Will County Lifestyle
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Top teacher: Naperville third grade teacher builds confident students with unique techniquesJan 15, 2022 8:30 am - You'll often find Naper Elementary School teacher Ryan Carrizales - with at least one of his two golden retrievers - visiting a local soccer field or basketball court to...
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Caring in Action: Naperville's Loaves & Fishes fundraises to open new Aurora hubAug 13, 2021 6:19 am - Loaves & Fishes Community Services announced in January that it was acquiring a 30,100-square-foot warehouse building in Aurora. Plans were to open the building at 5...
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Get your Thin Mints as Girl Scout Cookie season kicks offFeb 03, 2021 1:59 pm - Area Girl Scout troops have a variety of ways to sell your favorite cookies this year
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2020 was a big year in birdingDec 20, 2020 8:01 am - You probably heard about "Rocky," the saw-whet owl discovered last month inside the huge Christmas tree on Rockefeller Plaza in New York. The adorable stowaway became an...
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'We'll feed anyone': That's the motto at Aurora pantry where demand has more than quadrupledJun 14, 2020 7:06 am - The Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry served 2,000 people a week when Cat Battista became executive director 18 months ago. Now it serves 9,000. For the past two mont...
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Where's Jake's cell? Old Joliet Prison finally unlocks the gates.Apr 14, 2019 12:43 pm - At the start of "The Blues Brothers," the 1980 comedy classic, "Joliet Jake" Blues walks out the front gate of Joliet Correctional Center, a looming, limestone fortress ...
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Churches in DuPage, Will counties collecting items for asylum-seekersJan 29, 2019 6:38 am - In response to what the Trump administration calls a growing humanitarian crisis at the southern border, a Wheaton-based group is organizing efforts to collect supplies ...
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Cheerleaders get boost from Women Who CareMar 21, 2017 1:06 pm - Members of 100+ Women Who Care of Will County recently donated $2,500 to the GymTyme "Hearts" Special Needs Cheerleading Team. The donation will help members of the team...
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Diminutive drag racer produces enormously fun driveMar 08, 2017 5:18 am - Small things can leave a big impression, just like "No Big Thing." It's a tiny blue Vespa 400 that was turned into a serious drag machine in the 1970s. Mark Cryer freque...
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South Suburban Family Shelter names new directorJun 07, 2016 9:16 am - South Suburban Family Shelter has named Jennifer Gabrenya as its new executive director Gabrenya comes to the agency with many years of experience in the nonprofit secto...