All Stories from December 19, 2011 (Change date)
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Oakton St. impassible during rush hourDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - I’d like to pass on “jeers” to Des Plaines. They have made it impossible to get through their town during rush hours on Oakton Street, between River Road and the Metra t...
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School districts wrong to increase leviesDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - Tis the season. The season for approving school district tax levies, that is. And the news on that front from several suburban school districts is disappointing. On the ...
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There was just one HitchDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - The Republicans’ final debate preceding the Iowa caucuses suddenly became uncompelling. There was nothing to do but write about Christopher Hitchens, whose death has mad...
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Suburbs filled with symphony orchestrasDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - I’ve been a Daily Herald subscriber since about 1984. I admire it greatly and never fail to read the Opinion page. In the Nov. 25 editorial, “Arts exist to lift spirits,...
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Does no one inspect finished roadwork?Dec 19, 2011 4:00 am - Two weeks ago, Old Buffalo Grove Road was repaved between Hintz Road and Buffalo Grove Road. It’s a little stretch of road, probably no more than 1/3 of a mile, that was...
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Weekend in Review: Charges in Elgin homicide, infant's stabbingDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - Charges filed in death of Elgin man A 28-year-old woman has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of a 61-year-old Elgin man whose body was found ins...
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Could the events of 1929 revisit us?Dec 19, 2011 4:00 am - Now that another season of economic ups and downs is over, one wonders if the world is moving toward another economic and political disaster like the one in 1929. Not on...
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Smaller districts may be the answerDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - Your Dec. 11 editorial was right on (“A formula to end Illinois’ corruption”). What you didn’t say is how we get more democracy. The problem in Illinois is the size of t...
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Dawn Patrol: Elgin man dead in torched apartment; Kim Jong Il deadDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - Woman charged after Elgin man found murdered in torched apartment A 28-year-old Elgin woman has been charged with the murder of James S. Granger of Elgin, who was f...
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Welcome home to you too, Mr. PresidentDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - “He finally said something,” the man in the elevator said to no one in particular as he turned away from the little screen that entertains us with traffic, weather and n...