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Prospect Heights Fire Department names new chiefOct 19, 2016 6:00 am - Prospect Heights Fire Chief Drew Smith was sworn in last month as the department's fifth chief in its 72-year history. It came after a 35-year career with the department...
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Clinton promises major wealth redistributionOct 19, 2016 1:00 am - By Byron York Even by the standards of liberal Democrats, Hillary Clinton is running the most frankly redistributionist presidential campaign in years. She promises mass...
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Lester: Cubs loss sad but not 'heartbreaking,' say moms who know the differenceOct 19, 2016 1:00 am - As college sorority sisters and former neighbors, Barb Tsutsumi of Arlington Heights, Kathy Volz of Elgin and Sherry Sichak of Naperville have been close friends for yea...
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Rozner: Cubs finally remember they're the CubsOct 19, 2016 1:00 am - The Cubs just needed something good to happen. Anything. It had been almost four full days since something positive occurred for the Cubs. And when they couldn't get it ...
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How does a newspaper respond to threats? This is how.Oct 19, 2016 1:00 am - As someone who has spent a career in the business of words, it's unusual to find myself speechless. Yet, there I was, a little more than two weeks ago. What is the corre...
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Neuqua Valley's Barrows leaving winning tradition behindOct 19, 2016 1:00 am - Barb Barrows may pause for reflection, but it's inevitable, being athletic herself, that she won't slow down. The retiring Neuqua Valley athletic director obviously rema...
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Constable: How stamp dealer stumbled upon souvenirs from 1907 Cubs World SeriesOct 19, 2016 1:00 am - By Burt Constable Hoping to add to his impressive stamp collection, 86-year-old Lloyd Levin of Mount Prospect purchased an odd box of old papers that had been abandoned ...
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How changes in the Navy will impact folks at homeOct 19, 2016 1:00 am - My 93-year-old dad served as a U.S. Navy Seabee in the South Pacific during World War II. My 65-year-old brother served as a yeoman on a Navy ship in the Bay of Tonkin d...
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Haunted Quarry, BatFest add fun to Batavia this SaturdayOct 18, 2016 11:00 pm - If you have ever been at the Hall Quarry Beach at night, it's pretty scary. Add some ghosts and goblins and you have a really frightening night. Haunted Quarry is a...
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West Dundee Halloween party features 'trunk-or-treating'Oct 18, 2016 11:00 pm - Halloween parties usually don't need to be advertised. By word-of-mouth, the fun, the candy and the costumes speak for themselves. If the party is an annual event, then ...