Columns
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Are your town's liquor license fees costing you more at the tap?Jun 22, 2016 5:00 am - The first 1,291 pints of pale ale sold each year at Emmett's Brewing Co. in downtown Palatine cover the cost of the $7,425 annual liquor license fee paid to the village....
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Clash of cultures connects Britain and OrlandoJun 22, 2016 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer These weeks were destined to be the last chance for Brexit, as the days dwindle down to the historic June 23 British referendum on leaving the Euro...
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Business owner adds Strawberry Field to restaurant menuJun 22, 2016 1:00 am - Gus Romas was 15 when he immigrated from Greece and jokes that he arrived to Chicago on a Friday night and that on Monday morning he was picking up dishes and cleaning t...
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Rozner: Bulls, Rose reminder of failed promiseJun 22, 2016 1:00 am - It was late on the night of Feb. 17, 2011, after Derrick Rose and the Bulls had taken apart the San Antonio Spurs at the UC, and a local scribe was tardy getting to Greg...
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Suburban, downstate families shouldn't pay for Chicago's messJun 22, 2016 1:00 am - “No matter how this session unfolds, send that education bill to my desk — CLEAN — NO GAMES — and I'll sign it immediately,” — Governor Bruce Rauner, February 17, 2016 “...
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Constable: Even a Cardinals sweep can't faze Cubs fansJun 22, 2016 1:00 am - The Cardinals trying to sweep the Cubs at Wrigley Field brings a crowd to the North Side. That applies to the suburbs, too. “This is the closest you can get to Wrigleyv...
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Don't react to negative comments made by fiance's friendJun 21, 2016 11:00 pm - Q. I am soon to be married. I just found out that my fiance's friend, who is in our wedding party, said my fiance "could marry better" and I just "drag him down." When t...
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We're buying more food labeled 'natural' and maybe we shouldn'tJun 21, 2016 6:00 am - According to a market research company, when food shopping more than half of us look for the words: "natural" and "all natural" on products. When it comes to food sales,...
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Anonymous donors match funds to support Batavia ArboretumJun 21, 2016 5:30 am - A mention in this column of the Batavia Arboretum on the grounds of Batavia High School last month has created "a real boon to our fundraising efforts," according to the...
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North: Dustin Johnson showed his toughness at U.S. OpenJun 21, 2016 5:19 am - Dustin Johnson finally won his first major championship and all is right with the world. With the potential of controversy looming, Johnson took matters into his own ha...