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Local focus: How chambers of commerce are enticing shoppers to suburban downtownsNov 13, 2022 12:00 am - At local chambers of commerce around the suburbs, the quest has begun: To convince people to shop with their feet instead of their thumbs, in quaint storefronts instead ...
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Swift action needed to restore confidence in our governmentNov 13, 2022 12:00 am - The midterm elections are over. The relentless barrage of political commercials has ended. Politicians have spent enormous amounts of money to disparage their opponents...
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'Fall tulips' from Baheej continue to grow smilesNov 12, 2022 6:00 am - Have you ever seen “fall tulips?” Well, I have six stands of them in my front gardens. So special. They were especially pretty this year. They bloom in late September un...
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Facts Matter: Trump posts false voting claim on Election DayNov 12, 2022 12:00 am - The midterm elections brought out a flurry of false information, and some came from former President Donald Trump. "The Absentee Ballot situation in Detroit is REALLY BA...
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Grammar Moses: Why 'farther' takes a ruler and 'further' an imaginationNov 12, 2022 12:00 am - The headline read: "In the suburban counties, the blue wave spread further." I had anticipated getting a phone call or two from readers who interpreted the headline as ...
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Marriott's merry 'Christmas Story' a heartwarming tribute to a family's loveNov 11, 2022 1:15 pm - “A Christmas Story, The Musical” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “From then on, things were different between me and my mother.” Halfway through the second act of “A Christmas Story, The Mus...
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State keeps record of who is in charge of nonprofit condosNov 11, 2022 6:00 am - By David M. Bendoff Q: Our daughter, who owned a condominium in a Chicago suburb, recently passed away suddenly. I am her father, live out of state and am going through ...
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Who inspires your creativity? Play Together calls artists for new collaborationNov 11, 2022 5:00 am - Play Together is putting out the call for its third collaborative art project. The Chicago-based arts education organization partnered with Grammy-winning producer Nico...
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Showing off new boutique and wine bar, K. Hollis Jewelers hosts grand reopening Nov. 12Nov 11, 2022 5:00 am - It's quieter these days in the spot where Pal Joey's pizza ovens blazed on busy nights or Golden Corral's kitchen staff prepared food for buffet diners. Instead, busy je...
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The suburban prosecutors taking the lead in the legal battle to topple the SAFE-T ActNov 11, 2022 4:30 am - When more than half of Illinois' state's attorneys go to court in Kankakee County next month in a last-ditch effort to block the controversial SAFE-T Act, the proceeding...