Small Business
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Barbecue restaurant brings new life to old Mundelein plazaJul 20, 2016 1:00 am - A new barbecue restaurant has opened in Mundelein's Hawley Lake Plaza, a long-floundering shopping center trying to make a comeback with a fresh facade and other aesthet...
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Naperville restaurant offers 5 cuisines in one placeJul 15, 2016 1:00 am - An Indian restaurant that has no problem cooking up chocolate-chip pancakes, Chinese fried rice and a varied menu of Greek, Italian and American dishes has opened in Nap...
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Where's Waldo? Find him and win prizesJul 14, 2016 11:00 pm - Waldo once again is on the loose. The familiar red-and-white striped character, who is always a bit hard to find, is hidden in nearly 40 stores and businesses in Napervi...
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Sponsorships offer potentially high rewardsJul 14, 2016 1:00 am - The good news is that there are several low-cost, potentially high-return sponsorships that may be a good fit as your business seeks to establish connections with what c...
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Palatine rejects store's plan to sell hookah pipesJul 14, 2016 1:00 am - Citing village ordinances against drug paraphernalia, Palatine's village council this week denied a tobacco store's request that it be allowed to sell glass pipes and ho...
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Apocalypse Hardware sells guns, hunting equipment in BataviaJul 13, 2016 11:00 pm - Violent incidents in this country tend to have a strange affect on gun stores. They make it the best of times and the worst of times to be operating one. Considering the...
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Mount Prospect woman's Lemons of Love brings relief to cancer patientsJul 13, 2016 9:00 am - Jill Swanson Peltier of Mount Prospect is the ultimate multi-tasker. Late last week she returned from distributing care packages to a cancer center in Evanston, before ...
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Mexican ice-cream parlor coming to SchaumburgJul 13, 2016 1:00 am - Schaumburg trustees Tuesday approved a Mexican-style ice-cream parlor - La Michoacana Paleteria - to occupy a 2,500-square-foot space in the Bode Road Center, 2381 Bode ...
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Empire bar in Naperville combines old design, new menuJul 13, 2016 1:00 am - The tables are made of wood from an old barn in Indiana. The name is from an old TV show about prohibition. The paneling on the bar is from some old whiskey barrels fr...
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Constable: Tending bridges tricky for Long GroveJul 11, 2016 8:00 am - There were a few beefs initially, but Chicago turned its “Cows on Parade” — an assortment of fiberglass bovine artwork — into a popular attraction in 1999. Some in Long ...