Columns
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Grammar Moses: Three different columns in one, and none of them very goodOct 15, 2022 1:00 am - Sports columnist/word wizard Jim O'Donnell passed along to me a Washington Post column by Random House copy chief Benjamin Dreyer on what I'll call poofy words. I found ...
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Paramount's 'Bull: a love story' shows promise, but needs streamliningOct 14, 2022 3:30 pm - "Bull: a love story" - In December 2020, Paramount Theatre established the Inception Project, a new play development program to support Black, Indigenous, People of ...
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Check the many ways cold air gets through a closed doorOct 14, 2022 7:00 am - By James Dulley Q: Both my wood front door and metal back door no longer seal well and I can feel a draft near them. What can I do inexpensively myself to improve their ...
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Zoom meetings continue to be allowed for condo boardOct 14, 2022 6:00 am - By David M. Bendoff Q: When the pandemic started, our homeowners' association board began conducting its board meetings via "Zoom." The board is still conducting its boa...
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Spotlight: Chester Gregory salutes soul music legends at the Metropolis Performing Arts CentreOct 14, 2022 6:00 am - 10th anniversary, take two BrightSide Theatre revisits its pandemic-interrupted 10th anniversary season with a revival of "She Loves Me," the Jerry Boch-Sheldon Harnick ...
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Why some see New Jersey as a model for bail reform in IllinoisOct 14, 2022 5:30 am - Given its unfair reputation as home to little more than swamps, toll roads lined with industrial sites and overtanned meatheads hangin' out at the Shore, you might not e...
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Neighbors in the news: Wauconda deputy chief graduates from FBI academyOct 13, 2022 6:00 am - • Wauconda Deputy Chief of Police John Combs, along with 234 other law enforcement officers, graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, Sept. 13. In...
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Guest Nneka Jones Tapia: Holistic safety strategies will improve jail conditions - for everybodyOct 13, 2022 1:00 am - Every day, millions of incarcerated people are fighting to survive the trauma that occurs in America's jails and prisons. However, they aren't the only ones affected by ...
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Overachieving siblings disappointed with work, personal lives seek remedies in satirical 'Tiger Style!' at Writers TheatreOct 12, 2022 6:00 pm - “Tiger Style!” - ★ ★ ½ The overachieving siblings at the center of Mike Lew's witty, satirical “Tiger Style!” are unhappy and out of place. Albert Chen, a Harvard Unive...
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Let's talk chicken! How to make the most of a whole chicken - from the first meal to the stockOct 12, 2022 6:00 am - I have had nearly 30 posts for this newspaper, and I have only shared one other chicken recipe. And I eat chicken about 70% of the time! Let's fix that, shall we? These ...