Columns
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West Dundee trustees step up, plan a holiday fest to rememberNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - The West Dundee village board had time on its side this year while organizing the Dickens in Dundee Festival. They had the entire year to put together their Christmas tr...
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Girl scores laptop from non-profit programNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - This month, Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn announced that 40 elementary students at the Illinois School for the Deaf would receive brand new, cutting-edge XO laptop computers. Nine-...
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What an amazing turnaround for HawksNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Fans of the Blackhawks must be pinching themselves, trying to make sure this is all real. Suddenly, the Hawks matter again. There's an entertaining team on the ice led ...
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Thread of light runs through dark stories on foreclosure crisisNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - No one takes pleasure in seeing unforeseen circumstances dishevel the lives of families. Yet, these stories can generate something more than sympathy. A fairly simple ma...
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Dreaming of your own business? Read this firstNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Charles Evans has a wife, three kids and a mortgage; a good job; and -- oh, oh -- a perhaps irresistible entrepreneurial urge "to do something on my own." That's likely ...
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Readers, what's in a name?Nov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - It's been more than two weeks since the marketing and branding presentation for the Hoffman Estates entertainment district, and it's time to share some reader reaction. ...
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Medicare is more at risk than Social SecurityNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. I am conflicted by what I have been reading about Social Security in your columns and book "The Coming Generational Storm." On the one hand, you recommend we delay ta...
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Village extents its yard waste collectionNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Due to late-falling leaves, yard collection in Arlington Heights has been extended through Dec. 11 for single-family homes serviced by Groot Recycling and Waste Services...
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Rotary honors man for service to communityNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Harold Weary, a longtime Mount Prospect resident who will turn 100 next year, was honored Wednesday morning with two awards from the Sunrise Rotary Club for his years of...
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One simple call would provide a lot of soothingNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - For many Blackhawks fans, it remains the crossing of the Rubicon, a deliberate act of war for which they still have not forgiven the team. It is the day the Wirtz family...