Small Business
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Constable: Harvesting a bit of guilt as I break the family farming streakOct 12, 2020 1:00 am - We all agree Monday was a holiday, or at least a day without mail. My calendar said it was Christopher Columbus Day, in honor of the 15th-century explorer. It also said ...
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Grab a plate — Des Plaines' Restaurant Week starts Oct. 16Oct 09, 2020 1:00 am - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, eateries throughout Des Plaines will welcome customers — masked ones, of course — for the city's annual Restaurant Week celebration starti...
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Algonquin's Prairie Trail extension opening to steer people to local businessesOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - For years, the Prairie Trail has carried bikers, hikers and joggers through various parts of Algonquin. Now, village officials hope they have found a way to inspire the...
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Elgin car wash plans Tunnel of TerrorOct 08, 2020 1:00 am - Have you always loved Halloween and haunted houses, but are in fear of COVID germs? Brittain's Car Wash says it will be taken over by lost souls, goblins and other spook...
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'Love where you live': Window art celebrates hometown pride in downtown WheatonOct 06, 2020 5:30 am - The window of a Wheaton ice cream shop has a sweet reminder of what makes the downtown a social center through all four seasons. Before you taste a scoop of the maple cr...
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New sauna-workout business opens in WheatonOct 05, 2020 11:00 pm - WHEATON - HotWorx, a new fitness studio that features 30-minute workouts in a sauna, has opened in Town Square Wheaton, the shopping center said. Boasting "more workout...
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Azul 3D announces deal with DuPontOct 04, 2020 11:00 pm - SKOKIE - 3D-printing startup Azul 3D has formed an exclusive development collaboration with DuPont Electronics & Imaging to advance its next-generation 3D printing techn...
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Mud pies to high-end cakes: How an accountant lost on Food Network, got a Naperville shopOct 02, 2020 5:30 am - Denise Chambliss can point to specific life moments that seem to have foretold her future as a professional baker and cake decorator. And yet, looking back, she never im...
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Drive-through scares are on tap at 'Terror in the Timbers' in ElginSep 30, 2020 1:00 am - Drive-through haunted attraction set to begin Friday
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Barrington's first drive-in concert a go for FridaySep 29, 2020 5:30 am - In an effort to get creative during COVID-19, the village of Barrington will offer its first drive-in concert Friday night featuring the folk, pop and rock fusion of loc...