All Stories from August 10, 2011 (Change date)
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Alternative-energy program valuableAug 10, 2011 3:00 am - With rising cost of energy alternative energy needs to become more accessible. PACE (property assessed clean energy) programs provide long-term private funding for solar...
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When cuts make the vulnerable even more soAug 10, 2011 3:00 am - With varied motivations, human beings tend to invoke the name of God in foxholes, in the throes of passion and in budget debates. During the recent debt-limit showdown,...
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Blending up the nutrients in easy smoothiesAug 10, 2011 2:00 am - The smoothie, once the secret treat of health food markets, has since become so common yet incredibly appealing that even McDonald's has jumped on the bandwagon with its...
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St. Charles’ Main St. fully open near endangered buildingAug 10, 2011 1:00 am - A building in downtown St. Charles that was in danger of collapsing has been stabilized enough that traffic restrictions near it have been lifted. And the city was hopin...
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Tweens look for easy-to-switch style changesAug 10, 2011 1:00 am - Who doesn't love a change, especially when it means looking at old spaces in a new way? Kids who are older than tots but not quite teens particularly like this idea. No ...
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Elgin concert to benefit the hungryAug 10, 2011 1:00 am - A free concert to benefit Feeding Greater Elgin featuring the Elgin Symphony Orchestra will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, in Wing Park, off Wing St. in Elgin. ...
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Compete at sand volleyball tourneyAug 10, 2011 1:00 am - Submitted by MCC The McHenry County College Lady Scots’ volleyball team, in conjunction with the MCC Athletics Department, is sponsoring a Beach Volleyball Tournament an...
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Geneva offense could be a force as Vikings go for eighth conference titleAug 10, 2011 1:00 am - Forget Dec. 25. Geneva football coach Rob Wicinski has his own favorite date circled on the calendar. “The greatest time of the year — the start of football,” Wicinski ...
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Elgin Golden K Kiwanis aid food pantryAug 10, 2011 1:00 am - Every Wednesday, Mel, 94, makes his way to the basement of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on Center Street in Elgin. He usually arrives at about 8:30 a.m. to meet with oth...
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White Stag Tavern to open in St. CharlesAug 10, 2011 1:00 am - Can a restaurant/tavern site make like a cat with nine lives? It may not be the ninth life for the former Sugo Restaurant at 1307 E. Main St. in St. Charles, but it cert...