Columns
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Who is supposed to fix garage doors in townhouse associations?Jul 23, 2023 7:00 am - Q: I live in a common interest community association with townhouse-style units. The association is responsible for unit roof, siding and gutter maintenance, repair and ...
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Inspector fails to inform buyer of old wiringJul 23, 2023 6:00 am - Q: Before we bought our home, our home inspector said the house has Romex wiring. After moving in, our electrician installed a ceiling fan. When he was in the attic, he ...
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Good News Sunday: Elgin's Senior Services Associates celebrates diversity with quinceañeraJul 23, 2023 6:00 am - Good News Sunday: Elgin's Senior Services Associates celebrates diversity with quinceañera
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Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel: Our ugly past is always nipping at our heelsJul 23, 2023 1:00 am - We all know history doesn't really repeat itself, but it sure does echo through the decades and centuries. As Nobel Prize-winning novelist William Faulkner wrote: "The p...
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Green acres: How an insurance man taught himself to be a suburban farmer and store ownerJul 23, 2023 1:00 am - Cliff McConville learned to milk cows the quintessential 21st century way: from a YouTube video. Working from home in 2011 for a Texas-based company, the then-48-year-o...
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Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel: Our ugly past is always nipping at our heelsJul 23, 2023 1:00 am - We all know history doesn't really repeat itself, but it sure does echo through the decades and centuries. As Nobel Prize-winning novelist William Faulkner wrote: "The p...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Gilgo Beach case puts serial killers on noticeJul 23, 2023 1:00 am - The women were expendable. They were sex workers, after all. When they disappeared between 2007 and 2010, Long Island law enforcement formed no task forces. There was no...
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The small business community's fight for resourcesJul 23, 2023 1:00 am - I have learned a great deal about Illinois politics since co-founding the Small Business Advocacy Council. One initial observation was that drafting and filing legislat...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Gilgo Beach case puts serial killers on noticeJul 23, 2023 1:00 am - The women were expendable. They were sex workers, after all. When they disappeared between 2007 and 2010, Long Island law enforcement formed no task forces. There was no...
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Coyotes demonstrate we all need an ability to adapt to changeJul 22, 2023 6:00 am - Have you ever heard coyotes howling? Well, I have. My niece in suburban Denver took an amazing video of a mother coyote with five young pups strolling along the walkway ...