Columns
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Crime in My NeighborhoodJun 04, 2023 1:00 am - My neighborhood is full of broken windows. That's a term of art in policing to describe the disorder that breeds more disorder. It includes homelessness and graffiti, qu...
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Daily readings can be quite uplifting, thought-provokingJun 03, 2023 7:00 am - Many of us have a daily morning ritual of some sort - a way to start the day on a smooth footing. I certainly do. It may not be a ritual, exactly, but I have some pleasa...
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Grammar Moses: Now I've gone and done itJun 03, 2023 1:00 am - Edith Graber wrote from the River Glen Retirement Center in St. Charles with a compliment coupled with a complaint about a headline. "Not done celebrating" was the headl...
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Facts Matter: George Floyd's autopsy report is not newJun 03, 2023 1:00 am - Social media posts claim new information was released last month concerning the death of George Floyd, 46, on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis. "BREAKING NEWS: George Floyd ...
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Conflicting documents keep siblings at odds over mother's houseJun 02, 2023 7:00 am - Q: My mother passed away a short time ago. She had been sick for some time and I moved into her home to care for her. She was quite disabled and I had to quit my job to ...
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Unit owner is allowed to see association work contractsJun 02, 2023 6:00 am - Q: Our condominium association hired a pest control company to perform seasonal spraying of the buildings for wasp and bees. I witnessed what to me was unacceptable work...
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Spotlight: Naperville's BrightSide Theatre stages Broadway fave 'Gypsy'Jun 02, 2023 6:00 am - Everything's comin' up Rose Amy Arbizzani of Naperville stars as Mama Rose, the ferociously ambitious stage mother determined to make her daughters vaudeville stars, in ...
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Tri-Cities park districts able to fill lifeguard, swim instructor jobs, but could use a few more applicantsJun 02, 2023 6:00 am - As families hit the local community pools in the opening weeks of the summer season, it should trigger yet another signal that we are recovering from a deadly pandemic. ...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: The COVID blame game lives onJun 02, 2023 1:00 am - Last year, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul admitted it was a "mistake" for the Empire State to "have all the kids go home and learn remotely." To her credit, Hochul recognize...
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Widescreen: Physical media gems for fans of John Hughes, Stephen King, Ridley ScottJun 01, 2023 6:00 am - The streaming era still has delightful surprises for fans of physical media from time to time, thanks mostly to specialty labels like Criterion, Shout Factory, Arrow Vid...