All Stories from June 21, 2011 (Change date)
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Schaumburg Hop and Vine Fest a success, organizers sayJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - More than 750 people turned out Saturday for the Schaumburg Park Foundation’s Solstice Hop and Vine Fest, a beer and wine tasting event to benefit renovations to the nat...
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Budget-cutting talk forgotten for raiseJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - In a June 8 Daily Herald article, “Naperville council tables mechanical amusement tax increase,” Councilman Doug Krause said he couldn’t believe his peers would opt out ...
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Farmers market Baked Strawberry PreservesJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - 6 cups hulled and quartered very ripe strawberries, divided 1¼ cups sugar, divided ¼ cup orange juice Heat oven to 225 degrees. Select 2 cups of the ripest c...
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A new bus route for Carpentersville?Jun 21, 2011 12:00 am - Could Carpentersville use another bus route? Village officials hope the Regional Transit Authority thinks so. Carpentersville has applied for a grant to help fund a tra...
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Why the media’s obsession with Palin?Jun 21, 2011 12:00 am - The news media constantly tell us Sarah Palin is stupid and irrelevant. If so, why do the media relentlessly hound her and her family? Why do they analyze and twist ever...
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Watch free flick at Dundee libraryJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - Looking for a cheap way to see a movie? You can’t get any better than the free flicks shown at the Dundee Township Public Library. At 6 p.m. today, June 22, the library ...
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Wheeling will keep jail deal with Prospect HeightsJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - People arrested in Prospect Heights will continue to be jailed in Wheeling. The Wheeling village board agreed to renew the contract between the two municipalities for an...
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Weighty journey to celebrateJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - Break out the confetti and balloons (no cake, please). This month I celebrate the four-year anniversary for maintaining my 150-pound weight loss; a journey that began ba...
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Suburban teachers have it too goodJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - The Illinois legislative session recently ended, and the issue of public pensions was not addressed. The money the state owes to pay for these pensions leaves precious f...
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No escaping the obviousJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - It’s an irony of the modern age that the most devastating kind of sex scandal, at least for politicians, doesn’t involve actual sex. As Rep. Anthony Weiner has learned. ...