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How music enhances the holiday season, stirs memoriesDec 18, 2019 5:00 am - It's hard to imagine Christmas without music. For my family, it was an important part of the holiday. The day after Thanksgiving, my mom would put a stack of albums on t...
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Christmas villages display brings good cheer to Arlington Heights pubDec 18, 2019 5:00 am - This time of year, patrons of Peggy Kinnane's Irish Restaurant & Pub in downtown Arlington Heights ask to be seated near the windows. Not just to see the hustle and bus...
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It's time to listen to the word of Willamette Valley's ChardonnaysDec 18, 2019 5:00 am - You know how you can listen to someone for years, then realize that you haven't heard what they've been saying? Ever since I was a young Portland sommelier in the 1980s,...
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Some special foods to make Hanukkah celebrations brightDec 18, 2019 5:00 am - Hanukkah is nearly upon us, starting at sundown Sunday, Dec. 22. The Festival of Lights begins on the 25th day of the Jewish calendar month of Kislev and lasts for eight...
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Bipartisanship is doable and essentialDec 18, 2019 12:00 am - With presidential impeachment raining on holiday spirits, this isn't the easiest time to tout the necessity and feasibility of returning to a more bipartisan way of gove...
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Ziehm: Three Chicago-area players make Korn Ferry's top 40, will play in BahamasDec 18, 2019 12:00 am - It was unusual for the Chicago area to get six players into last week's final stage of qualifying for the PGA's Korn Ferry Tour. It was even more unusual that three of t...
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O'Donnell: End of Arlington Park could be accelerated due to contract stalemate with horsemenDec 18, 2019 12:00 am - THE END COULD BE COMING on much faster for Arlington Park than many people think. While Bill Carstanjen - the CEO of Churchill Downs Inc. - has publicly stated the local...
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Feder: In WXRT shake-up, Brehmer moves to middays, Milne to mornings; Dixon outDec 18, 2019 12:00 am - Lin Brehmer, the likable and literate morning personality on WXRT 93.1-FM since 1991, will move to middays early in the new year, the Entercom adult album alternative st...
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Catching up with some successful DuPage County collegiansDec 18, 2019 12:00 am - Before the Winter Solstice arrives here let's see what a few DuPage County graduates have been up to in college ... On Saturday the Division II national football champio...
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Feder: Chicago Tribune bosses seek to rally staff in perilous timesDec 18, 2019 12:00 am - Despite ominous warnings about what's ahead under new corporate owners Alden Global Capital, the Chicago Tribune is closing out the year on an upbeat note from its top e...