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Feder: Carl Amari returns to host 'WGN Radio Theatre' Sunday nightsDec 08, 2021 12:00 am - Carl Amari, who's been sharing his love of radio's golden age with listeners for four decades, is bringing back his weekly showcase of classic comedy and drama to WGN 72...
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The search for leadershipDec 08, 2021 12:00 am - Americans over 65 and those with underlying risk factors are not supposed to travel. Luckily, I have no plans to travel this week. Because I traveled last week. Who knew...
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Jim O'Donnell: Adaptive genius of Belichick provides a lesson for windy cities everywhereDec 08, 2021 12:00 am - AT ITS CORE, the National Football League is a band of illusion. Gambling houses hang a point spread on a game. Officiating crews generally hold audience into the fourth...
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Young actor from Arlington Heights lands role in Broadway musical about 1950s HollywoodDec 07, 2021 5:00 am - At the wise old age of 12, Patrick McDermott of Arlington Heights landed the chance of a lifetime: He was cast in a new musical making its world premiere next week on Br...
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A boost for an old ladyDec 07, 2021 12:00 am - By Marc Munro Dion I went to get my COVID-19 booster the day before Thanksgiving. I had an appointment at a chain drugstore in a strip mall located in the dope-shooting...
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'We don't ever forget': Antioch woman saw the Pearl Harbor attack as a child in HawaiiDec 07, 2021 12:00 am - Now 89 years old and living in Antioch, Jean Paulos Self remembers waking shortly before 8 a.m. to the rising sun on the "very, very, very noisy" morning of Dec. 7, 1941...
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To build a brighter future, we must make public transit greener, more accessibleDec 07, 2021 12:00 am - In July, we hosted a town hall meeting in Hanover Park to ask residents how public transportation could be improved in the Northwest suburbs. The message from attendees ...
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Steven Spielberg's first musical a bold, fresh, spectacular take on the 1961 classic 'West Side Story'Dec 06, 2021 3:30 pm - “West Side Story” - ★ ★ ★ ★ The master has remastered a masterpiece! No movie could be a greater gamble for filmmaker Steven Spielberg than his joyously bold and revisio...
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Riders, commuter and freight railroads pay tribute to beloved Metra conductorDec 06, 2021 4:30 am - “I was born in a train,” Metra Union Pacific West Line conductor JJ Keigley said Tuesday with a serious expression before breaking into a laugh. But the joke was a littl...
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Suburban Mosaic: District 214, League of Women Voters to host talk about raceDec 06, 2021 4:30 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 and the League of Women Voters of Arlington Heights and surrounding areas are partnering to host a talk about race on Dec. 15...