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  COD, faculty reach tentative contract deal May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Negotiating teams for the College of DuPage and the school's faculty association have reached a tentative contract agreement — just days before a contract imposed by COD's board of trustees was set to take effect. The deal was struck just after midnight Saturday — the result of bargaining sessions on Thursday and Friday that lasted a combined 25 hours, said Faculty Association President Glenn Hansen.
  

   

• Glenbard N. overcomes St. Charles North’s fast startMay 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  St. Charles North had a plan of attack going into its Class 4A regional championship game against top-seeded Glenbard North and its ace, Lilly Fecho — attack early. It worked in the first innings as the first four batters had hits and the 10th-seeded North Stars jumped out to a 3-0 lead.
  

   

• Bartlett ‘not done yet’ May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  There have been very few rough outings this year for Bartlett righthander Colin Nowak, but one of them came during the regular season against Lake Park.The Hawks junior more than made up for that in Saturday's Lake Park regional championship, striking out 14 Lancers without a walk and defeating the hosts 5-3 for the baseball program's first regional title in 10 years.
  

   

• Lack of property tax relief unconscionable May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  A Bloomingdale letter to the editor: Despite the third consecutive year of falling home prices, our elected officials have failed to reduce property taxes. For governing bodies not to consider tax relief is bad enough, but for them to raise taxes is unconscionable.
  

   
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  Images: Boys state track and field finals May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  The high school state track and field finals took place Saturday on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
  

   

• DeFilippis blasts St. Charles E. to regional title May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  As he stepped into the batter's box with runners on the corners and 2 out in the bottom of the first inning, St. Charles East's Troy DeFilippis was looking for one thing.
  

   
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  Relative driving ATV that killed sixth grader in Bartlett May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  A sixth-grader who died after being struck by an all-terrain vehicle in Bartlett was being remembered Friday for his "big eyes and beautiful smile." Samuel Sloan, 11, was pronounced dead at Loyola Medical Center in Maywood shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday, more than three hours after the accident on the 800 block of West Appletree Lane.
  

   
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  2011-2012 Northwest Suburban Academic Team May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  They have different backgrounds and different passions, but the high school seniors named to the Northwest Suburban Daily Herald Academic Team share the conviction it is their duty to contribute to society. "I look forward to someday being able to help those in need through the wonders of human ingenuity and medical technology -- on a scale I had never before thought possible," writes Antonio Spina, of Bartlett High School.
  

   
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  DuPage County honorable mentionsMay 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  2011-2012 DuPage County Academic Team honorable mentions
  

   
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  Introducing the 2011-12 Daily Herald Academic Team May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Today, we introduce you to some amazing teenagers. The members of the 2011-12 Daily Herald Academic Team all have grades and test scores so stellar they could blind. But read past the test scores, and what you find are humble young people, dedicated to learning and intent on using education to further their goals.
  

   
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  2011-2012 DuPage County Academic Team May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  The members of the 2011-2012 DuPage County Academic Team are an impressive bunch with a long list of accolades to their credit. But these teenagers care about more than their resumes. They plan to make a difference. "Through my work, I want to be able to give hope to people whose quality of life has been limited by the seemingly impossible," writes Mia Frasca of Wheaton Warrenville South High School.
  

   
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  Hubble school makes donation of paper products for needy seniorsMay 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Recently, Hubble Middle School made a large donation of paper products, for the sake of needy senior citizens served by the Humanitarian Service Project (HSP) of Carol Stream
  

   

• Lake Park turns momentum its way May 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  Lake Park ace Christian Taugner generally doesn't need a lot of support, so when his team got him three quick runs Thursday afternoon to erase a one-run deficit, the Lancers were well on their way to advancing to Saturday's regional final.
  

   
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  Glenbards moving ahead with artificial turf fields May 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  Artificial turf will be installed at football fields at Glenbard South and East this summer, ready for the start of the new school year in August. Those are the two final schools to get new turf since Glenbard High School District 87 started a turf replacement program at Glenbard North in 2009, followed by Memorial Field at Glenbard West in 2010.
  

   

• Lake Park holds off upstart Geneva May 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  When Lake Park began its current streak of four straight regional championships in 2009, the Geneva boys volleyball program did not yet exist. The champions of Upstate Eight Conference Valley Division (Lancers) and River (Vikings, shared with St. Charles East) met Wednesday night with the Larkin regional championship on the line. Lake Park and its tradition had a little too much firepower for the new kids on the block in a 25-13, 23-25, 25-17 victory.
  

   
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  Judson U. names William Clark Crothers as incoming interim presidentMay 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Board of Trustees of Judson University is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. William Clark Crothers as Judson University's Interim President for the next academic year. Dr. Crothers will assume this position on July 1.
  

   

• Lake Park holds off upstart GenevaMay 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  When Lake Park began its current streak of four straight regional championships in 2009, the Geneva boys volleyball program did not yet exist. The champions of Upstate Eight Conference Valley Division (Lancers) and River (Vikings, shared with St. Charles East) met Wednesday night with the Larkin regional championship on the line. Lake Park and its tradition had a little too much firepower for the new kids on the block in a 25-13, 23-25, 25-17 victory.
  

   
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  Lake Park hoping ‘to hit just right’ May 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  "We've got to hit just right, but it's possible." Lake Park track and field coach Jay Ivory's statement for this paper's outdoor preview was hard to question. After all, Ivory's Lancers were the two-time defending Class 3A state champions.
  

   
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  Endowment for Needy Senior and ChildMay 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Bloomingdale Women’s Club has given $9500 to the Humanitarian Service Project (HSP) to provide for the needy senior citizens and children served by the charity.
  

   
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  Glenbards moving ahead with artificial turf fieldsMay 22, 2012 12:00 AM
  Artificial turf will be installed at football fields at Glenbard South and East this summer, ready for the start of the new school year in August. Those are the two final schools to get new turf since Glenbard High School District 87 started a turf replacement program at Glenbard North in 2009, followed by Memorial Field at Glenbard West in 2010.