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Palatine offers opportunities to do some goodFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Was one of your New Year's resolutions or Lenten goals to do a little more good? Well, check out these opportunities in Palatine to do just that. If you have some old at...
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Mayors take brunt of residents' winter frustrationsFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - This is not a fun winter to be a village president in northern Illinois. Mother Nature's wrath has angry residents pointing their blameful fingers at many community lead...
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Finding the right ingredients to make some doughFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - In operating a small business, a Bolingbrook mom is attempting to provide a delicious product while raising a family. Linda Hardin, a gourmet cook, has created a line of...
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Huntley seeks your input on building referendumFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - This week, the Huntley library board announced plans to put a building referendum on the November ballot. How big that building will be -- and how much it will cost -- a...
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Local trio made great impactFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Among the criteria John Tawa uses for choosing the girls players who earn mention on his PrepVolleyball.com High School All-America list are those who, simply, "made the...
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Lessons learned at NIU come back to the foreFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Jim Davis, NIU Class of '77. B.S. in Journalism. Frankly, I hadn't been thinking about that a lot lately. Until this past week. In that time, I thought more than once of...
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HBO's Louis documentary misfires with betrayal themeFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - It's a story endemic to the fight game: Boxer rises to the top and makes millions, only to squander it all, then suffer a long and very public decline. HBO tells it aga...
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Get your tickets for Barrington High's musicalFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Tickets are now on sale for this winter's Barrington High School musical. This year, the school's fine arts department will present "Once Upon a Mattress," the musical v...
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Art Fair in Bartlett evolves into full-blown festivalFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - The 2008 Art Fair in Bartlett has evolved into an arts festival covering not only the visual arts, but performing and cultural arts too. Arts in Bartlett will put the di...
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Sitter's performance warrants removal of interim tagFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Let's say you're a high school boys basketball coach looking for a job. Maybe you took note back in November when Elgin assistant varsity coach Mike Sitter was named int...