Columns
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Gags and all, Gandolfi makes the HallDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - The instant you catch on to Chuck Gandolfi's cell phone shenanigans, particularly if you've been caught by them before, you immediately feel like doing your best Homer S...
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District 300 board needs to investigate Aramark workers' contract disputeDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Local union official Laura Garza left a recent Community Unit District 300 school board meeting disappointed. Board President Joe Stevens cut off Garza, of Service Emplo...
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Plenty of chances in Palatine to meet Santa this yearDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Are you hoping to meet up with a certain jolly, rather rotund elf here in Palatine -- so your little ones can whisper their Christmas wishes to him? Well, I've heard fr...
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'Romance's' creative moxie snuffs itself out too quicklyDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - • The bold idea behind John Turturro's 2005 musical production "Romance and Cigarettes" is that pop tunes -- especially golden oldies -- provide the perfect soundtrack f...
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Local man's band still in hunt to be 'Next Great American Band'Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Back in 2000, students at Buffalo Grove High School knew that senior Jeff Pardo of Arlington Heights was going places with his music. Turns out, they were right. Pardo r...
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Holidays herald music, comedy and a couple of new nightspotsDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Good for the Jews, a rock 'n' comedy duo made up of David Fagin and Rob Tannenbaum, bring their holiday show, "Putting the Ha! In Hanukkah," to Chicago's Double Door, 15...
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Send letters now to the 'best person on top of the world'Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Have you been a good kid this year? If so, it's time to get that letter to Santa in the mail this week. "The (U.S.) Post Office has been receiving letters for Santa for ...
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How the Naperville grinches ruined Christmas. Or not.Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - OK, I was a bit disappointed when the note arrived from one of my editors. "Naperville didn't ruin Christmas, after all." We were in hot pursuit of this breathtaking sto...
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Simple solar heater can be energy efficientDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. I am on a limited budget, but I want to do my part to cut down on carbon emissions. My kitchen window faces south, so I thought about building a solar heater for it....
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Christmas fruitcakes: 'Monk', 'Psych' deliver top-notch holiday specialsDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Two new TV Christmas gifts arrive today, courtesy of the USA Network. Both are fruitcakes; one just happens to be a little more fresh and the other a little more stale. ...