Lifestyle Columns
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Sweet spot: Candy's Creamery serves ice cream in Geneva's Mill Creek neighborhoodAug 12, 2022 6:00 am - The label on the tub of ice cream read "Cookies Galore." And with that, Candy's Creamery in the Mill Creek subdivision of Geneva had me sold. The ice cream shop at 39W25...
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Merlin Bird ID app is changing how we go birdingAug 11, 2022 6:00 am - If the party involves technology, I usually arrive late. But I'm there now and having a wonderful time. With my new friend, Merlin. You know those smartphone apps that t...
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Widescreen: 'Prey' is one of the summer's greatest entertainment success storiesAug 11, 2022 6:00 am - "Prey," the exciting, surprisingly beautiful prequel to the 1987 monster mash "Predator," debuted on Hulu last weekend to the biggest audience in the streaming platform'...
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Loving super-nutritious broccoli is easy when it's dressed just rightAug 10, 2022 6:00 am - This is a best of Lean and lovin' it column, first published on June 19, 2018. Don Mauer is taking some time off. Who loves broccoli? Hmm, not that many hands went up. B...
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Summer zucchini seems to be everywhere; here are tasty ways to use itAug 10, 2022 6:00 am - If you have friends, family or neighbors who garden, it's about this time of year that they are all trying to pawn off their harvest of zucchini for whoever will take it...
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Neighbors in the News: Mount Prospect District 57 welcomes new administratorsAug 08, 2022 11:00 pm - • Eric Larson has joined Mount Prospect School District 57 as the principal of Lincoln Middle School. Larson previously served as principal of Patton Elementary School ...
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Good News Sunday: Elgin-area barbershops offer free back-to-school haircuts for students in needAug 07, 2022 7:30 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: For the second year, several Elgin-area ...
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Conflict of interest among agents & inspectorsAug 07, 2022 6:00 am - Q: I am a newly certified home inspector and have a question that involves professional ethics. When I attended home inspection school, my instructor told the class we s...
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Investors are buying condo buildingsAug 06, 2022 7:00 am - Q. I live in a condominium. The association is fielding offers from prospective purchasers to buy the entire condominium property. The offers are for a lump sum for the ...
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Let's make someone smile. It will brighten our day, tooAug 06, 2022 6:00 am - My friend Sally must believe in the power of smiling. She's open to something nice that makes her smile. She writes poetry about what she enjoys, makes online photo coll...