All Stories from May 28, 2008 (Change date)
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Increased sales tax gives Lake County money for road workMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Lake County's annual update of its big-picture roadwork plan usually is more memorable for projects that aren't included. That's not the case this year. Fueled by $29 mi...
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Stock your library at the Friends' annual book saleMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Turn pages in a book and a lot happens. Knowledge expands, imagination develops, conversation begins, relaxation occurs and relationships build. Simply reading a book pu...
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Grocery store plan in Wheeling moving aheadMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The Fresh Farms grocery store owner has another shot at redeveloping the site in Wheeling after years of encountering roadblocks. Dean Svigos, who owns the property at D...
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Anderson gives Wolves a powerful messageMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - John Anderson's hope when he traveled to Kitchener, Ontario on Sunday was to watch his son Spencer experience what he did in 1975 when he won a Canadian Hockey League Me...
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Briefs: School history exhibitMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The Hoffman Estates History Museum will host a special history exhibit on the earliest schools in Hoffman Estates from 10 a.m. to noon June 7 in the gym of Fairview Elem...
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Heres the pitch: Wiffle ball's thrivingMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - In the age of MySpace, iTunes and Grand Theft Auto, the Wiffle ball might seem like the kind of ancient artifact that Indiana Jones would hunt down. Yet every spring, wh...
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Butterflies house takes flightMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The Geneva Park District Butterfly House has opened for a new season. About 300 butterflies are in the house. At the moment, there are eight varieties, and more are expe...
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Competition opens at QB, RB during Bears' minicampMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - No depth-chart decision will be made during the three-day minicamp at Halas Hall that begins Friday, but competition officially will begin at several positions. Except a...
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South Elgin 6, Rockford Boylan 3May 28, 2008 11:00 pm - MACHESNEY PARK -- It may not have officially been Senior Day for South Elgin's softball team Wednesday, but it might as well have been. Led by its three seniors, the Sto...
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United, US Airways chiefs in merger talks, people sayMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The chief executive officers of UAL Corp.'s United Airlines and US Airways Group Inc. met to work through details of a possible merger as rising fuel prices add to press...