Lifestyle Stories from October 5, 2023 (Change date)
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The Land Conservancy of McHenry County offers beginner's chainsaw trainingOct 05, 2023 11:00 pm - The Land Conservancy of McHenry County is offering a beginner's chainsaw training course on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Hennen Conservation Area, 462...
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How to help migrating hummingbirds and see their antics up closeOct 05, 2023 8:00 am - Most of the hummingbirds that visited our gardens over the summer are currently en route to their winter homes in Central America. And the tiny 3-to-5-inch-long birds, w...
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Lemony olive oil sauce enriches Greek beef and rice meatballsOct 05, 2023 6:00 am - In Greek cooking, lemon and whipped eggs are a classic - and essential - combination. It's called avgolemono, a creamy but tart combination used to thicken sauces and so...
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Arkells aims for connection with latest album 'Laundry Pile,' Sunday's Metro showOct 05, 2023 6:00 am - In the 2017 foot-stomping, crowd-rousing anthem “Knocking at the Door,” alt-rock band Arkells ends one powerful verse with the lines “Standin' shoulder to shoulder/ As w...
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Neighbors in the News: Palatine native appointed to Illinois Asian American Family CommissionOct 05, 2023 6:00 am - • Palatine native Aaron Del Mar was appointed to serve on the state of Illinois' Asian American Family Commission by Illinois state Rep. Tony McCombie. The appointment w...
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Check out 'The Royal Hotel' but don't linger in this subtle horror flickOct 05, 2023 6:00 am - “The Royal Hotel” — ★ ★ ★ “The Royal Hotel” is a horror movie, but don't expect any jump-cuts, scary masks or serial killers. It's more like the horror that dawns o...
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Tropical Smoothie Cafe opens in Lake ZurichOct 05, 2023 5:45 am - A new Tropical Smoothie Cafe is now open at 927 S. Rand Road in Lake Zurich. Owner Gina Williams said the cafe quietly opened Sept. 22 and is in the midst of weekly pro...
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'Oaks are having a moment': Why there is a bounty of acorns this seasonOct 05, 2023 5:30 am - It's not your imagination. Oak trees are producing huge numbers of acorns that are crunching underfoot and snapping like popcorn when driven over. Stand under an oak tre...
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'The Exorcist: Believer' doesn't desecrate the original, but it won't compel youOct 05, 2023 5:30 am - “The Exorcist: Believer” — ★ ★ There may be no holier ground in horror than “The Exorcist.” As endlessly as William Friedkin's 1973 film has been ripped off and res...
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'He shook the hand of Lincoln': Last soldier in Lake County to serve in the Civil War to be honoredOct 05, 2023 5:00 am - Silas Nichols died in 1945 but a special service Saturday will culminate a long mission to find and honor him as the last Union Civil War veteran in Lake County. A grani...
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