Small Business
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Popular Long Grove eatery reopens after fireDec 05, 2013 7:00 am - Enzo & Lucia Ristorante & Café in downtown Long Grove has reopened after a kitchen fire forced it to close its doors in June. The restaurant has been operating out of a ...
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Carpentersville replaces vehicle stickers with sales tax hikeDec 04, 2013 12:00 pm - Carpentersville leaders eliminated the village's vehicle sticker program Tuesday and replaced it with a one-half percent hike in the sales tax, an increase that retires ...
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Naperville removes 2 downtown parking spots to ease congestionDec 04, 2013 6:45 am - While many in Naperville say the downtown area needs additional parking, city council members voted Tuesday night to remove two spaces on Washington Street south of Bent...
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At Grunt Style, ‘hire a vet’ isn’t just a sloganDec 03, 2013 2:57 pm - After nine years in the military, including deployment to Iraq in 2004 and 2005, Marine Corps veteran Timothy Jensen said it was a struggle to adjust back to being a civ...
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Sad Bears fans need a little Ditka, and he's everywhereDec 03, 2013 4:30 am - December can be such a fun month for Chicago football fans. A Bears victory during the holiday season can spur fans to reserve travel packages for the Super Bowl, or at ...
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Child model from Mount Prospect now has agency of her ownDec 02, 2013 4:38 am - Mount Prospect resident Paige L. Ehlman has parlayed child modeling gigs into a 20-year career in modeling and acting. Now, at age 39 she has opened her own modeling ag...
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Pillar to Post Professional Home Inspections launches in NapervilleDec 02, 2013 4:16 am - An interview with Don Thorne, owner of Pillar to Post Professional Home Inspections in Naperville. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: I am one of nearly 400 ...
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2014 issues: Medical marijuana, ban the box, concealed carryDec 02, 2013 4:00 am - There’s the every-year question about how you’ll grow your business and its profits. Taxes are a perennial issue. But Renée L. Koehler has some new items, fortunately wi...
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Thanksgiving takes more Black Friday salesDec 01, 2013 2:45 am - Thanksgiving Day is no longer all about turkey: It’s eating away at Black Friday shopping. U.S. shoppers spent $9.74 billion on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving....
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Small businesses pop up for the holidaysNov 30, 2013 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Here today, gone in weeks — pop-up shops and temporary stores are back for the holiday season. At Christmas Lights Etc.'s Atlanta showroom, the public gets to...