Small Business
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Island Lake emergency clinic opening larger facility in townJul 22, 2016 1:00 am - With business booming, an Island Lake medical clinic is set to relocate to a new - and much larger - facility in the same part of town. Dr. Reginald Ebirim and Dr. Ebere...
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Hoffman Estates adopts new pet shop regulationsJul 22, 2016 1:00 am - A new Hoffman Estates law requiring pet shops to disclose the breeding history of their animals has removed the village's Petland store as the last under the jurisdictio...
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Why 85-year-old Naperville barber stays in the bizJul 20, 2016 6:00 am - Rick Motta slides a black-and-white striped cape around Tom Groves and the experience begins. It starts with a razor and a comb, then moves to shears. A vacuum clears th...
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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 ...