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Creative energy still garners awards for Highland Park residentNov 28, 2016 12:00 am - Dennis Abelson of Highland Park has added another award to his collection: The Icon Award for overall work on behalf of the pet industry from Pet Age magazine. While th...
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New Year's 'resolutions' to make todayNov 28, 2016 12:00 am - No one does New Year's resolutions yet. Except us. That's because our resolutions aren't the “I'll study harder and be nicer to my sister” that Mom and Dad helped us wri...
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Buffalo Grove's Topalis will take her speedy skills to Winona StateNov 28, 2016 12:00 am - Georgette Topalis might be even quicker this season than she was a year ago when she made two big dashes down court and scored baskets that iced wins over Hersey's state...
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Kruse takes control at CarthageNov 28, 2016 12:00 am - When the Carthage College men's basketball team finished a perfect weekend to open the season at 2-0, former Lake Zurich standout Brad Kruse sure helped play his part. T...
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'The ultimate multi-tasker,' your brain works 24/7Nov 27, 2016 10:00 pm - A student in Gregg Thompson's sixth-grade social studies class at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee asks, "Why can you only control so much of your brain?" The three-poun...
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North Aurora middle schooler signs contract with Silverado RecordsNov 27, 2016 10:00 pm - With the stroke of a pen, Ali Morgan of North Aurora has started her country music career. The 13-year-old eighth-grader at Jewel Middle School has signed a contract to ...
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Buona Beef now open in AlgonquinNov 27, 2016 10:00 pm - People camped out in tents the night before the grand opening of the new Buona Beef along the Randall Road corridor in Algonquin. The first 100 people in line for the op...
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Imrem: Barkley the Bears QB for now, not futureNov 27, 2016 4:01 pm - Begin the drumbeat for the Bears' new quarterback of the future. As long as by "the future" we mean this week. Step right up and come on down ... Matt Barkley! Don't tak...
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Grammar Moses: Which conveys meaning better - spoken or written word?Nov 27, 2016 6:30 am - The advantage of the spoken word over the written word is the ability to use inflection to convey meaning. The trouble with email, they say, is that something is lost in...
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Constable: 'I consider myself an artist,' taxidermist says of mounted menagerieNov 27, 2016 4:00 am - A lush garden with a well-stocked koi pond welcomes guests to George and Slawa Swiderski's Palatine home, where majestic spaces showcase his stunning paintings, her beau...