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Is your park district also a landlord? And what rent does it charge?Feb 22, 2020 12:00 am - Ryan Risinger might have the shortest commute of any park district director in the suburbs. That's if you call the roughly 200-foot walk from his house on Bernard Drive ...
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Constable: Palatine author goes from bikini-clad warriors to female filmmakersFeb 22, 2020 12:00 am - The 26th book from Palatine author David C. Smith tells the story of fictional silent film star Catherine Farr, who is smart, beautiful and modeled after one of several ...
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Grammar Moses: If your pants are too loose, you might lose themFeb 22, 2020 12:00 am - New subscriber Patricia Casale (please welcome her aboard, everyone) was wondering whether I've ever addressed the vexing issue of when people add an extra "O" to the ve...
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Geneva Women's Club to celebrate 80th anniversaryFeb 21, 2020 5:00 am - It seems fitting that a women's organization with a pink heart as part of its logo is preparing for a milestone event in the same month in which Valentine's Day falls. W...
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2020 Bird of the Year: Cedar waxwing ... or is it?Feb 21, 2020 5:00 am - It's official. Cedar waxwing is the 2020 Bird of the Year, declared by the American Birding Association on Jan. 12. I attended the ABA's Sunday afternoon "reveal party,...
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Police leaders say a new state law is leading to less training for officersFeb 21, 2020 4:30 am - Call it the law of unintended consequences. The law in this case - House Bill 4594, aka The Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act - was billed as a much-needed check on es...
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A history belle's pick of presidentsFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - So, here we are on Presidents Day in Washington, the city hushed on the holiday. Picture me on the porch looking over my personal A-list. George Washington receives vis...
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TopTracer the drawing card at Mistwood Golf DomeFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - It's 1 p.m. on a typical cold, blustery and downright dreary February afternoon in the suburbs. Drive by any golf course and there's not a soul to be found. Yet at 730 N...
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Feder: One-woman show 'Reporting Live: I'm Ana Belaval' goes onstageFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - Ana Belaval, the multitalented "Around Town" reporter on the top-rated "WGN Morning News," is about to star in her own one-woman comedy show, Robert Feder writes. "...
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Shaving to the boneFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - In World War I, when the combatants hunkered down fearfully in miles of opposing trenches, everything took on the name of the trench. There was trench foot, a disease, a...