski of Grayslake snowboards at Community Park, Mundelein, Saturday.

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Robert Trapani, 8, and Aiden Brommel, 9, both of Mundelein, sled at Community Park, Mundelein, Saturday.

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Left to right, Matthew Kieft, 11, of Libertyville, his sister Rebecca, 9, and friend Keely Murphy, 6, of Mundelein sled down the hill at Community Park, Mundelein, Saturday.

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Matt West plows a stretch of sidewalk in his Glendale Heights neighborhood Saturday. "I do my two neighbors' driveways, and I plow the sidewalk from Meddowlark to Cardninal every year," said West. "Our little neighborhood is these three houses on Army Trail. We take care of each other."

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Matt West plows a stretch of sidewalk in his Glendale Heights neighborhood Saturday. "I do my two neighbors' driveways and I plow the sidewalk from Meddowlark to Cardninal every year," said West, whose sons Mike, background, and John joined the effort. "Our little neighborhood is these three houses on Army Trail. We take care of each other."

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Nick Szczechowski of St. Charles runs in the Arlington Heights Rotary Club´s third annual Rotary Santa 5K run in a snowy downtown Arlington Heights on Saturday.

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It's beginning to look a lot like winter, as the first snow of the season coats the suburbs.Snow began falling at 11:30 p.m. Friday at O'Hare International Airport, the region's official weather reporting station, said Charles Mott, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Chicago office.