All Stories from November 1, 2018 (Change date)
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Movie review: Disney's visually enticing 'Nutcracker' lacks dramatic crunchNov 01, 2018 6:00 am - “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” - ★ ★ ½ Walt Disney's music-filled early holiday gift, “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms,” feels like a big-budget, large-studio s...
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Put those leftover pumpkin seeds on the healthy snack listNov 01, 2018 6:00 am - You can get your hands on pumpkin seeds on about any store's snack aisle, but your healthiest option may be the old-fashioned way: scooping them out of the stringy guts ...
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Movie review: Horror film 'Monster Party' shocking - and awe-ful funnyNov 01, 2018 6:00 am - "Monster Party" - ★ ★ ★ Do you really want to know how horribly comic this horror movie can get? A sleazy guy gives one of those slow, sarcastic claps to young Iris (Vir...
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Residents group makes final push for Fox River & Countryside fire district tax hikeNov 01, 2018 5:40 am - In the weeks leading up to the Nov. 6 election, a residents group has been making its final push to spread the word about a proposed property tax increase for the Fox Ri...
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Candidates differ on state treasurer's missionNov 01, 2018 5:38 am - With the race for Illinois treasurer relatively free of the animosity shown at the top of the ticket, the two mainstream candidates sometimes struggle to make their pitc...
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'Veteran things' keep McHenry resident busyNov 01, 2018 5:33 am - Nearly every day, Donald Curfman is busy doing "veteran things." "If I need help, I ask for it. But you learn, when you are in the military, to do things," the 69-year-...
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What DuPage's Hobson Oak gently wept: A wooden guitar to be auctioned for charityNov 01, 2018 5:30 am - It lived for 250 years as part of a stately oak along Hobson Road near Woodridge. Then it survived a fire in Oswego. Now it's about to be auctioned - as a guitar, not ...
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Lucas siblings enjoy strong bond coaching together at UICNov 01, 2018 1:01 am - Shawn Lucas and sister, Ashley Lucas, enjoyed tremendously successful cross country and track and field careers at St. Edward High School in Elgin. Shawn Lucas, a 2002 g...
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Democracy is not a spectator sportNov 01, 2018 1:00 am - If you are a millennial who feels voting doesn't matter for whatever cynical reason, then consider that my mother, and likely your grandmother, did not have the legal ri...
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Walker is committed to helping small businessNov 01, 2018 1:00 am - I believe that the Nov. 6 election will be a watershed for our nation. I also believe that the upcoming election in Illinois will have a great impact on the future of ou...