All Stories from May 22, 2020 (Change date)
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The pen pal project: Geneva seniors and new friends revive lost art of letter writingMay 22, 2020 6:00 am - My 95-year-old mother was struggling to hear me on the phone, and it was apparent it was time to turn to the most direct and sincere method of communication. I started w...
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Memorial Day will be different this year, but the true meaning remainsMay 22, 2020 6:00 am - There will be no parades this year. No rifle salutes, no large gatherings to remember and honor the fallen. It will be a Memorial Day unlike any other. But maybe that's...
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Ron Onesti: Another king is goneMay 22, 2020 6:00 am - We lost one of the very last founders of rock 'n' roll recently, Richard Wayne Penniman, otherwise known as Little Richard. As flamboyant as he was entertaining, he was ...
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Fremont library to begin curbside service next monthMay 22, 2020 5:30 am - After being closed for two months because of the COVID-19 crisis, Mundelein's Fremont Public Library should begin offering curbside checkouts next month — but book retur...
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After nearly three decades, 'Face of MainStreet' Libertyville set to step downMay 22, 2020 5:30 am - Downtown Libertyville was in tough shape in 1992, when Pam Hume began volunteering for a fledgling revitalization group. MainStreet Libertyville had been organized only ...
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Are the wide open roads during the pandemic leading to more reckless driving?May 22, 2020 5:30 am - By Chuck Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas The wide-open highways and traffic-free commutes may seem like a slight silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic, but is all that cle...
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A song to make you smile: 'Stay Up Late' by Talking HeadsMay 22, 2020 5:30 am - We're trying to inject a little positivity in the paper (and on dailyherald.com) with a daily "Song to Make You Smile." It's designed to help lift you out of your corona...
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Couple's passion for cemetery's history seen in Memorial Day tributeMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - After reviving the once-neglected Fort Hill Cemetery near Round Lake, McHenry resident Vern Paddock thought it only right to honor those who may not have anyone around t...
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Annie Glenn, American heroMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - In 2012, Annie Glenn and I were doing what we so often did, which was to sit side-by-side in a quiet place offstage, waiting for our extroverted husbands to finish speak...
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Eighth-graders celebrate their Immanuel Lutheran School graduationMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - Eighth-graders from Immanuel Lutheran School on the edge of downtown Palatine celebrated their graduation by walking around their building and being honored with a car p...